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Monica Morlacco is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on international trade, macroeconomics, and market power, with a particular emphasis on firm-to-firm trade dynamics and market concentration.
Her work includes publications in top-tier journals such as the American Economic Review and the Journal of Monetary Economics, with ongoing research projects related to productivity measurement in developing countries and market boundaries in networked economies. She collaborates extensively with economists like Vanessa Alviarez, Michele Fioretti, and Ken Kikkawa.
- Current Papers:
- "Labor Market Power, Self-Employment, and Development" (2025, AER)
- "Monetary Policy, Customer Capital, and Market Power" (2021, JME)
- "Concentration and Markups in International Trade" (NBER WP)
Her research spans both theoretical and empirical analyses, addressing critical issues in industrial organization, trade policy, and macroeconomic implications of market power.
