Bio and service

Short bio

Paula Bustos is an ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Affiiliated Professor of the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE). She is also a Research Fellow at the European Economic Association, Chair of the EEA Women in Economics Committee, CEPR Research Fellow and co-leader of Trade and Spatial Frictions Theme of the STEG-CEPR program.

Professor Bustos studies the economic effects of climate change, new agricultural technologies and international market integration. Her work has been published in leading journals such as the American Economic Review and the Quarterly Journal of Economics.

Her research on agricultural productivity and structural transformation has been funded by a Starting Grant from the European Research Council in 2017. Her new research line on adjustment to climate change in developing countries has been funded by a Consolidator Grant in 2023.

Download CV  (October 2024)

Current positions and affiliations

Past positions and affiliations, research visits

Education 

PhD in Economics, Harvard University, 2008.
    Thesis title: 'Trade, Technology and Inequality'
    Thesis committee: Elhanan Helpman (chair), Philippe Aghion, Pol Antras  and Marc Melitz
M.A. in Economics, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, 1999.
B.A. in Economics, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, 1997.

Service

Editorial
Co-editor, Journal of International Economics, 2021-2023
Referee: American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of International Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of the European Economic Association, AEJ Applied Economics, Economic Journal, International Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, World Development, Economics of Transition.

Advisory committees
Member of the Women in Economics Committee of the EEA, since 2023.
Member of the Council of the European Economic Association, 2018-2022.
Member of the Academic Council of the Barcelona School of Economics, since 2018.

Conference and seminar organization

Conference programme committee member
Women in Economics Mentoring and Networking Retreat (held in connection with the EEA-ESEM Congress), Rotterdam 2024; Bordeaux 2025
20th International Economic Association World Congress 2023
12th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Student Prize Committee, 2023
40th and 35th Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía
2010 Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association

Other service
Bruno Conte, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at UPF's Department of Economics and Business (2023), supervisor
STEG-CEPR Fourth Larger Research Grants Call Panel Meeting,  evaluation panel member (2023)
Women in Economics Mentoring and Networking Retreat (​held in connection with the EEA-ESEM Congress) (2023 and 2024), mentor

Conferences, workshops and invited seminars

( *declined due to pregnancy/maternity)

2024 “Firms, Labor Markets, and Development” Workshop (Siracusa) (keynote), Toulouse School of Economics, University of Oxford, Nobel Symposium in Economic Sciences: Microdevelopment research in the last 20 years: what have we learned? (Stellenbosch) (discussant), STICERD-LSE Career Structures in Economics: Workshop and Policy Session (London), Exeter Workshop on Structural Transformation, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (Rome), Sciences Po (Paris), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CESifo Workshop on Trade, Market Failures, and Development (Munich),  Universidad Torcuato Di Tella-Department of Economics 30th Anniversary event (Buenos Aires), Society for Economic Dynamics 2024 Winter Meeting (Buenos Aires).  

2023 CEPR Paris Symposium: STEG Panel on The Emerging Agenda for Macro Development, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política LVIII Annual Meeting (keynote), Bocconi University (Milan), Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin), Workshop “Economics and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future” (Bologna), Columbia Business School, Yale Economic Growth Center,

STEG-IGC Conference on Structural Transformation, Growth, and Economic Development, Banco de España–CEMFI–UIMP Conference on the Spanish Economy (discussant).

2022 CEPR Paris Symposium, Graduate Institute Geneva, Trade & Development EOS conference Belgium (KU Leuven, U. Catholique de Louvain, U. Namur, and U. Antwerp), Environmental Economics Seminar Toulouse School of Economics, King’s College Workshop on Trade and Development (London), IX Workshop on Structural Transformation and Macroeconomic Dynamics (Cagliari),  CEPR Labour Economics Symposium (London),  Joint OECD and European Commission Global Forum on Productivity (Brussels), Armenian Economic Association (keynote), UEA North American Meeting, CEBRA, VDEV/CEPR/BREAD Virtual Seminar, Virtual Workshop  on Trade, Spatial Economics and the Environment (Purdue University), LSE Capabilities Seminar, U. Bologna Workshop on International Trade and Intellectual Property Rights
(keynote).

2021 CEPR/TCD Workshop in Development Economics, NBER Development-BREAD Fall Program Meeting, IGC Conference on Firms, Trade, and Development (Stanford), 14th AFD-World Bank Migration and Development Conference, LMU Munich, Banco de España, World Bank, Seminario Interuniversitario sobre Desarrollo Productivo Argentino, CEMFI, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Tilburg University, NBER SI International Trade and Investment (discussant).

2020 London School of Economics, GEP/CEPR Summer Trade Workshop on ‘‘The Dynamics of Trade,” Workshop on Structural Transformation and Macroeconomic Dynamics (University of Cagliari), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Cambridge University, Swiss Macro Workshop*

2019 Cowles Conference on Macroeconomics at Yale University, University College London, Oxford University, Warwick University, Paris Trade Seminar, University of Zurich, University of Oslo, IIES Stockholm University, ECARES Université Libre de Bruxelles, BGSE Summer Forum, University of Copenhagen*, University of Minnesota*, Columbia University* 

2018 University of Munich*, Cambridge Workshop on Firms and Development*, Tinbergen Institute Conference: International Trade and Development*, SAET Conference in Taipei, Taiwan*, Central Bank of Chile Workshop on Productivity Dynamics, Firm Growth and Factor Reallocation*, Research Institute of Industrial Economics Stockholm*, World Bank*, Annual UTDT Economics Conference.

2017 Stockholm University, CREI/Universitat Pompeu Fabra, CEPR European Summer Symposium in International Macroeconomics (Tarragona), BGSE Summer Forum, Research Workshop Banco de España-CEMFI, University of Edinburgh*, Conference on Macro-Development Washington University St. Louis*, University of Mannheim*.

2016 London School of Economics, CEPR European Research Workshop in International Trade (Copenhagen), NBER SI Development Economics, BREAD/PODER/CEPR Annual Symposium on Development Economics (Milan), MadMac Conference in Growth and Development.

2015 Yale University, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Stanford University, Northwestern University, American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Toulouse School of Economics, RIDGE/UBA Workshop on Industrial Policy and Development. 

2014 MIT-Harvard University, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, NBER SI International Trade and Investment, NBER SI Innovation and Productivity-Development and Entrepreneurship, NBER SI Development Economics, CEMFI. 

2013 Princeton International Economics Section Summer Workshop, IGC Growth Week (London), CEPR European Research Workshop in International Trade (Rotterdam).

2012 NBER SI Environmental and Energy Economics, London School of Economics Toulouse School of Economics, Universidad Carlos III, Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Rio de Janeiro, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Universidad Torcuato di Tella.

2011 CEPR European Research Workshop in International Trade (Nottingham), Princeton International Economics Section Summer Workshop, Central European University. 

2010 Annual Meeting of the Society of Economic Dynamics (Montreal), Oxford University, Universidad de Murcia, IGC Firm Capabilities Group Workshop University of Warwick, University of Nottingham.

2009 CEPR Conference on Product Heterogeneity and Quality Heterogeneity in International Trade (discussant), Annual Meeting of the Society of Economic Dynamics, (Istanbul), LACEA Annual Meeting (Buenos Aires), WTO-ILO Workshop on Global Trade and Employment (Geneva), Warwick University Trade Day, Bank of Italy, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, University of Oviedo, EUI-IMT Workshop on Trade Firm Dynamics and Growth, Tinbergen Institute.

2008 CEPR European Research Workshop in International Trade (Appenzell), LACEA Annual Meeting (Rio de Janeiro), ELSNIT Annual Conference on Integration and Trade (Florence), Egon-Sohmen-Symposium 2008: The Economic Consequences of Globalization, Bocconi University. 

2007 London School of Economics, NYU, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IESE Business School, NBER SI International Trade and Investment, CEPR European Summer Symposium in International Macroeconomics (Izmir), Conference on “Firm Selection, Industry Dynamics and Institutions: New Perspectives on Economic Integration in Latin America” Università di Bologna (Buenos Aires), ELSNIT Annual Conference on Integration and Trade (Barcelona), European Economic Association Annual Congress (Budapest).

2006 University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Stanford University, University of Wisconsin, University of Texas at Austin, University of Michigan, University of Toronto, MIT Sloan, Brown University, CREI-Pompeu Fabra, IMF, Universidad T. di Tella, Universidad de San Andres, London School of Economics, Conference on Empirical Investigations in International Trade (U. Calgary). 

Teaching

Master and PhD thesis supervision 

Jacopo Ponticelli
PhD UPF 2013
Assistant Professor, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

Bruno Caprettini
PhD UPF 2015
Post-Doc, U. of Zurich

Juan Manuel Castro-Vincenzi
Master CEMFI 2017
Princeton PhD Program in Economics

Pedro Degiovanni
Master CEMFI 2018
Harvard PhD Program in Economics

Diego Astorga
PhD CEMFI 2019
Assistant Professor, Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

Daniela Solá
PhD CEMFI 2023
Assistant Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Giorgio Pietrabissa
PhD CEMFI, 2024
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environment at the LSE

Sophie Nottmeyer
PhD CEMFI, expected 2025

Franziska Schwingeler
PhD UPF (co-advisor)

Santiago Gamba
PhD UPF (co-advisor)