Research Professors
PhD, Universidad Pública de Navarra
ICREA-UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Decision Theory, Game Theory, Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics
A selection of research by Jose Apesteguia:
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CREI, UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
International Finance
A selection of research by Fernando Broner:
- Rethinking the Effects of Financial Liberalization (with J. Ventura), Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 131, No 3, 1497-1542, August 2016
- Sovereign Debt Markets in Turbulent Times: Creditor Discrimination and Crowding-Out Effects (with A. Erce, A. Martin, and J. Ventura). Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol.61, 114--142, January 2014 BSE Focus
- International Capital Flows and Emerging Markets ERC Starting Grant 2010
- Globalization and Risk Sharing (with J. Ventura). Review of Economic Studies, Vol.78, No 1, 49--82, January 2011
- Working Papers
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
ICREA-UPF, CREI and BSE
Research Interests:
Macroeconomics, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy
A selection of research by Davide Debortoli
- Understanding the Size of the Government Spending Multiplier: It’s in the Sign (with R. Barnichon and C. Matthes), Review of Economic Studies, 89(1), 87-117, January 2022
- Optimal Fiscal Policy Without Commitment: Revisiting Lucas-Stokey (with R. Nunes and P. Yared), Journal of Political Economy, 129(5), 1640-1665, May 2021
- Optimal time-consistent government debt maturity (with R. Nunes and P. Yared), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 132(1), 55-102, April 2017
- Working Papers
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, London School of Economics
ICREA-UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics
A selection of research by Jan Eeckhout
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CREI, UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Macroeconomic Theory, Monetary Economics
A selection of research by Jordi Galí:
- Heterogeneity, Monetary Policy and Economic Fluctuations ERC Advanced Grant 2019
- Understanding the Gains from Wage Flexibility: The Exchange Rate Connection, (with T. Monacelli). American Economic Review, 106 (12), 2016
- Monetary Policy, Inflation and the Business Cycle: An Introduction to the New Keynesian Framework, Princeton University Press, 2015 (second edition)
- Policy and Rational Asset Price Bubbles, American Economic Review, Vol. 104 No 3, 721-752, 2014
- Monetary Policy and Asset Price Bubbles ERC Advanced Grant 2013
- Working Papers
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, Harvard University
UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Banking and Housing Finance, Development, Education and youth labor markets
A selection of research by José García-Montalvo:
- The microeconomics of corruption (with R. Burguet and J.J. Ganuza), in the Handbook of Game Theory and Industrial Organization, 2017
- The real state and credit bubble: evidence from Spain (with O. Akin, J. Garcia, J.L. Peydró and J. Raya). SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 223-243, 2014. Winner of the 2016 Best Paper published by SERIEs in the years 2014 and 2015
- Ethnic Polarization, Potential Conflict, and Civil Wars (with M. Reynal-Querol). American Economic Review, Vol. 95 No 3, 796–816, 2005
- Voting after bombings: a natural experiment on the effect of terrorist attacks on democratic elections. Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 93 No 4, 1146-1154, 2011
- Working Papers
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, Tilburg University
IAE-CSIC and BSE
Research Interests:
Matching Theory, Market Design, Game Theory, Operations Research, Social Choice Theory
A selection of research by Flip Klijn:
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Shapley–Scarf Housing Markets: Respecting Improvement, Integer Programming, and Kidney Exchange (with P. Biró, X. Klimentova and A. Viana). Forthcoming in Mathematics of Operations Research.
Winner of the 2024 Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research – BBVA Foundation Award in the category "Best applied contribution in Operations Research"
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Static versus dynamic deferred acceptance in school choice: Theory and experiment (with J. Pais and M. Vorsatz). Games and Economic Behavior, 113, 147-163, 2019
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Constrained School Choice: An Experimental Study (with C. Calsamiglia and G. Haeringer). American Economic Review, 100(4), 1860-1874, 2010
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Stable Matchings and Preferences of Couples (with B. Klaus). Journal of Economic Theory, 121, 75-106, 2005
- Working Papers
PhD, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
ICREA-UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Theory of Machine Learning, Combinatorial Statistics, Information Theory
A selection of research by Gábor Lugosi:
- Empirical risk minimization for heavy-tailed losses (with C. Brownlees and E. Joly). Annals of Statistics, 43(6), 2507–2536, 2015
- Random-Walk Perturbations for Online Combinatorial Optimization (with L. Devroye and G. Neu). IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 61(7), 4099–4106, 2015
- Concentration Inequalities: A Nonasymptotic Theory of Independence (with S. Boucheron and P. Massart). Oxford University Press, 2013
- Prediction, Learning, and Games (with N. Cesa-Bianchi). Cambridge University Press, 2006
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
UAB and BSE
Research Interests:
Economics of Information, Economics of Science and Innovation, Applied Game Theory
A selection of research by Inés Macho-Stadler:
- Endogeneous matching in university-industry collaboration: Theory and empirical evidence from the UK (with A. Banal-Estañol and I. Macho-Stadler). Management Science, 64(4), 1591–1608, 2017
- A theoretical approach to dual practice regulations in the health sector (with P. Gonzalez), Journal of Health Economics, 32(1), 66-87, 2013
- Sharing the surplus: a just and efficient proposal for environments with externalities (with D. Pérez-Castrillo and D. Wettstein), Journal of Economic Theory, 135, 339-356, 2007
- Funding the seeds of radical innovation in academia (with A. Banal-Estañol and D. Pérez-Castrillo) BSE Focus
- Working Papers
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, University of Minnesota
ICREA-CREI, UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Macroeconomics, Time Series, Financial Economics, Economic Dynamic Theory
A selection of research by Albert Marcet:
- Asset Prices and Macro Policy when Agents Learn and are Heterogeneous ERC Advanced Grant 2018
- Stock Market Volatility and Learning (with K. Adam and J.P. Nicolini). Journal of Finance, 71(1), 33-82, 2016
- Can a Financial Transaction Tax Prevent Stock Price Booms? (wiht K. Adam, S. Merkel and J. Beutel). Journal of Monetary Economics, 76, S1-S110, 2015
- The Impact of Government Debt Maturity on Inflation (with E. Faraglia, R. Oikonomou and A. Scott). The Economic Journal, 123, (566), F164-F192, 2013
- Asset Prices and Macro Policy when Agents Learn ERC Advanced Grant 2012
- Working Papers
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, Columbia University
CREI, UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Macroeconomic Theory, International Economics, Financial Markets
A selection of research by Alberto Martin:
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, Université Catholique de Louvain
ICREA-UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Industrial Organization, Competition Policy
A selection of research by Massimo Motta:
- The Effect of the EU Antitrust Investigations and Fines on a Firm’s Valuation (with L. Aguzzoni and G. Langus). Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol.61 No 2, 290-338, June 2013
- A Simple Model of Predation (with C. Fumagalli). Journal of Law and Economics, Vol.56 No 3, 595-631, August 2013.
- Exclusive dealing and entry, when buyers compete (with C. Fumagalli). American Economic Review, Vol. 96 No 3, 785-795, June 2006.
- Competition Policy: Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press, 2004
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, University of Bonn
ICREA-UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Experimental and Behavioral Economics, Neuro-economics, Industrial Organization, Game Theory
A selection of research by Rosemarie Nagel:
- Search Dynamics in Consumer Choice under Time Pressure: An Eye-Tracking Study (with E. Reutskaja, C.F. Camerer and A. Rangel), American Economic Review, January 2011
- Measuring Strategic Uncertainty in Coordination Games (with F. Heinemann and P. Ockenfels), Review of Economic Studies, Vol.76, No 1, 181-221, January 2009
- The economic engineer comes to the Keynesian Beauty Contest BSE Research Video
- One, Two, (Three), Infinity, … : Newspaper and Lab Beauty-Contest Experiments (with A. Bosch-Domènech, J.G. Montalvo, and A. Satorra). American Economic Review, 92(5), 1687–1701, 2002
- Working Papers
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
UAB and BSE
Research Interests:
Economics of Science and Innovation, Economics of Information, Game Theory
A selection of research by David Pérez-Castrillo:
- Endogeneous matching in university-industry collaboration: Theory and empirical evidence from the UK (with A. Banal-Estañol and I. Macho-Stadler). Management Science, 64(4), 1591–1608, 2017
- Discrimination in a Model of Contests with Incomplete Information about Ability (with D. Wettstein), International Economic Review, 57(3), 881-914, 2016
- Choosing Wisely: A Multi-Bidding Approach (with D. Wettstein), American Economic Review, 92, 1577-1587, 2002
- Working Papers
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, INSEAD
ICREA-UPF and BSE - on leave
Research Interests:
Banking, Systemic Risk, Financial Crises, Macroeconomics and Credit, Monetary Policy, International Finance, Macroprudential Supervision and Regulation
A selection of research by José-Luis Peydró:
- Systemic Risk, Crises and Macroprudential Policy (with X. Freixas and L. Laeven), MIT Press, 2015
- Debt and Persistence of Financial Shocks ERC Consolidator Grant 2014
- Hazardous Times for Monetary Policy: What do 23 Million Loans Say About the Impact of Monetary Policy on Credit Risk-Taking? (with G. Jiménez, S. Ongena and J. Saurina), Econometrica, 82 (2), 463-505, 2014
- Credit Supply and Monetary Policy: Identifying the Bank Balance-Sheet Channel with Loan Applications (with G. Jiménez, S. Ongena, and J. Saurina). American Economic Review, Vol.102, No 5, 2301--2326, January 2012
- Working Papers
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, London School of Economics
ICREA-UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Conflict, Political Economy
A selection of research by Marta Reynal-Querol:
- Colonization, Early Institutions and the Origin of State Capacity and Democratization ERC Advanced Grant 2021
- Historical Roots of Conflict: From Prehistory to the Colonization Experience ERC Consolidator Grant 2014
- The Legacy of Historical Conflict: Evidence From Africa (with T. Besley). American Political Science Review, Vol.108, No 2, 319-336, January 2014
- Do Democracies Select More Educated Leaders? (with T. Besley). American Political Science Review, Vol. 105 No 3, 552-566, August 2011
- Understanding and Preventing Conflicts ERC Starting Grant 2007
- Ethnic Polarization, Potential Conflict, and Civil Wars (with J.G. Montalvo). American Economic Review, 95(3), 796–816, 2005
- Working Papers
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, Princeton University
ICREA-UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Time Series Econometrics, Applied International Finance, Macroeconomics
A selection of research by Barbara Rossi:
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, Harvard University
CREI, UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
International Economics, Macroeconomics
A selection of research by Jaume Ventura:
- Rethinking the Effects of Financial Globalization (with F. Broner), Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 131, No 3, 1497-1542, August 2016
- Globalization, Economic Policy and Political Structure ERC Advanced Grant 2015
- How Sovereign Debt Accelerated the First Industrial Revolution (with J. Voth) BSE Focus
- Economic Growth with Bubbles (with A. Martin). American Economic Review, Vol.102, No 6, 3033-3058, January 2012
- Asset Bubbles and Economic Policy ERC Advanced Grant 2009
- Working Papers
Involvement in BSE academic community:
Associate Research Professors
PhD, Toulouse School of Economics
UAB and BSE
Research Interests:
Information Economics, Industrial Organization, Organizational Economics, Corruption, Contest Theory, and Experiments
A selection of research by Mikhail Drugov
PhD, Vanderbilt University
UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Law and Economics, Industrial Organization
A selection of research by Rosa Ferrer
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, Goethe University Frankfurt
UAB and BSE
Research Interests:
Economic Development, Labor Economics, Political Economy
A selection of research by Andre Groeger
- Rural Structural Transformation in Developing Countries ERC Starting Grant 2022
- Venezuelan Exodus in Peru: Inflows of immigrants lead to better economic outcomes (with Gianmarco León-Ciliotta and Steven Stillman). World Development, Vol. 174, 106437, 2024 BSE FOCUS
- Monitoring war destruction from space using machine learning (with Hannes Mueller, Jonathan Hersh, and Joan Serrat). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 118, No 23, e2025400118, June 2021
Winner of the 2023 Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research – BBVA Foundation Award in the category "Best contribution in Statistics and Operations Research applied to Data Science and Big Data"
- Easy come, easy go? Economic shocks, labor migration and the family left behind. Journal of International Economics, Vol.128, January 2021
- Working Papers
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, CEMFI
IAE-CSIC and BSE
Research Interests:
Labor Economics, Microeconometrics, Equilibrium Models, Discrete Choice
A selection of research by Joan Llull
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, Columbia University
UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Labor Economics, Urban Economics, International Trade
A selection of research by Joan Monràs:
PhD, Princeton University
CREI, UPF and BSE
Research Interests:
Macroeconomics, Labor Markets, Search and Matching, Information Frictions, Business Cycles
A selection of research by Edouard Schaal
Involvement in BSE academic community:
PhD, University of Warwick
UPF and BSE - on leave
Research Interests:
Multivariate Statistics, Latent Graphical Models, Algebraic Statistics
A selection of research by Piotr Zwiernik
- Total positivity in Markov structures (with S.M. Fallat, S.L. Lauritzen, K. Sadeghi, C. Uhler, and N. Wermuth). Annals of Statistics, 45(3), 1152-1184, July 2017
- Maximum likelihood estimation for linear Gaussian covariance models (with C. Uhler and D. Richards), Journal of the Royal Statistical Society B, 79, 1269-1292, 2017
- Working Papers
Involvement in BSE academic community:
Jose Apesteguia
