I am an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Southern California. My research focuses on issues in international trade, macroeconomics, and market power.
University of Southern California curriculum vitae [pdf]
Department of Economics e-mail morlacco@usc.edu
Kaprielian Hall, Office KAP324D
WORKING PAPERS
Concentration and Markups in International Trade, with Vanessa Alviarez, Michele Fioretti, Ken Kikkawa. [Draft soon!]
R&R at the American Economic Review
Liquidity as Competitive Advantage: The Role of Intangibles, with Carlo Altomonte, Tommaso Sonno, Domenico Favoino.
R&R at the Journal of International Economics
* Currently working on a revised version, co-authored with Etienne Guigue
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PUBLISHED PAPERS
Labor Market Power, Self-Employment, and Development, with Francesco Amodio, Pamela Medina. American Economic Review, conditionally accepted.
Monetary Policy, Customer Capital, and Market Power, with David Zeke. Journal of Monetary Economics, 2021, (121): 116-134.
SELECTED WORK IN PROGRESS
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Improving the Measurement of Productivity Dispersion and Misallocation in Developing Countries (fieldwork ongoing) - with Vittorio Bassi, Tommaso Porzio, Esau Tugume.