Mark Melatos

• CURRICULUM VITAE

Mark Melatos received his PhD in Economics from the University of Sydney in 2002. His research focuses on international trade theory and policy, particularly the optimal design of regional trade agreements (RTAs) and non-tariff measures (NTMs). More recently, he has initiated a research program in private equity and venture capital. Dr Melatos has published in highly-ranked international economics journals such as the European Economic Review and Review of International Economics. Since 2005, he has also been a consultant on RTAs and NTMs for the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate; Dr Melatos is currently involved in the design of the OECD's medium-term research agenda for NTMs.

Dr Melatos has been invited to present numerous seminars at international organizations including the WTO, OECD, and a number of universities abroad. In support of his research, he has received numerous competitive research grants including from the Australian Research Council, Danish Research Council and European Commission. In teaching, Dr Melatos has been nominated a number of times for the Faculty's Wayne Lonergan Outstanding Teaching Award. He currently supervises 3 PhD students who are working on: trade and growth, the determinants and pattern of foreign direct investment and the syndication of investments by private equity firms. Dr Melatos is also Director of the Economics Discipline's PhD Program.

Research Expertise

• International Economics and International Trade

Publications

2012

Beghin, J. C. & Melatos, M (2012) 'The Trade and Welfare Impact of Australian Quarantine Policies: The Case of Pigmeat', forthcoming, World Economy.

2011

Journal Article/s

Katayama, H. and M. Melatos (2011) “The Non-Linear Impact of Currency Unions on Bilateral Trade,” Economics Letters, 112, pp. 94-96.

Working Paper/s

Beghin, J. C. & Melatos, M (2011) 'The Trade and Welfare Impact of Australian Quarantine Policies: The Case of Pigmeat', Staff General Research Papers 34134, Iowa State University, Department of Economics

2010

Conference Proceeding/s

Melatos M and Dunn S 2010 'Flexibility in Trade Bloc Design', Proceedings of the 39th Australian Conference of Economists ACE10, Sydney, Australia, 29th September 2010

Working Paper/s

Melatos M and Dunn S (2010) 'Flexibility in Trade Bloc Design', Working Paper 2-2010, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Economics

2009

Journal Article/s

Melatos M and Woodland A 2009 'Common External Tariff Choice in Core Customs Unions', Review of International Economics, vol.17:2, pp. 292-303

Report/s

Korinek J and Melatos M 2009 'Trade Impacts of Selected Regional Trade Agreements in Agriculture', OECD Trade Policy Working Papers- No. 87

2008

Conference Paper/s

Melatos M 2008 'Common External Tariff Choice In Core Customs Unions, European Trade Study Group 10th Annual Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 13th September 2008

Report/s

Korinek J, Melatos M and Rau M 2008 'A Review of Methods for Quantifying the Trade Effects of Standards in the Agri-Food Sector', OECD Trade Policy Working Papers- No. 79

2007

Book Section/s

Fisher TCG and Melatos M 2007 'Doing Business: The Economic Environment in China, Indonesia and Thailand' in Economic Efficiency and the Law Reform Process in China, Indonesia and Thailand, ed. J. and B. du Marais Gibson, La Documentation française, Paris, France, pp. 17-36

Journal Article/s

Melatos M and Woodland ADonal 2007 'Endogenous Trade Bloc Formation in an Asymmetric World', European Economic Review, vol.51:4, pp. 901-924

Melatos M and Woodland ADonal 2007 'Pareto Optimal Delegation in Customs Unions', Review of International Economics, vol.15:3, pp. 441-461

Conference Paper/s

Gibson M, Melatos M and Raimondos-Møller P 2007 'What types of Countries Win Trade Wars?, European Trade Study Group Meetings, Athens, Greece, 15th September 2007

2006

Conference Paper/s

Katayama H and Melatos M 2006 'Currency Unions Cannot Defy Gravity – Mind the Curves and (Slippery) Slopes, European Trade Study Group Meetings, Vienna, Austria, 9th September 2006

2005

Book Section/s

Melatos M and Woodland ADonal 2005 'Pareto optimal customs unions with transfers' in Trade Theory, Analytical Models and Development: Essays in Honour of Peter Lloyd, ed. S. Jayasuriya, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, pp. 85-115

Conference Paper/s

Yoshida C and Melatos M 2005 'Illegal Immigration, Employer Sanctions and Equilibrium, European Trade Study Group Meetings, Dublin, Ireland, 10th September 2005

2004

Conference Paper/s

Melatos M 2004 'Endogenous Trade Bloc Formation in an Asymmetric World, European Trade Study Group, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, 11th September 2004

Conference Proceeding/s

Yoshida C and Melatos M 2004 'Illegal Immigration, Employer Sanctions and Equilibrium', 33rd Conference of Economists, 2004, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 30th September 2004 Link

Melatos M 2004 'Endogenous Trade Bloc Formation in an Asymmetric World', Midwest International Economics Group, Indianapolis, United States, 2nd May 2004

2003

Journal Article/s

Melatos M 2003 'Book Review -The Economics of the World Trading System, by Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger (MIT Press, Cambridge and London, 2002)', The Economic Record, vol.79:247, pp. 517-518

Magazine Article/s

Melatos M 2003 'Issues in the Design of Regional Trade Agreements', Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy:7 (Summer)

2002

Conference Paper/s

Melatos M 2002 'Endogenous Trade Bloc Formation with Asymmetric Countries, Australian Meeting of the Econometric Society 2002, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 1st January 2002-31st December 2002

Woodland ADonald and Melatos M 2002 'Customs Union Welfare and the Choice of Common External Tariffs, European Meeting of the Econometric Society (ESEM), Venice, Italy, 1st January 2002-31st December 2002

Thesis

Melatos M 2002 'Modelling Regional Trade Agreements', PhD, School of Economics and Political Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW