Mariagiovanna Baccara

Mariagiovanna Baccara is a Professor at the Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis. She holds editorial positions at American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Theoretical Economics, and International Journal of Industrial Organization, and is a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET).

She earned her Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 2003.

Her research explores theoretical and applied microeconomics, specializing in:

• Matching theory: Dynamic resource allocation and labor market efficiency.
• Information economics: Design of markets for information and its impact on organizational structures.
• Social networks: Interaction patterns influencing economic decisions and innovation diffusion.

Her publications (2018–2025) focus on industrial organization, labor economics, and market design, with recurring themes of experimental validation, institutional efficiency, and optimization in economic systems. Recent work examines queuing behavior, innovation cycles, patent auctions, and dynamic labor matching.

Scientific Awards & Fellowships:

• Research Fellow, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
• Fellow, Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET)

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