Paolo Mengano
Paolo Mengano
Email: paolo.mengano[at]esade[dot]edu
[CV]
Welcome
I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Esade Business School and a Research Collaborator at the HBS Pricing Lab.
My research focuses on issues in macroeconomics, industrial organization, and market power.
Prior to joining Esade, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Business School. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Zurich in 2023.
Workshops and Seminars
Esade Macro Meetings — co-organizer (with Calin, Carolina, and Ioana). Submit your paper for the 2026 edition: call for papers.
Department seminars — co-organizer (with Emanuele). Around Barcelona? Drop us a line to present!
Publications
Measuring Markups with Revenue Data with Ivan Kirov and James Traina. [Draft, SSRN]
International Journal of Industrial Organization, Accepted.
Working Papers
Markups and Cost Pass-through Along the Supply Chain with Santiago E. Alvarez, Alberto Cavallo, and Alexander MacKay. [NBER WP, Draft, SSRN]
Mergers and Market Power with Vardges Levonyan.[Draft, SSRN]
Markup Dynamics Revisited: Insights from a Survey of European Firms [Draft, SSRN]
Bargaining Power and Labor Force Participation [Draft, SSRN]
Selected Work in Progress
Resisting Creative Destruction: Industry Dynamics with Dominant Firms with Elie Gerschel and Julian Schärer.