Marc J. Melitz (born January 1, 1968)[2] is an American economist.
He is currently a professor of economics at Harvard University.
Melitz has published a number of highly cited articles in the area of international economics and international trade,[3] most notably "The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity" in Econometrica which explores the effects of international trade on the competition within domestic industries.
Before joining Harvard, Melitz was a professor at Princeton University.
[5] Melitz holds a BA in Mathematics from Haverford College (1989), an MSBA in Operations Research from the University of Maryland, College Park (1992)[5] a M.A.