Dr Matthias Mertens
Current Position
since 4/24
Research Fellow Department of Structural Change and Productivity
Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) – Member of the Leibniz Association
since 4/24
Postdoctoral Associate
MIT FutureTech, USA
Research Interests
- product and input market power
- firm productivity
- production costs of firms
Matthias Mertens is Research Fellow in the Department of Structural Change and Productivity. His research focuses on product and input market power, production costs of firms, and firm productivity.
Matthias Mertens is a postdoctoral associate at MIT FutureTech who conducts research at the intersection of industrial organisation and labour economics. He holds a masters' degree in economics and in economic law, both from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and optained his PhD from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. From January to May 2023 he was a visiting researcher at Harvard University.