Marc Melitz
| Marc Melitz | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 1, 1968 |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | International economics |
| School or tradition | New Keynesian economics |
| Alma mater |
University of Michigan University of Maryland, College Park Haverford College |
| Doctoral advisor | James A. Levinsohn[1] |
| Contributions | Contributions to the New Trade Theory |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Marc J. Melitz (born January 1, 1968)[2] is an American economist. He is currently a professor of economics at Harvard University.
Melitz has published a number of highly cited articles in the area of international economics and international trade,[3] most notably "The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity" in Econometrica which explores the effects of international trade on the competition within domestic industries.[4]
In addition to his Harvard position, Melitz is also a research fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research since 2000. Before joining Harvard, Melitz was a professor at Princeton University .[5]
Melitz holds a BA in Mathematics from Haverford College (1989), an MSBA in Operations Research from the University of Maryland, College Park (1992)[5] a M.A.(1997), and a Ph.D. (2000) in Economics from the University of Michigan.
In 2008, The Economist listed Melitz as one of the top 8 young economists in the world.[6]
Footnotes
- ↑ Levinsohn, James A. (2000). International trade and industry productivity dynamics with heterogeneous producers (Ph.D.). University of Michigan. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ↑ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ↑ As of February 2010, Melitz is the most highly cited young economists according to the IDEAS repository: Rankings at IDEAS:Top Young Economists, as of February 2010
- ↑ ——— (2003), "The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity", Econometrica, 71 (6): 1695–1725, doi:10.1111/1468-0262.00467.
- 1 2 According to his academic CV.
- ↑ "International bright young things", The Economist, December 30, 2008