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Personal Data

  • Name: Porteiro, Nicolás.
  • Spanish, born in Vigo 7th October 1974.

Current and Past Positions

  • July 2008-Present: Associate Professor (Profesor Titular de Universidad). Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain.

  • January 2007-July 2008: Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow. Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain.

  • October 2004-December 2006: Assistant Professor, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain.

  • October 2002-September 2004: Marie Curie Posdoctoral Fellow. CORE Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
  • October 2001-September 2002. Teaching Assistant. Universidad de Alicante.
  • October 1997-September 2001. Predoctoral student. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.

Education

  • 2002: Ph.D. in Economics. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
    Degree conferred on 15th April 2002 (cum laude).
    Title: «Economies with Externalities: Regulation and Incentives».
    Advisor: Prof. Inés Macho-Stadler.
  • 1999: Master in Economic Analysis. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Departamento de Economía e Historia Económica. Fields of Specialization: Game Theory, Economics of Information, Industrial Economics.
  • 1997: B.A. in Economics. Universidade de Vigo (Spain). Field: Industrial Economics.

Fields of Interest

Major: Microeconomics. Applied Game Theory. Political Economy.
Secondary: Informational Economics. Economics of Regulation.

Publications

  • «Fiscal Decentralization and Political Budget Cycles», (jointly with Paula González, and Jean Hindriks. Journal of Public Economic Theory, forthcoming.

  • «Implementing registries and results databases of clinical trials: is there a side effect?» (jointly with Matthias Dahm and Paula González). Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research (2010) Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 247-251.

  • «Trials, Tricks and Transparency: How Disclosure Rules Affect Clinical Knowledge», (jointly with Matthias Dahm and Paula González). Journal of Health Economics (2009) Vol 28, pp. 1141-1153.

  • «Strategic Quality Competition and the Porter Hypothesis», (jointly with Francisco J. André and Paula González). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2009) Vol. 57(2), pp. 182-194.

  • «The Role of Mediation in Peacemaking and Peacekeeping Negotiations», (jointly with Ester Camiña). European Economic Review (2009) Vol. 53(1), pp. 73-92.

  • «Side-Effects of Campaign Finance Reform», (jointly with Matthias Dahm). Journal of the European Economic Association (2008) Vol. 6, pp. 1057–1077.

  • «Biased Contests», (jointly with Matthias Dahm). Public Choice (2008) Vol. 136-1, pp. 55-67.
  • «Common Agency Games: Indifference and Separable Preferences». (jointly with Andrea Attar, Dipjyoti Majumdar and Gwenaël Piaser). Mathematical Social Sciences (2008) Vol. 56-1, pp. 75-95.
  • «Informational Lobbying under the Shadow of Political Pressure», (jointly with Matthias Dahm). Social Choice and Welfare (2008) Vol 30-4, pp. 531-559.
  • «Pressure Groups and Experts in Environmental Regulation». Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2008) Vol 65-1, pp. 156-175.
  • «Negotiation and Take-it or Leave-it in Common Agency with Non-contractible Actions», (jointly with Andrea Attar and Gwenaël Piaser). Journal of Economic Theory (2007) Vol 135-1, pp. 590-593.
  • «An Efficient and Egalitarian Negotiation Procedure for Economies with Externalities». Social Choice and Welfare (2007) Vol. 28-1, pp. 19-40.
  • «A Note on Common Agency Games of Moral Hazard», (jointly with Andrea Attar and Gwenaël Piaser). Economics Letters (2007) Vol. 95-2, pp. 278-284.
  • «Sequential Formation of Coalitions through Bilateral Agreements in a Cournot Setting», (jointly with Inés Macho-Stadler and David Pérez-Castrillo). International Journal of Game Theory (2006) Vol. 34-2, pp. 207-228.
  • «Regulation of Specialized Medical Care with Public and Private Provision». European Journal of Political Economy (2005) Vol. 21, pp. 221-246.

Other Publications (in Spanish)

  • «Teoría y Política del copago en Sanidad» (jointly with Paula González and José Luis Pinto). Technical Report for the Cátedra de Economía de la Salud, Consejería de Salud, (Junta de Andalucía) and Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 1/2011.
  • «Algunas consideraciones sobre el papel del copago en sanidad» (jointly with Paula González and José Luis Pinto). Situación Andalucía, BBVA Research, July 2011.
  • «Nuevos Enfoques en el Diseño de los Copagos Farmacéuticos» (jointly with Paula González). Revista Temas de Actualidad nº 48, Fundación Centro de Estudios Andaluces, 2010.

Working Papers

  • «Optimal Coexistence of Short-Term and Long-Term Contracts in Labor Markets», (jointly with Inés Macho-Stadler and David Pérez-Castrillo).
  • «Choosing High-Court Judges by Political Parties», (jointly with Antonio Villar).
  • «The Political Economy of Interest Groups: Pressure and Information», (jointly with Matthias Dahm). CORE Discussion Paper 2003/57.

Work in Progress

  • «An Axiomatic Approach the Design of Pharmaceutical Copayments», (jointly with Paula González and José Luis Pinto).
  • «A Principal-Agent Foundation for the Porter Hypothesis», (jointly with Francisco J. André and Paula González).
  • «Monitoring Selective Reporting: Increasing the Penalty or the Probability of Detection», (jointly with Matthias Dahm and Paula González).

Fellowships and Awards

  • Ramón y Cajal Research Fellowship. Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. Awarded for the period 2007-2012.
  • Marie Curie Individual Fellowship. Proposal number: MCFI-2002-01200. Title of the project: Mechanism Design for Applied Environments. 2002-2004.
  • Awarded with the "Young Economist Award" of the European Economic Association for the paper "The Role of Mediation in Peacemaking and Peacekeeping Negotiations". August 2004.
  • Awarded with the prize for the best article presented by a young researcher in the «VII Encontro de Novos Investigadores en Análise Económica», Santiago de Compostela, July 2001.
  • Fellow of the program for the training of researchers from the Generalitat de Catalunya. 1998-2001.
  • Awarded with a scholarship Intercampus E/AL 96 working with the Departament of Economic Analysis, in the Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos and the Universidad Nacional de Litoral. Argentina. 1996.

Professional Experience

Teaching Experience.
  • Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Master in Economics and Policy Evaluation. Teaching subject: Foundations of Microeconomic Analysis (07-08, 09-10 and 10-11), Public Economics (09-10 and 10-11).
  • Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Master Economic Development and Sustainability. Teaching subject: Microeconomics for Development (09-10 and 10-11).
  • Universidad Pablo de Olavide. School of Business Administration. Teaching subjects: Intermediate Microeconomics (in Spanish: 04-05 and 05-06, 09-10 and 10-11, in English: 06-07, 10-11) and Introduction to Macroeconomics (04-05 and 05-06).
  • Universidad de Alicante. School of Mathematics and School of Economics. Teaching subjects: Mathematical Methods for Economics (01-02) and Mathematics (01-02).
  • Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. School of Economics. Teaching subjects: Advanced Macroeconomics I (97-98), Advanced Macroeconomics II (97-98), (98-99), (99-00) and (00-01).

Other Professional Merits.

  • Declared suitable (Habilitado) by the Spanish Ministry of Education to hold a permanent position in a Spanish university (January 2007).

Presentations at Conferences

  • Workshop IDEA 20th Anniversary. Barcelona. June 2011.
  • Public Economic Theory Conference. Seoul (Korea). June 2008.
  • XXXII Simposio de Análisis Económico. Granada. December 2007.
  • 34th E.A.R.I.E Euro conference. Valencia, September 2007.
  • 6th World Congress on Health Economics. Copenhaguen (Denmark), July 2007.
  • XXI Conference of the European Economic Association. Vienna (Austria), August 2006.
  • The 8th International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare. Istanbul (Turkey), July 2006.
  • XIV Far Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society. Beijing (China), July 2006.
  • XI Spring Meeting of Young Economists. Sevilla (Spain), May 2006.
  • XXX Simposio de Análisis Económico. Murcia. December 2005.
  • First Meeting of the Spanish Network for Social Choice. Sevilla, October 2005.
  • ASSET Euro conference. Barcelona. October 2004.
  • XXVIII Simposio de Análisis Económico. Sevilla. December 2003.
  • Summer Meeting of Economics Analysis. Vigo. September 2003
  • 2003 European Meeting of the Econometric Society. Stockholm (Norway). August 2003.
  • Spring Meeting of Young Economists. Leuven (Belgium). April 2003
  • ASSET Euro conference. Paphos (Cyprus). October 2002.
  • XXVI Simposio de Análisis Económico. Alicante. December 2001.
  • First LEA Meeting on Economic Design. Barcelona. November 2001.
  • I Encuentro de Economía Industrial. Barcelona. September 2001.
  • VII Encontro de Novos Investigadores en Análise Económica. Santiago de Compostela. July 2001.
  • XXV Simposio de Análisis Económico. Barcelona. December 2000.
  • XVI Jornadas de Economía Industrial. Madrid. September 2000.
  • 27th E.A.R.I.E Euro conference. Lausanne (Switzerland). September 2000.
  • VI Encontro de Novos Investigadores en Análise Económica. Vigo. July 2000.
  • XXIV Simposio de Análisis Económico. Barcelona. December 1999.

Seminar Presentations

  • Universidad de las Islas Baleares. Palma de Mallorca (Spain). May 2011.
  • Universidade de Vigo (Spain). April 2010.
  • Queen’s University Belfast. Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK). February 2008.
  • Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Tarragona (Spain). June 2007.
  • Universidade de Vigo (Spain). April 2007.
  • Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Sevilla (Spain). November 2007, January 2007, April 2005, January 2006.
  • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Madrid (Spain). May 2004.
  • Fundación Centro de Estudios Andaluces (centrA:). Sevilla (Spain). March 2004.
  • Center for Operations Research and Econometrics. Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). September 2003.
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Leuven (Belgium). January 2003.
  • Center for Operations Research and Econometrics. Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). October 2002.
  • Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Sevilla. June 2002.
  • Universidad de Alicante. Alicante. June 2001.
  • Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Barcelona. March 2001.
  • Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de Compostela. November 2000.
  • Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Barcelona. October 2000.
  • Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Barcelona. March 2000.

Other Research Activities

Research Projects.
  • «Health and Welfare Policies: Incentives and Regulation», (ECO2008-04321/ECON). Spanish Ministry of Science and Education (2009-2012). Main researcher: Nicolás Porteiro (Universidad Pablo de Olavide).
  • «Public Policies, Psycology and Economics: An Application to Health, Agriculture and the Environment», Consejería de Innovación Ciencia y Empresa. Junta de Andalucía (2010-13). Main researcher: Paula González (Universidad Pablo de Olavide).
  • «Public Intervention and Strategic Interaction in the Pharmaceutical Market», awarded by the Fundación Ramón Areces (2008-10). Main researcher: Nicolás Porteiro (Universidad Pablo de Olavide).
  • «New Perspectives in the Design of Pharmaceutical Copayments», awarded by the Centro de Estudios Andaluces, Junta de Andalucía (2005). Main researcher: Paula González (Universidad Pablo de Olavide).
  • «Analyses of Public Economics: Health Economics and Environmental Economics». Consejería de Innovación Ciencia y Empresa. Junta de Andalucía (2008-10). Main researcher: José Luis Pinto (Universidad Pablo de Olavide).
  • «Strategic Implications of Electoral Processes» (SEJ2005-04085/ECON). Spanish Ministry of Science and Education (2006-2008). Main researcher: Pablo Amorós (Universidad de Málaga).
  • «Public Economics: Public Policies, Development and Welfare». Consejería de de Innovación Ciencia y Empresa. Junta de Andalucía (2006-08). Main researcher: Antonio Villar (Universidad Pablo de Olavide & IVIE).
  • «R+D, Public Decisions and Pressure Groups: the case of the Pharmaceutical Industry». Centro de Estudios Andaluces, Junta de Andalucía (2006). Main researcher: Antonio Villar (Universidad Pablo de Olavide & IVIE).
  • «El impacto de las votaciones en la toma de decisiones políticas», awarded by the Centro de Estudios Andaluces, Junta de Andalucía (2005). Main researcher: Pablo Amorós (Universidad de Málaga).
  • «Grupo de economía del Bienestar», awarded by the Centro de Estudios Andaluces, Junta de Andalucía (2004). Main researcher: Pablo Amorós (Universidad de Málaga).
  • «Análisis de Economía Pública: Economía del cambio tecnológico y Economía de la salud». DGES nº PB 97-0181. Length: 1998-2000. Main researcher: Prof. Inés Macho Stadler (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona).
  • «Economía Pública: Política tecnológica e industrial, Economía de la salud y diseño de mecanismos en Economía Pública». BEC2000-0172. Length: 2000-2002. Main researcher: Prof. Inés Macho Stadler (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona).

Referee Activities.

  • Journals: Resource and Energy Economics, SERIEs, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Social Choice and Welfare, Canadian Journal of Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Economics Bulletin, International Journal of Regulation and Governance, Health Economics, Investigaciones Económicas. Working Papers series, Universitat Rovira i Virgili. CORE Discussion Papers.
  • Referee of research projects for the Spanish Agency of Evaluation (ANEP).

Other Activities.

  • Member of the Programme Committee for:

    • 18th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (Rome, 2011).
    • The XXXIV Simposio de Análisis Económico (Valencia, Spain, 2009).
    • The XXXIII Simposio de Análisis Económico (Zaragoza, Spain, 2008).
    • The 34th European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) Conference (Valencia, Spain, 2007).
    • The XXXII Simposio de Análisis Económico (Granada, Spain, 2007).
    • The XII Spring Meeting of Young Economists (Hamburg 2007).
    • The IX Spring Meeting of Young Economists (Warsaw 2004).
  • Member of the PhD. Thesis committee of Eduard Alonso (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, July 2007).
  • Member of the Internal Committee of Evaluation of the Doctoral Program IDEA, for the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. 2001.

Languages

  • Spanish and Galician (Native speaker).
  • English (Certificate of Proficiency in English, by Cambridge University and Superior Title from the Spanish Official School of Languages).
  • French (Certificat Elémentaire de Français Pratique, by the Alliance Française).