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The Barcelona School of Economics is a pioneering initiative that brings together four academic units with established international reputations and a history of leadership in the field of Economics:

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Fostering Research Excellence

Highlights from BSE activities and initiatives that promote scientific rigor in Economics research

BSE Summer Forum

Where hundreds of top researchers gather each June in workshops across dozens of topics in Economics

Calvó-Armengol Prize

Awarded by BSE and the Government of Andorra for exceptional achievement in research. Nominations open now through June 30

Severo Ochoa Accreditation

BSE has been distinguished as a Center of Research Excellence by Spain’s State Research Agency.

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As the Planet Heats Up, So Does Climate Policy Debate

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April 25
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Call for Nominations: IX Calvó-Armengol International Prize in Economics

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Heterogeneity and Aggregate Consumption: An Empirical Assessment

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BSE Working Paper: 1484 | April 25
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Jordi Galí, Davide Debortoli,
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Hegemony and International Alignment

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BSE Working Paper: 1483 | March 25
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Christoph Trebesch, Josefin Meyer, Jiaxian Zhou Wu, Alberto Martin, Fernando Broner
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Echoes and Delays: Time-to-build in Production Networks

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BSE Working Paper: 1482 | March 25
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Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel, Edouard Schaal,
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The Tradewise-Function Form for Transferable Utility Games

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BSE Working Paper: 1481 | March 25
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Marilda Sotomayor, David Pérez-Castrillo,
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America’s Rise in Human Capital Mobility

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Lukas Althoff, Harriet Brookes Gray, Hugo A. Reichardt,
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Scale-Biased Technical Change and Inequality

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Ideological Consistency and Valence

Games and Economic Behavior
February 25
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The Global Financial Resource Curse

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February 25
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Global Financial Cycle, Household Credit, and Macroprudential Policies

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Camelia MinoiuIrina MihaiJosé-Luis PeydróRead more
and Mircea Epure
Management Science, Business Economics
December 24
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E-invoicing, tax audits and VAT compliance

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Innocente MurasiJohn KarangwaChristos KotsogiannisRead more
and Luca Salvadori
Journal of Development Economics, Business Economics
December 24
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ESPE special issue

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Libertad González
political economy, Journal of Demographic Economics
December 24
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Online academic exams: Does multiplicity of exam versions mitigate cheating?

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Marc Vorsatz and Flip Klijn
Social Choice and Mechanism Design, International Review of Economics Education
December 24
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The impacts of armed conflict on human development: A review of the literature

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Hannes Mueller
conflict, political economy, World Development
December 24
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Geopolitical risks and prudential merger control

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Martin Peitz and Massimo Motta
political economy, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice
December 24
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Modeling noisy learning in a dynamic oligopoly experiment

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Rosemarie Nagel
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
December 24
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Political Parties and Public Policies. A Review of the Spanish Evidence

CESifo Economic Studies, Public Economics
November 24

BSE Focus

Research-based analysis by economists and social scientists at the Barcelona School of Economics

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Labor Economics
April 2025
How Workplace Networks Shape Optimal Compensation
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The Great Gatsby Curve and the Carnegie Effect

Economic Welfare
March 2025
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The Effects of Climate Change on Labor and Capital Reallocation

Economic Development
February 2025
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