Mariagiovanna Baccara
Associate Professor of Economics
Area of Expertise:
Microeconomics/ Industrial Organization
Research Interests:
Innovation and intellectual property rights, organized crime, matching, and social networks.
Selected Publications:
- "Patent Auctions and Bidding Coalitions: Structuring the Sale of Club Goods", RAND Journal of Economics, with J. Asker, S. Lee
- "Optimal Dynamic Matching", Theoretical Economics, 1221-1278, with S. Lee, L. Yariv, 2020
- "Choosing peers: Homophily and polarization in groups", Journal of Economic Theory, 152-178, with L. Yariv, 2016
- "Homophily in Peer Groups", American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Issue 3, 69-96, with L. Yariv, 2013
- "Child-Adoption Matching: Preferences for Gender and Race", American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Issue 3, 133-158, with A. Collard-Wexler, A. Fellli, L. Yariv, 2013
- "A Field Study of Matching with Network Externalities", American Economic Review, with A. Imrohoroglu, A. Wilson, L. Yariv, 2012
- "How to Organize Crime", Review of Economic Studies, Issue 4, 1039-1067, with H. Bar-Isaac, 2008
Academic/Professional Activities:
- Editorial Review Board Member, American Economic Journal:Microeconomics
- Member, CEPR, Organizational Economics Programme
- Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
- Editor, Associate Editor, Theoretical Economics
- Editor, Associate Editor, Review of Economics Design
- Editor, Associate Editor, International Journal of Industrial Organization
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Mariagiovanna Baccara joined the Olin Business School faculty in 2010, and she has been serving as Area Chair in Economics since 2015. Mariagiovanna's research investigates topics related to industrial organization, matching, organization theory, and social networks. Her papers have been published in journals including the American Economic Review, and the Review of Economic Studies. She holds editorial positions at American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Theoretical Economics, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, and International Journal of Industrial Organization. She has a PhD from Princeton University and a BA in Economics from the University of Trieste.
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Email: mbaccara@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-3639
PhD 2003, Princeton University
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