Monica Morlacco
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Southern California
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Monica Morlacco
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About me: I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California and a CESifo Research Affiliate. โMy research focuses on issues in international trade, macroeconomics, and market power. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University in 2018.
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Kaprielian Hall, 324D
3620 South Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
Email: morlacco[at]usc[dot]edu
Working Papers
Working Papers
Concentration and Markups in International Trade, with Vanessa Alviarez, Michele Fioretti, Ken Kikkawa [NBER WP] [SUERF policy brief]
Two-Sided Market Power in Firm-to-Firm Trade, with Vanessa Alviarez, Michele Fioretti, Ken Kikkawa [NBER WP] [slides] [ProMarket] [Faculti]
American Economic Review, R&R
* Currently working on a revised version, co-authored with Etienne Guigue
Publications
Publications
Liquidity as Competitive Advantage: The Role of Intangibles, with Carlo Altomonte, Tommaso Sonno, Domenico Favoino [final draft] [replication package]
Journal of International Economics, 2025, 158: 104168 [๐ cite]
Labor Market Power, Self-Employment, and Development, with Francesco Amodio, Pamela Medina [final draft] [replication package]
ย ย ย ย ย ย American Economic Review, 2025, 115 (9): 3014โ57 [๐ cite] [VoxDev]
Journal of Monetary Economics, 2021, 121: 116-134 [๐ cite]
Selected Work in Progress
Selected Work in Progress
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Improving the Measurement of Productivity Dispersion and Misallocation in Developing Countries, with Vittorio Bassi, Julian Duggan, Tommaso Porzio, Esau Tugume (data collection ongoing - funded by PEDL, STEG & IGC)
Market Boundaries in Buyer-Supplier Networks, with Vanessa Alviarez, Michele Fioretti, Ken Kikkawa
Other Work
Other Work
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