Marleen Marra
Associate Professor (KU Leuven) & CEPR Research Affiliate
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Education
Ph.D. in Economics
2019
University College London
Thesis: Essays on the Structural Analysis of Auction Markets
Visiting Ph.D. Student
2016-2017
Yale University
M.Res. in Economics
2014
University College London
M.Sc. in Economics
2009
Tilburg University
B.Sc. in Economics and Law
2007
Utrecht University
Current Positions
Associate Professor
2026–
KU Leuven, Department of Economics
Affiliated Professor
2026–
Sciences Po, Department of Economics
Research Affiliate
2024–
CEPR Industrial Organization Programme
Previous Positions
Assistant Professor (tenure track)
2019–2025
Sciences Po, Department of Economics
CeMMAP Scholar
2018–2019
UK Institute for Fiscal Studies, London
Consultant
2010–2015
The World Bank Research Department
Full time 2010-2013, Part-time until 2015
Trainee
2009–2010
European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra
Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Invited Academic Seminars
Stanford University, CEMFI
2026
Harvard/MIT, Columbia University, University of Maryland, University of Bristol
2025
KU Leuven, HEC Paris, INSEAD Business School, Tilburg University, CREST, CEPR Virtual IO Seminar, Bristol University, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2024
Berkeley University, Toulouse School of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, University of Bergen, Paris School of Economics
2023
Queen Mary University of London, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Mannheim University, CY Cergy Paris Université, University of Geneva
2022
Rice University, Boston University, University of Maryland, Queen's University, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, KU Leuven, Sciences Po, University of Vienna, University of Surrey, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
2019
Presentations at Workshops and Conferences
NBER Summer Meetings IO Program, Berlin IO Day
2026
Alpine IO Symposium, Rice / Bocconi IO Conference
2025
Yale Cowles Summer Conference (invited), Rice Structural Econometrics Conference (invited), Chicago IO+ Conference, CEPR-JIE Conference on Applied IO (discussant), Cergy Empirical IO / Auctions workshop (chair)
2024
NBER IO Program Spring Meetings (invited), European Association of Research in Industrial Economics Conference (EARIE) (invited), French Economic Association (AFSE) Conference, NBER Design and Regulation of Transportation Meeting
2023
University of Vienna and Mannheim MaCCI Summer Institute (invited), Leuven Summer Event (invited)
2022
Econometrics of Games, Matching, and Networks (invited), China Meeting of the Econometric Society, EARIE
2021
CEPR Applied IO Conference, International Industrial Organization Conference, CeMMAP Empirical IO Workshop (discussant)
2019
Keynote Lectures
A market for airport slots
March 2026
SOAR
Grants, Scholarships, and Awards
ERC Starting Grant (project APCAP), €1.494.008
2025
European Research Council
ZAP Start-up Grant, €110.000
2025
KU Leuven
Best Reviewers Award
2025
International Journal of Industrial Organization
Research Grant, €40,000
2022
Sciences Po Scientific Advisory Board
Multiple seed grants, €26.050
2019-2024
Banque de France – Sciences Po Partnership
Collaborative Exchange Program
2016
Yale University and UCL
Overseas Institutional Visit Scholarship
2016
Economic and Social Research Council
AAWE Scholarship
2015
American Association of Wine Economists
Full Ph.D. Scholarship
2014
Economic and Social Research Council
Organization of Academic Conferences and Workshops
Leuven Summer Event, IO workshop (2026)
UCL Alumni Conference (2024)
Rice University and Sciences Po Empirical Organization Conference (2023)
CEPR IO Program Meetings (Virtual) (2024-2025)
CEPR Virtual IO Seminar (VIOS) (2025-2027)
Scientific Committees
Econometric Society EEA-ESEM (Environmental, Spatial, and Urban Economics; Industrial Organization) (2026), Econometric Society European Winter Meeting (2025), CEPR Conference 'Adapting to a riskier and more fragmented world' (2023)
PhD Students
Nikiforos Zampetakis
2023–
PhD Jury Committees
Aurélien Salas (2026)
Graduate Students, Thesis Supervision
Hugo Barras (2023), Weronika Bineida (2023), Nikhil Sebastian (2023), Ruiqi Lin (2022), Young-Hyun Shin (2022), Xuan Zhu (2021), Jules Beley (2021), Sami Amaddah (2020)
Internal Service
ECORES PhD Lectures (KU Leuven, ULB, UCLouvain) (2026--), Junior faculty hiring committee (Sciences Po) (2024), Graduate students hiring committee (Sciences Po) (2020-2025), Structural Seminar series (Sciences Po) (2023-2025), Industrial Organization / Trade reading group (Sciences Po) (2022-2025), IO / Applied Microeconometrics Seminar series (Sciences Po) (2020-2022), Structural Estimation Breakfast internal seminar series (UCL) (2017-2018)
Policy Outreach
Refereeing Service
American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, International Journal of Industrial Organization, National Science Foundation, Journal of the European Economic Association, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Publications
Estimating an Auction Platform Game with Two-Sided Entry
2025
Journal of Political Economy
Ownership Frictions in a Procurement Market: Evidence from London Buses
2024
International Journal of Industrial Organization
Urban Poverty Across the Spectrum of Vietnam's Towns and Cities
2018
World Development
Vietnam's Evolving Poverty Index Map: Patterns and Implications for Policy
2017
Social Indicators Research
Designing a Climate Change Policy for the International Maritime Transport Sector: Market-based Measures and Technological Options for Global and Regional Policy Actions
2011
Energy Policy
