Associate Professor
ECARES, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université libre de Bruxelles
Associate Editor of the Journal of Mathematical Economics
luca.paolo.merlino "at" ulb.be
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PUBLICATIONS
The Long Run Impact of Childhood Interracial Contact on Residential Segregation, with M. Steinhardt and L. Wren-Lewis, Journal of Public Economics, 2024.
Debunking Rumors in Networks, with N. Tabasso and P. Pin, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2023.
Free Riding in Networks, with M. Kinateder. Online Appendix, European Economic Review, 2023.
Marriage through Friends, with U. Bolletta, Dynamic Games and Applications, 2022 (free access, final version).
Local Public Goods with Weighted Link Formation, with M. Kinateder, Games and Economic Behavior, 2022.
The Evolution of Networks and Local Public Good Provision: A Potential Approach, with M. Kinateder, Games, 2021 (cover story article).
Terrorist Attacks and Minority Perceived Discrimination, with M. Giani, British Journal of Sociology, 2021.
More than Just Friends? School peers and adult interracial relationships, with M. Steinhardt and L. Wren-Lewis, Journal of Labor Economics, 2019 (final version). Coverage: The Boston Globe, 5 papers... in 5 minutes!, IZA newsroom, tes.com.
Informal Job Search through Social Networks and Vacancy Creation, Economics Letters, 2019 (final version).
Gender Differences in Sorting, with P. Parrotta and D. Pozzoli, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2018 (final version and Online Appendix).
Public Goods in Endogenous Networks, with M. Kinateder, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2017 (final version).
Efficient Sorting in Frictional Labor Markets with Two-Sided Heterogeneity, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2016 (final version).
Formal and Informal Search, Economics Letters, 2014 (final version).
Endogenous Job Contact Networks , with A. Galeotti, International Economic Review, 2014 (final version).
Discrimination, Technology and Unemployment, Labour Economics, 2012 (final version).
WORK IN PROGRESS
Affective Polarization, Media Outlets, and Opinion Dynamics, with S. Della Lena and Yves Zenou. R&R at the Review of Economic Studies. New version (January 2025).
Homophily and Specialization in Networks, with P. Allmis (supplemental appendix). R&R at the Economic Journal.
Optimal Verification of Rumors in Networks, with N. Tabasso. R&R at Games and Economics Behavior.
Task Allocation in Networks, with F. Bloch, L. Hartmann and D. Persitz.
Identifying Marriage Markets, with U. Bolletta, L. Cherchye, T. Demuynck and B. De Rock.
Women’s Education and Household Labor Supply: Causal Evidence From Turkey, with E. Yurdakul.
Social and Economic Inequality, with M. Comola and E. Gallo.
Influencers and the Quality of Information, with Y. Jansen (coming soon).