CURRICULUM VITAE

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» CURRENT AND PAST POSITIONS

2009– Present

 

Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO), Spain

Post-Doctoral Fellowship

2007– 2009

Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO), Spain

Visiting Professor
2002– 2007

Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Teaching Assistant

» EDUCATION

2002– 2007

 
IDEA, Spain
Ph. D in Economics
Thesis Advisor: Professor Inés Macho-Stadler

2002– 2004

 
IDEA, Spain
M. Phil in Economics
Dissertation Advisor: Professor Inés Macho-Stadler

1996 – 2000

 
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
B.Sc in Economics

» RESEARCH INTERESTS

Industrial Organization, Microeconomics, Corporate Governance, Organizational Economics

» ACADEMIC VISITS

2006
• Department of Finance at the University of Tilburg (The Netherlands)

» CURRENT RESEARCH

• “The experimental effects of introducing a Linear Firing Cost” (Joint with...)
• “Ranking public policies when firms may opt for an Environmental Certification” (Joint with Francisco André)

» RESEARCH PAPERS

• “The Adoption of a Code of Best Practice: Incentives Implications”. September 2008
• “Contracting with a Quiet-life Manager” October 2008
• “Incentives between and within the firm: A first step in understanding Codes of Best Practice”, Master Thesis July 2004

•  “Codes of Best Practice in Competitive Markets for Managers” Noviembre 2009 (Joint with David Pérez-Castrillo)

» CHAPTERS IN A BOOK

• “La evolución de los Codigos de Buen Gobierno: Un Análisis económico” September 2005, V.Salas and M.A. García-cestona, edrs., Forthcoming in "El Gobierno de la empresa en España", Fundación BBVA

» LECTURER

2008– 2009

• Industrial Economics

• Industrial Economics (MsC)

• Introductory economics (Microeconomics)
2007– 2008

• Industrial Economics

• Industrial Economics (MsC)

• Introductory economics (Microeconomics)
2006– 2007 • Microeconomics for Mathemathics, at UAB (1 group)
2005 – 2006 • Management and services administration, at EPSI-UAB (1 group)
2004 – 2005 • Management and services administration, at EPSI-UAB (1 group)

» TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP

2006– 2007
 Microeconomics I, at UAB (3 groups)
2005 – 2006

• Economics, Organization and management, at UAB (2 groups-Spring term)
• Business Analysis and Organizational Design, at UAB (1 group-Spring term)
2004 – 2005 • Economics, Organization and management, at UAB (2 groups-Spring term)
• Business Analysis and Organizational Design, at UAB (1 group-Spring term)
2003 – 2004 • Economics, Organization and management, at UAB (2 groups-Spring term)
• Business Analysis and Organizational Design, at UAB (1 group-Spring term)
2002 – 2003 •Industrial Economics and competitive strategies (1 group-Spring term)
•Industrial Processes: Economics and Organisation, at ETSE-UAB (1 group-Spring term)

» FELLOWSHIPS

2008
Grant to attend the Scientific Meeting “El Gobierno de la Empresa ”, awarded by Fundación Ramón Areces
2006
Grant to visit the Department of Economics at the University of Tilburg, (The Netherlands), awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science
2002–2006 Predoctoral fellowship (FPI), awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

» RESEARCH CONTRACTS

• Project SGR-00836 (2005-2008): “Grupo de Investigación Consolidado”, awarded by Generalitat de Catalunya (Head Researcher: Emili Grifell)
• Project BEC2001-2552-c03-01: “Analisis microeconómico de la empresa española”, awarded by Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (Head Researcher: Antoni Serra-Ramoneda)
• Collaboration with "Innovation at Catalonia", financed by and directed by CIDEM and directed by professor Isabel Busom
• Collaboration with "El gobierno de la empresa en España", financed by Fundacion BBVA and directed by Miguel Angel García Cestona y Vicente Salas Fumás

» CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2009

•To Enforce and Comply: Incentives inside Corporations and Agencies University of Amsterdam-ACLE the Netherlands
2008

•  XXIV Jornadas de Economía Industrial, Reus, España

•  EARIE, Universidad de Toulouse, Toulouse, Francia

•  Corporate Governance Summer School – UIMP Santander, España

2007

• XXXII Simposio de Análisis Económico, Universidad de Granada, Spain

• II Royal Economic Society PhD, London School of Economics –London

• XXII European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), University of Valencia, Spain

• 5th International Industrial Organization Conference (IIOC), Savannah GA, USA

2006

• XXXI Simposio de Análisis Económico, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain

• XXII Jornadas de Economía Industrial, IESE of Barcelona, Spain

2005

• XXX Simposio de Análisis Económico, Universidad de Murcia, Spain

• II Workshop on Corporate Governance, EIASM- Brussels, Belgium

• XXI Jornadas de Economía Industrial, Universidad del País Vasco in Bilbao, Spain

» SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

2008

• Seminar at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain, (presenting “Codes of Best Practice in Competitive Markets for Managers”)

• Seminar at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain, (presenting “Codes of Best Practice in Competitive Markets for Managers”)

• Seminar at WZB Economics and Politics Seminar Series, Germany, (presenting “Codes of Best Practice in Competitive Markets for Managers”)
2007

• Seminar at Universidad de Granada, Spain, (presenting “The Adoption of a Code of Best Practice: Incentives Implications”)

• Seminar at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain, (presenting “The Adoption of a Code of Best Practice: Incentives Implications”)

• Seminar at Universidad de les Illes Balears, Spain, (presenting “The Adoption of a Code of Best Practice: Incentives Implications”)

• Microeconomics Workshop at UAB (Barcelona), Spain, (presenting “Contracting with a Quiet-life Manager”)
2006

• Seminar at Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands, (presenting “The Adoption of a Code of Best Practice: Incentives Implications”)

• Microeconomics Workshop at UAB (Barcelona), Spain, (presenting “Contracting with a Quiet-life Manager”)
2005

• Microeconomics Workshop at UAB, Spain, (presenting “The Adoption of a Code of Best Practice: Incentives Implications”)

• Industrial Economics Seminar, at UAB, Spain, (presenting “The Adoption of a Code of Best Practice: Incentives Implications”)

» OTHER CONFERENCES

2005

• ENTER Jamboree, Free University of Brussels, Belgium (discussant)

2004

• XXVII Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET),
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), Spain (Local Committee)

» UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2004-2006 Board Representative of the Economics Department at UAB

» LANGUAGES

Spanish and Catalan (native), English (fluent)