Marc Melitz
Marc Melitz | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 1, 1968 |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic career | |
| Field | International economics, International trade, Foreign direct investment |
| Institution | Harvard University |
| 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 associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a research fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, the CESifo’s Research Network, and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. 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
[edit]- ^ Melitz, Marc (2000). International trade and industry productivity dynamics with heterogeneous producers (Ph.D.). University of Michigan. ProQuest 304607604.
- ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ^ As of February 2010[update], 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, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.563.6294, doi:10.1111/1468-0262.00467.
- ^ a b According to his academic CV Archived 2014-03-08 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "International bright young things", The Economist, December 30, 2008
