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Matthias Mertens

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(50%) Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
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(50%) Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)

Halle, Germany
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Working papers

  1. Biondi, Filippo & Inferrera, Sergio & Mertens, Matthias & Miranda, Javier, 2025. "Declining job reallocation in Europe: The role of shocks, market power, and technology," IWH Discussion Papers 19/2023, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2025.
  2. Mertens, Matthias & Müller, Steffen & Neuschäffer, Georg, 2025. "Identifying Rent-sharing Using Firmsʼ Energy Input Mix," IWH Discussion Papers 19/2022, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2025.
  3. Filippo Biondi & Sergio Inferrera & Matthias Mertens & Javier Miranda, 2023. "Declining Business Dynamism in Europe: The Role of Shocks, Market Power, and Technology," Jena Economics Research Papers 2023-011, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
  4. Haelbig, Mirja & Mertens, Matthias & Müller, Steffen, 2023. "Minimum Wages, Productivity, and Reallocation," IZA Discussion Papers 16160, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  5. Matthias Mertens & Bernardo Mottironi, 2023. "Do larger firms exert more market power? Markups and markdowns along the size distribution," CEP Discussion Papers dp1945, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
  6. Müller, Steffen & Mertens, Matthias, 2022. "Wirtschaftliche Folgen des Gaspreisanstiegs für die deutsche Industrie: Kurzexpertise für den Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der Gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung," Working Papers 04/2022, German Council of Economic Experts / Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung.
  7. Bighelli, Tommaso & Mertens, Matthias & Di Mauro, Filippo & Melitz, Marc, 2022. "European firm concentration and aggregate productivity," Single Market Economics Papers WP2022/9, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (European Commission), Chief Economist Team.
  8. Mertens, Matthias & Müller, Steffen, 2022. "Wirtschaftliche Folgen des Gaspreisanstiegs für die deutsche Industrie," IWH Policy Notes 2/2022, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
  9. Mertens, Matthias, 2021. "Labour market power and between-firm wage (in)equality," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 1/2020, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2021.
  10. Dettmann, Eva & Diegmann, André & Mertens, Matthias & Müller, Steffen & Plümpe, Verena & Leber, Ute & Schwengler, Barbara, 2021. "Die deutsche Wirtschaft in der Pandemie," IAB-Forschungsbericht 202111, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
  11. Mertens, Matthias & Müller, Steffen, 2020. "The East-West German gap in revenue productivity: Just a tale of output prices?," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 2/2020, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
  12. Mertens, Matthias, 2019. "Micro-mechanisms behind declining labour shares: Market power, production processes, and global competition," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 3/2019, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
  13. Bräuer, Richard & Mertens, Matthias & Slavtchev, Viktor, 2019. "Import competition and firm productivity: Evidence from German manufacturing," IWH Discussion Papers 20/2019, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
  14. Matthias Mertens, 2018. "Labor Market Power and the Distorting Effects of International Trade," Working Papers 2018.05, International Network for Economic Research - INFER.

Articles

  1. Mertens, Matthias, 2023. "Labor Market Power and Between-Firm Wage (In)Equality," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
  2. Tommaso Bighelli & Filippo di Mauro & Marc J Melitz & Matthias Mertens, 2023. "European Firm Concentration and Aggregate Productivity," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 21(2), pages 455-483.
  3. Richard Bräuer & Matthias Mertens & Viktor Slavtchev, 2023. "Import competition and firm productivity: Evidence from German manufacturing," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(8), pages 2285-2305, August.
  4. Mertens, Matthias & Mueller, Steffen, 2022. "The East-West German gap in revenue productivity:Just a tale of output prices?," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(3), pages 815-831.
  5. Mertens, Matthias, 2022. "Micro-mechanisms behind declining labor shares: Rising market power and changing modes of production," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
  6. Mertens, Matthias & Müller, Steffen, 2022. "Die Ost-West-Produktivitätslücke: Die Rolle von Produktspezialisierung, Produktpreisunterschieden und physischer Produktivität," Wirtschaft im Wandel, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), vol. 28(1), pages 6-9.
  7. Mertens, Matthias, 2022. "Fallende Lohnquoten: Die Rolle von Technologie und Marktmacht," Wirtschaft im Wandel, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), vol. 28(2), pages 32-35.
  8. Mertens, Matthias, 2020. "Labor market power and the distorting effects of international trade," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Filippo Biondi & Sergio Inferrera & Matthias Mertens & Javier Miranda, 2023. "Declining Business Dynamism in Europe: The Role of Shocks, Market Power, and Technology," Jena Economics Research Papers 2023-011, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.

    Cited by:

    1. Cascarano, Michele & Natoli, Filippo & Petrella, Andrea, 2025. "Entry, exit, and market structure in a changing climate," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 176(C).
    2. Ufuk Akcigit & Raman S. Chhina & Seyit Cilasun & Javier Miranda & Nicolas Serrano-Velarde, 2025. "Credit Card Entrepreneurs," Jena Economics Research Papers 2025-003, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.

  2. Haelbig, Mirja & Mertens, Matthias & Müller, Steffen, 2023. "Minimum Wages, Productivity, and Reallocation," IZA Discussion Papers 16160, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

    Cited by:

    1. Liang, Ying, 2025. "Unpacking Wage Inequality: Minimum Wage Effects on Within- and Between-Firm Disparities," VfS Annual Conference 2025 (Cologne): Revival of Industrial Policy 325468, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.

  3. Bighelli, Tommaso & Mertens, Matthias & Di Mauro, Filippo & Melitz, Marc, 2022. "European firm concentration and aggregate productivity," Single Market Economics Papers WP2022/9, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (European Commission), Chief Economist Team.

    Cited by:

    1. Guido Matias Cortes & Jeanne Tschopp, 2024. "Rising concentration and wage inequality," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 126(2), pages 320-354, April.
    2. Ziran Ding & Jose Garcia‐Louzao & Valentin Jouvanceau, 2025. "The dynamics of product and labour market power: Evidence from Lithuania," Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 33(1), pages 165-194, January.
    3. Calligaris, Sara & Chaves, Miguel & Criscuolo, Chiara & De Lyon, Joshua & Greppi, Andrea & Pallanch, Oliviero, 2024. "Industry concentration in Europe: Trends and methodological insights," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 126768, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    4. Mertens, Matthias, 2023. "Labor Market Power and Between-Firm Wage (In)Equality," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    5. Bighelli, Tommaso & Lalinsky, Tibor & Vanhala, Juuso, 2023. "Cross-country evidence on the allocation of COVID-19 government subsidies and consequences for productivity," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    6. Emilio Colombo & Luca Michele Portoghese & Patrizio Tirelli, 2025. "Broadband Access and Markups in Europe," DISEIS - Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia internazionale, delle istituzioni e dello sviluppo dis2505, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Economia internazionale, delle istituzioni e dello sviluppo (DISEIS).
    7. Francesco Devicienti & Elena Grinza & Alessandro Manello & Davide Vannoni, 2025. "Employer cooperation, productivity and wages: new evidence from inter‐firm formal network agreements," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 92(365), pages 1-41, January.
    8. Chiara Bellucci & Armando Rungi, 2024. "Procompetitive effects of vertical takeovers. Evidence from the European Union," Papers 2411.12412, arXiv.org, revised May 2025.
    9. Camilli, Andrea & Catalano, Michele & Colacurcio, Claudio & Dierx, Adriaan & Ilzkovitz, Fabienne, 2025. "Revitalising EU growth: The power of competitive markets," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 47(5), pages 1056-1075.
    10. Anthony Savagar & Oluwaseun Aguda & Yannis Galanakis & Jingwei Wu, 2024. "Market concentration and productivity: evidence from the UK," Fiscal Studies, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 45(4), pages 459-482, December.
    11. Mertens, Matthias & Mottironi, Bernardo, 2025. "Do larger firms exert more market power? Markups and markdowns along the size distribution," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 128958, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    12. Mertens, Matthias & Mottironi, Bernardo, 2023. "Do larger firms exert more market power? Markups and markdowns along the size distribution," IWH Discussion Papers 1/2023, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2023.
    13. Alfaro, Martin & Warzynski, Frederic, 2021. "Trade liberalization with granular firms," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    14. Emilio Colombo & Alberto Marcato, 2021. "Skill Demand and Labour Market Concentration: Theory and Evidence from Italian Vacancies," DISEIS - Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia internazionale, delle istituzioni e dello sviluppo dis2104, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Economia internazionale, delle istituzioni e dello sviluppo (DISEIS).
    15. Çürük, Malik & Rozendaal, Rik, 2022. "Labor Share, Industry Concentration and Energy Prices : Evidence from Europe," Discussion Paper 2022-023, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.

  4. Mertens, Matthias & Müller, Steffen, 2022. "Wirtschaftliche Folgen des Gaspreisanstiegs für die deutsche Industrie," IWH Policy Notes 2/2022, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).

    Cited by:

    1. Martin Gornig & Claudia Kemfert, 2022. "Energiewende steht für die Chance auf Re-Industrialisierung, nicht für De-Industrialisierung [Energy Transition as an Opportunity for Re-Industrialisation]," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 102(12), pages 933-935, December.

  5. Mertens, Matthias, 2021. "Labour market power and between-firm wage (in)equality," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 1/2020, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2021.

    Cited by:

    1. Guido Matias Cortes & Jeanne Tschopp, 2024. "Rising concentration and wage inequality," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 126(2), pages 320-354, April.
    2. Bighelli, Tommaso & Di Mauro, Filippo & Melitz, Marc J. & Mertens, Matthias, 2021. "European firm concentration and aggregate productivity," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 3/2021, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    3. Ziesemer, Thomas, 2021. "Labour-augmenting technical change data for alternative elasticities of substitution, growth, slowdown, and distribution dynamics," MERIT Working Papers 2021-003, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    4. Mertens, Matthias, 2022. "Micro-mechanisms behind declining labor shares: Rising market power and changing modes of production," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    5. Silva, Jose I. & Okabe, Tomohito & Urzay, Sergi, 2025. "Labor share and market power in European firms," MPRA Paper 123442, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 24 Jan 2025.
    6. Yannick Bormans & Angelos Theodorakopoulos, 2023. "Productivity dispersion, wage dispersion and superstar firms," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 90(360), pages 1145-1172, October.
    7. Filippo Passerini, 2022. "Monopsony in labor markets: Empirical evidence from Italian firms," French Stata Users' Group Meetings 2022 24, Stata Users Group.

  6. Mertens, Matthias & Müller, Steffen, 2020. "The East-West German gap in revenue productivity: Just a tale of output prices?," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 2/2020, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).

    Cited by:

    1. Cardullo, Gabriele & Sechi, Agnese, 2023. "Local Labor Markets with Non-homothetic Preferences," IZA Discussion Papers 16533, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Biondi, Filippo & Inferrera, Sergio & Mertens, Matthias & Miranda, Javier, 2025. "Declining job reallocation in Europe: The role of shocks, market power, and technology," IWH Discussion Papers 19/2023, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2025.
    3. Daniel Fehrle & Vasilij Konysev, 2025. "To converge or not to converge: Accounting for the German reunification," Discussion Paper Series 348, Universitaet Augsburg, Institute for Economics.
    4. Steffen Müller, 2021. "Der Ost-West-Produktivitätsunterschied: Was sagt die mikroökonomische Forschung? [The East-West-German Productivity Gap: Lessons from firm-level data?]," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 101(1), pages 21-25, March.
    5. Kellermann, Kim Leonie, 2024. "Trust we lost: The impact of the Treuhand experience on political alienation in East Germany," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(1), pages 54-75.
    6. Hollandt, Nils Torben & Müller, Steffen, 2024. "The Contribution of Employer Changes to Aggregate Wage Mobility," IZA Discussion Papers 17259, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    7. Biondi, Filippo & Inferrera, Sergio & Mertens, Matthias & Miranda, Javier, 2024. "Declining business dynamism in Europe: The role of shocks, market power, and technology," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 2/2023, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2024.

  7. Mertens, Matthias, 2019. "Micro-mechanisms behind declining labour shares: Market power, production processes, and global competition," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 3/2019, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).

    Cited by:

    1. Ariell Reshef & Gianluca Santoni, 2022. "Are Your Labor Shares Set in Beijing ? The View through the Lens of Global Value Chains," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-04083452, HAL.
    2. Jasmine Mondolo, 2021. "Macroeconomic dynamics and the role of market power. The case of Italy," DEM Working Papers 2021/17, Department of Economics and Management.
    3. De Loecker, Jan, 2021. "Comment on (Un)pleasant ... by Bond et al (2020)," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 15-18.
    4. Martina Lawless & Luke Rehill, 2022. "Market Power, Productivity and Sectoral Labour Shares in Europe," Open Economies Review, Springer, vol. 33(3), pages 453-476, July.
    5. Cali,Massimiliano & Presidente,Giorgio, 2021. "Automation and Manufacturing Performance in a Developing Country," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9653, The World Bank.
    6. Richiardi, Matteo & Valenzuela, Luis, 2019. "Firm Heterogeneity and the Aggregate Labour Share," INET Oxford Working Papers 2019-08, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford.
    7. Kostarakos, Ilias, 2020. "Determinants of the (non-Housing) Labour Income Share in the EU," Papers WP693, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
    8. Alexander Schiersch & Caroline Stiel, 2020. "Testing the Superstar Firm Hypothesis," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1849, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    9. Cali, Massimiliano & Johnson, Hillary C. & Perova, Elizaveta & Ryandiansyah, Nabil R, 2022. "Caring for Children and Firms? The Impact of Preschool Expansion on Firm Productivity," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10193, The World Bank.
    10. Cali,Massimiliano & Le Moglie,Marco & Presidente,Giorgio, 2021. "Gain without Pain ? Non-Tariff Measures, Plants’ Productivity and Markups," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9654, The World Bank.
    11. Jasmine Mondolo, 2022. "Product and labour market imperfections in the Italian manufacturing sector: a firm-level analysis," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 39(3), pages 813-838, October.
    12. Massimiliano Calì & Marco Le Moglie & Giorgio Presidente, 2024. "Gain without pain? Non‐tariff measures, plant markup, and productivity," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(3), pages 1364-1397, August.
    13. Mondolo, Jasmine, 2021. "Macroeconomic dynamics and the role of market power. The case of Italy," MPRA Paper 110172, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 05 Oct 2021.
    14. Jan De Loecker & Jan Eeckhout & Gabriel Unger, 2020. "The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications [“Econometric Tools for Analyzing Market Outcomes”]," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 135(2), pages 561-644.
    15. Caselli, Mauro & Nesta, Lionel & Schiavo, Stefano, 2021. "Imports and labour market imperfections: Firm-level evidence from France," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    16. Mondolo, Jasmine, 2020. "Macro and microeconomic evidence on investment, factor shares, firm and labor dynamics in Italy and in Trentino," MPRA Paper 99138, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    17. Rubens, Michael & Wu, Yingjie & Xu, Mingzhi, 2025. "Estimating factor price markdowns using production models," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    18. Calì, Massimiliano & Presidente, Giorgio, 2021. "Robots For Economic Development," GLO Discussion Paper Series 942, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    19. Lawless, Martina & Rehill, Mark, 2020. "Productivity dispersion and sectoral labour shares in Europe," Papers WP659, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
    20. Anatolijs Prohorovs & Julija Bistrova, 2022. "Labour Share Convergence in the European Union," Economies, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-21, August.

  8. Bräuer, Richard & Mertens, Matthias & Slavtchev, Viktor, 2019. "Import competition and firm productivity: Evidence from German manufacturing," IWH Discussion Papers 20/2019, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).

    Cited by:

    1. Mertens, Matthias & Schoefer, Benjamin, 2024. "From labor to intermediates: Firm growth, input substitution, and monopsony," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 1/2024, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    2. Filippo Biondi & Sergio Inferrera & Matthias Mertens & Javier Miranda, 2025. "Declining Job Reallocation in Europe: The Role of Shocks, Market Power, and Technology," Jena Economics Research Papers 2025-004, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
    3. Mertens, Matthias & Müller, Steffen & Neuschäffer, Georg, 2025. "Identifying Rent-sharing Using Firmsʼ Energy Input Mix," IWH Discussion Papers 19/2022, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2025.
    4. Kaus, Wolfhard & Slavtchev, Viktor & Zimmermann, Markus, 2020. "Intangible capital and productivity: Firm-level evidence from German manufacturing," IWH Discussion Papers 1/2020, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    5. Franklin Maduko, 2023. "Does import competition drive productivity growth? Evidence from Hungary’s pre-accession import tariffs," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 159(2), pages 437-466, May.

  9. Matthias Mertens, 2018. "Labor Market Power and the Distorting Effects of International Trade," Working Papers 2018.05, International Network for Economic Research - INFER.

    Cited by:

    1. Ziran Ding & Jose Garcia‐Louzao & Valentin Jouvanceau, 2025. "The dynamics of product and labour market power: Evidence from Lithuania," Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 33(1), pages 165-194, January.
    2. Casacuberta, Carlos & Gandelman, Néstor, 2023. "Wage councils, product markups and wage markdowns: Evidence from Uruguay," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
    3. Mertens, Matthias, 2021. "Labour market power and between-firm wage (in)equality," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 1/2020, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2021.
    4. Biondi, Filippo & Inferrera, Sergio & Mertens, Matthias & Miranda, Javier, 2025. "Declining job reallocation in Europe: The role of shocks, market power, and technology," IWH Discussion Papers 19/2023, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2025.
    5. Bighelli, Tommaso & Di Mauro, Filippo & Melitz, Marc J. & Mertens, Matthias, 2021. "European firm concentration and aggregate productivity," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 3/2021, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    6. Dodini, Samuel & Willén, Alexander, 2025. "The Power to Discriminate," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 10/2025, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.
    7. Yaghoob Jafari & Maximilian Koppenberg & Stefan Hirsch & Thomas Heckelei, 2023. "Markups and export behavior: Firm‐level evidence from the French food processing industry," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 105(1), pages 174-194, January.
    8. Mertens, Matthias, 2022. "Micro-mechanisms behind declining labor shares: Rising market power and changing modes of production," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    9. Mertens, Matthias & Mottironi, Bernardo, 2023. "Do larger firms exert more market power? Markups and markdowns along the size distribution," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 121283, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    10. Biondi, Filippo & Inferrera, Sergio & Mertens, Matthias & Miranda, Javier, 2024. "Declining business dynamism in Europe: The role of shocks, market power, and technology," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 2/2023, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2024.
    11. van Heuvelen, Gerrit Hugo & Bettendorf, Leon & Meijerink, Gerdien, 2021. "Markups in a dual labour market: The case of the Netherlands," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    12. Jasmine Mondolo, 2022. "Product and labour market imperfections in the Italian manufacturing sector: a firm-level analysis," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 39(3), pages 813-838, October.
    13. Philipp Meinen & Ana Cristina Soares, 2022. "Markups and Financial Shocks," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 132(647), pages 2471-2499.
    14. Mertens, Matthias & Müller, Steffen, 2020. "The East-West German gap in revenue productivity: Just a tale of output prices?," IWH Discussion Papers 14/2020, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    15. Carlos Casacuberta & Nestor Gandelman, 2025. "On the use of the factor share approach to measure labor market power," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 45(3), pages 1365-1375.
    16. Mertens, Matthias & Mottironi, Bernardo, 2025. "Do larger firms exert more market power? Markups and markdowns along the size distribution," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 128958, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    17. Richard Bräuer & Matthias Mertens & Viktor Slavtchev, 2023. "Import competition and firm productivity: Evidence from German manufacturing," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(8), pages 2285-2305, August.
    18. Caselli, Mauro & Nesta, Lionel & Schiavo, Stefano, 2021. "Imports and labour market imperfections: Firm-level evidence from France," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    19. Mauro Caselli & Jasmine Mondolo & Stefano Schiavo, 2021. "Labour Market Power and the Quest for an Optimal Minimum Wage: Evidence from Italy," EconPol Working Paper 70, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
    20. Mertens, Matthias, 2019. "Micro-mechanisms behind declining labour shares: Market power, production processes, and global competition," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 3/2019, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    21. Xie, Enze & Xu, Mingzhi & Yu, Miaojie, 2024. "Trade liberalization, labor market power, and misallocation across firms: Evidence from China's WTO accession," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).

Articles

  1. Mertens, Matthias, 2023. "Labor Market Power and Between-Firm Wage (In)Equality," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Tommaso Bighelli & Filippo di Mauro & Marc J Melitz & Matthias Mertens, 2023. "European Firm Concentration and Aggregate Productivity," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 21(2), pages 455-483.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. Richard Bräuer & Matthias Mertens & Viktor Slavtchev, 2023. "Import competition and firm productivity: Evidence from German manufacturing," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(8), pages 2285-2305, August.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  4. Mertens, Matthias & Mueller, Steffen, 2022. "The East-West German gap in revenue productivity:Just a tale of output prices?," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(3), pages 815-831.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  5. Mertens, Matthias, 2022. "Micro-mechanisms behind declining labor shares: Rising market power and changing modes of production," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Davide Luparello, 2025. "Do Temporary Workers Face Higher Wage Markdowns? Evidence from India's Automotive Sector," Papers 2507.08222, arXiv.org, revised Oct 2025.
    2. Casacuberta, Carlos & Gandelman, Néstor, 2023. "Wage councils, product markups and wage markdowns: Evidence from Uruguay," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
    3. Mertens, Matthias, 2023. "Labor Market Power and Between-Firm Wage (In)Equality," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    4. Brachert, Matthias & Dettmann, Eva & Schneider, Lutz & Titze, Mirko, 2024. ""Evaluation der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe 'Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur' (GRW)" durch einzelbetriebliche Erfolgskontrolle: Evaluationsbericht," IWH Studies 3/2024, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    5. Richiardi, Matteo & Valenzuela, Luis, 2023. "Firm heterogeneity and the aggregate labour share," Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis Working Paper Series CEMPA9/23, Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis at the Institute for Social and Economic Research.
    6. Mertens, Matthias & Schoefer, Benjamin, 2024. "From labor to intermediates: Firm growth, input substitution, and monopsony," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 1/2024, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    7. Biondi, Filippo & Inferrera, Sergio & Mertens, Matthias & Miranda, Javier, 2025. "Declining job reallocation in Europe: The role of shocks, market power, and technology," IWH Discussion Papers 19/2023, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2025.
    8. Hubert Drazkowski & Sebastian Zalas, 2023. "The evolution of labor share in Poland. New evidence from firm-level data," GRAPE Working Papers 82, GRAPE Group for Research in Applied Economics.
    9. Davide Luparello, 2025. "Why Do Contract Workers Earn Less? Evidence from India’s Auto Industry," BAFFI CAREFIN Working Papers 25258, BAFFI CAREFIN, Centre for Applied Research on International Markets Banking Finance and Regulation, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy.
    10. Silva, Jose I. & Okabe, Tomohito & Urzay, Sergi, 2025. "Labor share and market power in European firms," MPRA Paper 123442, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 24 Jan 2025.
    11. Zalas, Sebastian & Drążkowski, Hubert, . "Kształtowanie się udziału płac w wartości dodanej w Polsce. Nowe szacunki z danych jednostkowych," Gospodarka Narodowa-The Polish Journal of Economics, Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie / SGH Warsaw School of Economics, vol. 2023(3).
    12. Kosuke Aoki & Yoshihiko Hogen & Yojiro Ito & Kenji Kanai & Kosuke Takatomi, 2024. "Determinants of Price Markups at Japanese Firms and Implications for Productivity," Bank of Japan Working Paper Series 24-E-15, Bank of Japan.
    13. Cheng, Rui & Li, Jing & Wu, Ting, 2024. "Competition policy and labor income share: Evidence from the antitrust policy in China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 966-977.
    14. Mertens, Matthias & Mottironi, Bernardo, 2023. "Do larger firms exert more market power? Markups and markdowns along the size distribution," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 121283, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    15. Yoshihiko Hogen & Yojiro Ito & Kenji Kanai & Naoya Kishi, 2024. "Changes in the Global Economic Landscape and Issues for Japan's Economy," Bank of Japan Working Paper Series 24-E-3, Bank of Japan.
    16. Yao, Peng & Tian, Zhijin & Li, Jinze, 2025. "The invisible hand of transfer: The income distribution effect of water resource fee to tax," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 76-97.
    17. Biondi, Filippo & Inferrera, Sergio & Mertens, Matthias & Miranda, Javier, 2024. "Declining business dynamism in Europe: The role of shocks, market power, and technology," IWH-CompNet Discussion Papers 2/2023, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), revised 2024.
    18. Jackie M.L. Chan & Michael Irlacher & Michael Koch & Luca Macedoni, 2025. "Wage Setting in Multiproduct Firms," Economics working papers 2025-02, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
    19. Carlos Casacuberta & Nestor Gandelman, 2025. "On the use of the factor share approach to measure labor market power," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 45(3), pages 1365-1375.
    20. Mertens, Matthias & Mottironi, Bernardo, 2025. "Do larger firms exert more market power? Markups and markdowns along the size distribution," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 128958, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    21. Kosuke Aoki & Yoshihiko Hogen & Kosuke Takatomi, 2023. "Price Markups and Wage Setting Behavior of Japanese Firms," Bank of Japan Working Paper Series 23-E-5, Bank of Japan.
    22. Mertens, Matthias & Mueller, Steffen, 2022. "The East-West German gap in revenue productivity:Just a tale of output prices?," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(3), pages 815-831.
    23. Guzel Salimova & Alisa Ableeva & Rasul Gusmanov & Gulnara Nigmatullina & Tatyana Lubova, 2024. "Multidimensional Assessment of the Labour Market in the Regions of the Russian Federation," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 67(2), pages 547-569, June.
    24. Cali,Massimiliano & Presidente,Giorgio, 2023. "Product Market Monopolies and Labor Market Monopsonies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10388, The World Bank.
    25. Kölling, Arnd, 2023. "Does skill shortage pay off for nursing staff in Germany? Wage premiums for hiring problems, industrial relations, and profitability," MPRA Paper 116205, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  6. Mertens, Matthias, 2020. "Labor market power and the distorting effects of international trade," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
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  1. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (13) 2018-10-22 2019-02-04 2019-03-04 2019-11-04 2020-09-14 2020-11-23 2021-05-10 2023-02-20 2023-09-25 2023-10-09 2023-10-16 2023-11-20 2024-02-19. Author is listed
  2. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (11) 2019-03-04 2019-11-04 2021-05-10 2022-10-10 2023-02-20 2023-06-19 2023-07-10 2023-10-09 2023-10-16 2023-11-20 2024-02-19. Author is listed
  3. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (10) 2019-11-04 2020-09-14 2020-11-23 2021-05-10 2023-06-19 2023-07-10 2023-09-25 2023-10-09 2023-10-16 2024-02-19. Author is listed
  4. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (7) 2020-09-14 2022-10-10 2023-02-20 2023-06-19 2023-07-10 2023-10-09 2023-10-16. Author is listed
  5. NEP-EUR: Microeconomic European Issues (6) 2019-03-04 2019-11-04 2020-09-14 2020-11-23 2022-10-10 2023-06-19. Author is listed
  6. NEP-IND: Industrial Organization (5) 2019-11-04 2020-11-23 2021-05-10 2023-02-20 2024-02-19. Author is listed
  7. NEP-INT: International Trade (5) 2018-10-22 2019-02-04 2019-03-04 2019-11-04 2020-11-23. Author is listed
  8. NEP-TID: Technology and Industrial Dynamics (5) 2019-11-04 2020-09-14 2020-11-23 2023-10-09 2023-10-16. Author is listed
  9. NEP-EEC: European Economics (4) 2021-05-10 2023-07-10 2023-10-09 2023-11-20
  10. NEP-GER: German Papers (4) 2022-01-10 2022-12-19 2023-01-02 2023-10-16
  11. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (3) 2018-10-22 2019-02-04 2019-03-04
  12. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (3) 2019-03-04 2021-05-10 2021-05-10
  13. NEP-REG: Regulation (3) 2023-09-25 2023-11-20 2024-02-19
  14. NEP-SBM: Small Business Management (3) 2019-11-04 2020-11-23 2023-10-09
  15. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (2) 2019-11-04 2020-11-23
  16. NEP-ENT: Entrepreneurship (2) 2023-10-09 2023-10-16
  17. NEP-INO: Innovation (2) 2019-11-04 2020-11-23
  18. NEP-INV: Investment (2) 2023-06-19 2023-07-10
  19. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (1) 2022-10-10
  20. NEP-IFN: International Finance (1) 2023-10-16
  21. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (1) 2023-07-10

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