CODE

Center for the Study of Organizations and Decisions in Economics

News and Announcements

The Center for the Study of Organizations and Decisions in Economics (CODE) has incorporated three new research fellows in 2025. Welcome to all new members!

CODE Hosts New Research Events in Barcelona

CODE researchers have been active in shaping Barcelona’s research scene, organizing workshops at the BSE Summer Forum and hosting sessions at the 2024 SED Meeting, reinforcing the team’s role as a hub for cutting-edge work on networks, incentives, and organizations.

Ramon Areces Postdoc joins CODE

CODE welcomes Ramon Areces Post-doctoral fellow Abhinav Khemka who will be joining us from University of Milan and Bocconi University, through this academic year. Abhinav specilaizes in political economy and development economics. His expertese will be a great addition to the CODE team.

About CODE

The Center for the Study of Organizations and Decisions in Economics (CODE) is a research center at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, created in 1995 to promote high quality research in the theory of economic decisions and organizations. Since the beginning of its activities, CODE's main goal is to provide an environment allowing for excellence in research as measured by the international standards of scientific quality.

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Publications 2026

- Arribillaga, P., Massó, J. & Neme, A. 2026. “Group obvious strategy-proofness: Definition and characterization," Journal of Mathematical Economics 123, 1032016. link
- Forni, M., Gambetti, L., Lippi, M. & Sala, L. 2026. “Common Components Structural VARs," Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 44(1), 39–52. link
- Groeger, A. & Zylberberg, Y. 2026. "The pick of the crop: Agricultural practices and clustered networks in village economies," Journal of the European Economic Association 24(1), 271-310. link
- Magontier, P. & Martinez-Mazza, R. 2026. "JUE insight: Floods & urban density," Journal of Urban Economics 152, 103831. link
- Sancho, F. 2026. "A few things you always wanted to know about input-output multipliers, but were afraid to ask," National Accounting Review 8(2), 150-162. link

Forthcoming Papers

Barberà, S. & Bossert, W. "A characterization of Black's voting rule," Public Choice, forthcoming.
Debortoli, D., Forni, M., Gambetti, L. & Sala, L. 2025. "Nonlinear monetary policy tradeoffs," The Economic Journal, ueaf132, online. link
Gierlinger, J. & Milán, P. 2025. "Simple market structures are incomplete," International Economic Review, online. link
- Guerra, A. I. & Sancho, F. 2025. "Employment allocation: From branches to extended subsystems," Applied Economics Letters, online. link
- Wang, H. "Fertility and family leave policies in Germany: Optimal policy in a dynamic framework," The Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming.