Marc Melitz | |
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| Born | January 1, 1968 |
| Nationality | American |
| Institution | Harvard University |
| 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]
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