Sharat Ganapati
@sganapati.com
Economist @ Georgetown University. Also NBER and CESifo.
Trade, Spatial, and Industrial Organization.
Trade, Spatial, and Industrial Organization.
IT IS OFFICIAL! MY JOB MARKET PAPER IS IN PRINT!!!!
TL/DR: Superstar firms have used globalization to grow bigger, leveraging economies of scale. Their marginal costs have fallen, but little has passed through to customers as markups have risen.
www.sganapati.com/files/Ganapa...
TL/DR: Superstar firms have used globalization to grow bigger, leveraging economies of scale. Their marginal costs have fallen, but little has passed through to customers as markups have risen.
www.sganapati.com/files/Ganapa...
January 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
IT IS OFFICIAL! MY JOB MARKET PAPER IS IN PRINT!!!!
TL/DR: Superstar firms have used globalization to grow bigger, leveraging economies of scale. Their marginal costs have fallen, but little has passed through to customers as markups have risen.
www.sganapati.com/files/Ganapa...
TL/DR: Superstar firms have used globalization to grow bigger, leveraging economies of scale. Their marginal costs have fallen, but little has passed through to customers as markups have risen.
www.sganapati.com/files/Ganapa...
Folks, I think I'm a bit underpaid
October 23, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Folks, I think I'm a bit underpaid
I'm in The Economist this week talking the complex interplay between big business, productivity, and economic performance. Essentially, monopoly is not good, but the monopolists are also the most productive firms in the economy. A world of natural monopolies.
www.economist.com/special-repo...
www.economist.com/special-repo...
October 21, 2024 at 1:55 PM
I'm in The Economist this week talking the complex interplay between big business, productivity, and economic performance. Essentially, monopoly is not good, but the monopolists are also the most productive firms in the economy. A world of natural monopolies.
www.economist.com/special-repo...
www.economist.com/special-repo...