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CURRICULUM VITAE

PAULA GONZÁLEZ

Department of Economics

Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Carretera de Utrera, km 1

E-41013 Sevilla. Spain Phone: (34) 954 348380

Fax : (34) 954 349339

e-mail: pgonzalez@upo.es

https://sites.google.com/view/paula-gonzalez-web-page

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1630-9726

Researcher ID: H-3949-2015

Scopus Author ID: 55944442100

 EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Economics (Honors), Universidad de Alicante (Spain), 2002.

• M.Sc. in Economic Analysis, Universidad de Alicante (Spain), 1999.

• B.A. in Economics. Universidade de Vigo (Spain), 1997.

CURRENT POSITION

•   Professor. Department of Economics. Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Spain), since November 2021.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS AND VISITING APPOINTMENTS

• Visiting Researcher, University College Dublin, July-August 2023.

• Associate Professor. Department of Economics. Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Spain), 2010-2021.

• Visiting Professor and Assistant Professor. Department of Economics. Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Spain), 2004-2010.

• Postdoctoral fellow at CORE-Université catholique de Louvain. Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), 2003-2004.

• Marie Curie Ph.D student at ECARES-Université Libre de Bruxelles. Brussels (Belgium), fall 2002.

• Visiting Ph.D. student at Universität Wien and Institut für Hohere Studien (Institute for Advanced Studies). Vienna (Austria), Winter-Spring 1999.

• Teaching Assistant at Universidad de Alicante (Spain), 1997-2002.

• Research fellow at “Universidad de Cuenca del Plata” (Argentina), Summer 1996.

RESEARCH FIELDS

• Major fields: Health Economics. Public Economics. Political Economy.

• Sub-fields: Economics of Information. Applied Game Theory.

RESEARCH IMPACT

• Web of Science (ResearcherID): 20 published articles, 440 citations, h-index 11.

• Scopus (Author ID): 21 published articles, 499 citations, h-index 12.

• Google Scholar: 1024 citations, h-index 13.

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

1. “Confinement policies: controlling contagion without compromising mental health” (with Ariadna García-Prado and Yolanda Rebollo). Applied Economics, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2024.2364100 

2. “La Práctica dual público-privada en la Sanidad Española: ¿Solución o problema?” (with Ariadna García-Prado). Gaceta Sanitaria, Informe SESPAS 2024, Volume 38, Supplement 1, 2024, 102379, in press [in Spanish].

3. “Lockdown Strictness and Mental Health Effects Among Older Populations in Europe” (with Ariadna García-Prado and Yolanda Rebollo). Economics and Human Biology, Volume 45, 101116, 2022.

4. “A theory on party discipline and vote switching by legislators” (with Francesca Passarelli and Socorro Puy). European Journal of Political Economy, volume 66, 101960, 2021. 

5. “On the design of equity-oriented pharmaceutical copayments”. SERIEs-Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 11(2), 179-202, 2020.

6. “The Enforcement of Mandatory Disclosure Rules” (with Matthias Dahm and Nicolás Porteiro). Journal of Public Economics 167: 21-32, 2018.

7. “Risk Attitudes in Medical Decisions for Others: An Experimental Approach” (with Alejandro Arrieta, Ariadna García Prado and José Luis Pinto-Prades). Health Economics 26 (S3): 97-113, 2017.

8. “Private versus Social Incentives for Pharmaceutical Innovation” (with Inés Macho-Stadler and David Pérez Castrillo). Journal of Health Economics 50: 286–297, 2016.

9. “Fiscal Decentralization and Political Budget Cycles” (with Jean Hindriks and Nicolás Porteiro). Journal of Public Economic Theory, 15 (6): 884-911, 2013.

10. “A Theoretical Approach to Dual Practice Regulations in the Health Sector” (with Inés Macho-Stadler). Journal of Health Economics, 32 (1): 66-87, 2013.

11. “Whom do physicians work for? An Analysis of Dual Practice in the Health Sector” (with Ariadna García-Prado). Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 36 (2): 265-294, 2011.

12. “Gatekeeping versus Direct-Access when Patient Information Matters”. Health Economics, 19: 730-754, 2010.

13. “Implementing Registries and Results Databases of Clinical Trials: Is there a Side Effect?” (with Matthias Dahm and Nicolás Porteiro). Expert Review of Pharmaeconomics and Outcomes Research 10(3): 247-251, 2010.

14. “Trials, Tricks and Transparency: How Disclosure Rules Affect Clinical Knowledge” (with Matthias Dahm and Nicolás Porteiro). Journal of Health Economics 28: 1141-1153, 2009.

15. “Strategic Quality Competition and the Porter Hypothesis”, (with Francisco J. André and Nicolás Porteiro). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 57: 182–194, 2009.

16. “Policy and Regulatory Responses to Dual Practice in the Health Sector” (with Ariadna García-Prado). Health Policy 84: 142-152, 2007.

17.  “El pluriempleo entre los profesionales sanitarios: Un análisis de sus causas e implicaciones” (with Ariadna García-Prado). Gaceta Sanitaria (Journal of the Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration) 20 (Supl 2): 29-40, 2006.

18. “On a Policy of Transferring Public Patients to Private Practice”. Health Economics 14 (5): 513-527, 2005.

19. “Optimal Sharing of Surgical Costs in the Presence of Queues” (with Carmen Herrero). Mathematical Methods of Operations Research 59 (3): 435-446, 2004.

20.  “Should Physicians’ Dual Practice Be Limited? An Incentive Approach”. Health Economics 13 (6): 505-524, 2004.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1.  “Physicians’ Simultaneous Practice in the Public and Private Sectors”. In: Anthony J. Culyer (ed.), Encyclopedia of Health Economics, Vol 3. San Diego: Elsevier; pp. 83-90, 2014.

2. “El comportamiento de los profesionales sanitarios en la Unión Europea: Reformas existentes y desafíos pendientes” (with Ariadna García-Prado). In: Álvaro Hidalgo, Juan del Llano and Santiago Pérez (eds.) Recursos Humanos para la Salud: suficiencia, adecuación y mejora. Barcelona: Masson-Elsevier, 2007.

POPULAR WRITING

1. "Lockdowns had a huge impact in the mental health of the elderly" (with Ariadna García-Prado and Yolanda F. Rebollo). The Conversation, 2nd November 2022.

2. “Confinamiento y salud mental de los mayores: ¿qué hemos aprendido tras la pandemia de COVID-19?” (with Ariadna García-Prado and Yolanda F. Rebollo). The Conversation ES, 30th October 2022.

3.  “Salud Mental en tiempos de pandemia: ¿Cómo afectó el confinamiento a los adultos mayores de 50 años?” (with Ariadna García-Prado and Yolanda F. Rebollo). Blog Economía y Salud AES, 6th April 2022.

4.  “La salud mental de los mayores en Europa: la pandemia detrás de la pandemia” (with Ariadna García-Prado and Yolanda F. Rebollo). Economics Blog “Nada es Gratis”, 1st April 2022.

5. “¿Tiene coste registrar los ensayos clínicos?” (with Marcos Vera-Hernández). Economics Blog “Nada es Gratis”, December 2016.

6. “Teoría y Política del Copago en Sanidad” (with José Luis Pinto and Nicolás Porteiro). Technical Report for the Cátedra de Economía de la Salud, Consejería de Salud (Junta de Andalucía) and Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 1/2011.

7. “Algunas consideraciones sobre el papel del copago en sanidad” (with José Luis Pinto and Nicolás Porteiro). Situación Andalucía, BBVA Research, July 2011.

8.  “Nuevos Enfoques en el Diseño de los Copagos Farmacéuticos (with Nicolás Porteiro). Revista Temas de Actualidad nº 48, Fundación Centro de Estudios Andaluces, February 2010.

SUBMITTED ARTICLES

1.  “Impact of Private Practice of Public Health Workers on Public Health Provision: Evidence from A Natural Experiment” (with Gabriel Montes-Rojas and Sarmistha Pal). Invited revision and resubmission.

2.  “Uncovering Political Opportunism through Changes in Party Affiliation: Insights from Spanish Municipal Elections” (with Francesca Passarelli and Yolanda Rebollo).

WORK IN PROGRESS

1. “Risk and inequality preferences in medical decisions: An experimental approach” (with Ariadna García-Prado and Alicia Pérez-Alonso).

2. “Optimal Design of Risk-Sharing Agreements in the Pharmaceutical Industry” (with Inés Macho-Stadler and David Pérez-Castrillo).

3.  “Contracting with Motivated Agents” (with Eduard Alonso).

AWARDS, HONORS AND GRANTS

• Three six-year periods of research experience (2002-2007, 2008-2013, 2015-2020) recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.

• Five positive research and teaching evaluations (maximum possible), recognized by Junta de Andalucía, 2007 and 2019.

• Certificate DOCENTIA-A-UPO of excellence in teaching, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, April 2016.

• Prize to the Best Paper in Health Economics published in 2013, awarded by the Spanish Health Economics Association (AES), June 2014.

• Prize to the Best Paper in Health Economics published in 2005, awarded by the Spanish Health Economics Association (AES).

• Postdoctoral research fellowship from Fundación Caixa Galicia. October 2003- February 2004.

• Postdoctoral research fellowship from Fundación Ramón Areces. October 2003- September 2005 (declined).

• Postdoctoral research fellowship from Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. October 2003-September 2005 (declined).

• First Prize of the International Health Economics Association. Prize given to the best paper in the field of Health Economics written by a young researcher. San Francisco, June 2003.

• Postdoctoral research fellowship from Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza. January 2003-October 2003.

• Marie Curie predoctoral Research Fellowship. September 2002-December 2002.

• Best Teacher Award. Universidad de Alicante, 1998 and 1999.

• Scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Summer 1996.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

• Since 2017: Universidad Internacional de Andalucía. Máster Oficial en Economía, Finanzas y Computación. Graduate course (10 hours) on Economics of Information.

• 2004- present: Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Sevilla, Spain.

  • Graduate courses taught: Microeconomics for Decision Making, Microeconomics, Economics of Information, Development Microeconomics.

  • Undergraduate courses taught: Advance Microeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics (Spanish and English teaching), Economics of Health, Education and the Environment, Introduction to Macroeconomics, Introduction to Microeconomics, Introduction to Economics (Spanish and English teaching), Complements of Microeconomics, Political Economy.

• 2000-2002: Teaching Assistant. Universidad de Alicante, Spain, Department of Economics.

  • Undergraduate courses taught: Mathematics I, Mathematics II, Advanced Microeconomics II.

• 1997-2000: Lecturer. Universidad de Alicante, Spain, Department of Economics.

  • Undergraduate courses taught: Principles of Maths I, Principles of Maths II, Mathematics I.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

As Principal Investigator

1. - PID2019-104452RB-I00: “Economía, Políticas Públicas y Bienestar”. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (1/6/2020-31/5/2024).

2. - P18-RT-2135: “Análisis de Economía Pública y Bienestar: Educación, Salud y Mercado de Trabajo”. Plan Andaluz de Investigación. Consejería de Economía, Conocimiento e Universidad. Junta de Andalucía (2020-2022). 

3. - ECO2015-65408-R: “Public Policies and Welfare: Health, Education and the Labour Market”. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (2016-2020), with J.I. García-Pérez.

4. - ECO2012-36480: “Analyses of Public Economics and Welfare”. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (2013-2015). 

5. - SEJ-04992: “Public Policies, Psychology and Economics: Applications to Health, Agriculture and the Environment”. Plan Andaluz de Investigación. Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa, Junta de Andalucía (2010-2013).

6. - Research funding from Fundación Centro de Estudios Andaluces, Junta de Andalucía, for the project “New Perspectives in the Design of Pharmaceutical Copayments” (2008).

7. - Research group “Welfare Economics: Health, Education, Labour Market and Environment”. Plan Andaluz de Investigación. Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa, Junta de Andalucía. PAI SEJ479 (2008-), head of the group since 2016.

As a Member of a Research Project

8. - CV20-35470. “New dynamics in the labor market after COVID-19 confinement measures in Andalucía: the employment of the future”. Junta de Andalucía. Consejería de Transformación Económica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades (2021). Principal Investigator: Emilio Congregado.

9. - UPO-1263503: “Bienestar social y políticas públicas”. UPO-Programa FEDER Andalucía (2020-2021). Main Researcher: Antonio Villar.

10. -  ECO2008-04321/ECON: “Health Policies and Welfare: Incentives and Regulation”. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (2009-2012). Main researcher: Nicolás Porteiro.

11. - Research funding from Fundación Ramón Areces for the project “Public Intervention and Strategic Interaction in the Pharmaceutical Market” (2008-2010). Main researcher: Nicolás Porteiro.

12. - SEJ-02936: “Analyses on Public Economics: Health Economics and Environmental Economics”. Plan Andaluz de Investigación. Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa, Junta de Andalucía (2008-2011). Main researcher: Jose Luis Pinto.

13. - SEJ 01252: “Public Economics: Public Policies, Development and Welfare”. Plan Andaluz de Investigación. Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa, Junta de Andalucía (2006-2008). Main researcher: Antonio Villar.

14. - Research funding from Centro de Estudios Andaluces, Junta de Andalucía, for the project “R&D, Public Decisions and Pressure Groups: the case of the Pharmaceutical Industry” (2006). Main Researcher: Antonio Villar.

15. - SEJ2005-04805/ECON: “Strategic Implications of Electoral Processes”. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (2006-2008). Main researcher: Pablo Amorós.

16. - Research funding from Centro de Estudios Andaluces, Junta de Andalucía, for the project “The Impact of Voting Processes over Political Decision-Making” (2005). Main Researcher: Pablo Amorós.

17. - Member of the research group “Teoría del Bienestar”. Plan Andaluz de Investigación. Consejería de Educación y Ciencia. Junta de Andalucía. SEJ 426 (2004-2008). Main Researcher: Bernardo Moreno.

18. - Member of the research group in “Welfare Economics”. Fundación Centro de Estudios Andaluces, Junta de Andalucía (2004). Main Researcher: Pablo Amorós.

19. - GV01-371: “Applications of Microeconomic Analysis”. Generalitat Valenciana (2002). Main researcher: Prof. Antonio Villar.

20. - Research funding from the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) for the project “Agency Problems in the Design of Optimal Contracts for Medical Professionals” (2001). Main researcher: Prof. Carmen Herrero.

21. - Research funding from the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) for the project “Allocation of Indivisible Goods in Health Care Markets” (2000). Main researcher: Prof. Carmen Herrero.

INVITED SEMINARS

1.  Universidad de Granada. Granada (Spain), May 2018.

2.  Universidad de Alicante. QED Inaugural Lecture 2017-2018. Alicante (Spain), September 2017.

3.  Universitat de les Illes Balears. Palma de Mallorca (Spain), May 2016.

4.  Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Madrid (Spain), May 2016.

5.  City University London. London (UK), March 2016.

6.  Universidad de Granada. Granada (Spain), March 2011.

7.  Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona (Spain), February 2011.

8.  Universidade de Vigo. Vigo (Spain), June 2010.

9.  Universidad de Málaga. Málaga (Spain), October 2009.

10.  Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Sevilla (Spain), December 2007.

11.  Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Tarragona (Spain), June 2007.

12.  Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública. Jornada “Adecuación de los Recursos Humanos a las necesidades sanitarias. Una visión desde Andalucía”. Granada (Spain). June 2007.

13.  Universidade de Vigo. Vigo (Spain), April 2007.

14.  Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Madrid (Spain), October 2006.

15.  Instituto de Estudios Fiscales. Madrid (Spain), October 2006.

16.  Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Seville (Spain), January 2006.

17.  University of Copenhagen. Copenhagen (Denmark), November 2004.

18.  XXIV Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. Second Meeting of Young Researchers in Health Economics. El Escorial (Spain), May 2004.

19.  Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Madrid (Spain), May 2004.

20.  Universidad de Navarra. Pamplona (Spain), January 2004.

21.  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Leuven (Belgium), March 2003.

22.  ECARES-Université Libre de Bruxelles. Brussels (Belgium), November 2002.

23.  Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Sevilla (Spain), July 2002.

24.  Universidad de Alicante. Department of Economics. Alicante (Spain), November 2001.

25.  Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de Compostela (Spain), March 2001.

26.  Universidad de Alicante. Public Health Department. Alicante (Spain), January 2001.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

1. XXXVIII Jornadas de Economía Industrial. Sevilla (Spain), September 2024 (scheduled).

2. XLIII Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. San Cristobal de la Laguna (Spain), June 2024.

3. International Conference on Public Economic Theory (PET) 2024. Lyon (France), June 2024.

4. 48th Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía-Spanish Economic Association (SAEe). Salamanca (Spain), December 2023.

5. 15th IHEA World Congress on Health Economics. Cape Town (South Africa), July 2023.

6. XLII Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud (AES), Jornada Técnica entitled “Mental health: new approaches after the COVID-19 pandemic” (Invited Talk). Girona (Spain), March 2023. 

7. XXXVI Jornadas de Economía Industrial. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), September 2022.

8. X Research Workshop on Public Policy and Healthcare Services Evaluation (EvaluAES), online, July 2021.

9.  XXXIV Jornadas de Economía Industrial. Madrid (Spain), September 2019.

10.  20th Conference of the Association for Public Economic Theory (PET 19). Strasbourg (France), July 2019.

11.  Health Economics and Social Choice: A Workshop in Honor of Carmen Herrero. Alicante (Spain), April 2018.

12.  First Spain-Japan Meeting on Economic Theory. Sevilla (Spain), October 2017.

13.  Workshop on “Normative Foundations and Behavioral Implications of Non-Market Allocation (NORMA)”. Sevilla (Spain), September 2017.

14.  XXXVII Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. Barcelona (Spain), September 2017.

15.  18th Conference of the Association for Public Economic Theory (PET 17). Paris (France), July 2017.

16.  41st Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía-Spanish Economic Association (SAEe). Bilbao (Spain), December 2016.

17.  43rd Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE). Lisbon (Portugal), August 2016.

18.  XXX Jornadas de Economía Industrial. Alicante (Spain), September 2015.

19.  11th World Conference of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA). Milan (Italy), July 2015.

20.  XXXI Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. Granada (Spain), June 2015.

21.  16th European Workshop in Health Economics. Toulouse (France), May 2015.

22.  Workshop on Health Economics. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Barcelona (Spain), April 2015.

23.  XXIX Jornadas de Economía Industrial (Invited Session). Barcelona (Spain), September 2014.

24.  XXXIV Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. Pamplona (Spain), May 2014.

25.  XXVI Jornadas de Economía Industrial. Valencia (Spain), September 2011.

26.  38th European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) Conference. Stockholm (Sweden), September 2011.

27.  8th World Conference of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA). Toronto (Canada), July 2011.

28.  XXXI Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. Palma de Mallorca (Spain), May 2011.

29.  XXX Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. Valencia (Spain), June 2010.

30.  XXIV Jornadas de Economía Industrial. Vigo (Spain), September 2009.

31.  XXIX Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. Málaga (Spain), June 2009.

32.  7th European Conference on Health Economics. Rome (Italy), July 2008.

33.  9th Meeting of the Association for Public Economic Theory. Seoul (South Korea), June 2008.

34.  XXXII Simposio de Análisis Económico. Granada (Spain), December 2007.

35.  Workshop in Health Economics. FEDEA, Madrid (Spain), November 2007.

36.  34th European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) Conference. Valencia (Spain), September 2007.

37.  Sixth World Conference of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA). Copenhagen (Denmark), July 2007.

38.  XXVII Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. A Coruña (Spain), June 2007.

39.  XXI Conference of the European Economic Association. Vienna (Austria), August 2006.

40.  The 8th International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare. Istanbul (Turkey), July 2006.

41.  XIV Far Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society. Beijing (China), July 2006.

42.  XI Spring Meeting of Young Economists. Sevilla (Spain), May 2006.

43.  XXVI Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. Toledo (Spain), May 2006.

44.  XXX Simposio de Análisis Económico. Murcia (Spain), December 2005.

45.  Workshop on Social Decisions. Málaga (Spain), December 2005.

46.  ASSET 2004 Euro conference. Barcelona (Spain), November 2004.

47.  XXIV Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. El Escorial (Spain), May 2004.

48.  Sixth Industrial Organization of Health Care Conference. Hyannis, Massachusetts (USA), April 2004.

49.  Fifth European Health Economics Workshop. York (UK), April 2004.

50.  XXVIII Simposio de Análisis Económico. Sevilla (Spain), December 2003.

51.  Summer Meeting of Economic Analysis. Vigo (Spain), September 2003.

52.  18th Annual Congress of the EEA. Stockholm (Sweden), August 2003.

53.  Fourth World Conference of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA). San Francisco (USA), June 2003.

54.  VIII Spring Meeting of Young Economists. Leuven (Belgium), April 2003.

55.  XXVII Simposio de Análisis Económico. Salamanca (Spain), December 2002.

56.  ASSET 2002 Euro conference. Paphos (Cyprus), November 2002.

57.  Third European Health Economics Workshop. Marseille (France), November 2002.

58.  5th Spanish Meeting on Game Theory. Sevilla (Spain), July 2002.

59.  QED Meeting. Alicante (Spain), May 2002.

60.  Second European Health Economics Workshop. Lisbon (Portugal), February 2002.

61.  XXVI Simposio de Análisis Económico. Alicante (Spain), December 2001.

62.  ASSET 2001 Euro conference. Rethymno (Greece), October 2001.

63.  I Encuentro de Economía Industrial. Barcelona (Spain), September 2001.

64.  Third World Conference of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA). York (UK), July 2001.

65.  VII Encontro de Novos Investigadores en Análise Económica. Santiago de Compostela (Spain), July 2001.

66.  XXI Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. Oviedo (Spain), June 2001.

67.  First European Health Economics Workshop. Barcelona (Spain), January 2001.

68.  XXV Simposio de Análisis Económico. Barcelona (Spain), December 2000.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

•  Editorial Positions

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Health Economics, since January 2019.

  • Member of the Editorial Board of Hacienda Pública Española/ Review of Public Economics, since 2023.

• Participation in Executive Committees:

  • Council member of the Spanish Economic Association, 2022-2024.

  • Member of the Committee on Industrial Economics (Spanish Economic Association), 2022-2025.

•  Organization of Scientific Meetings:

  • XXXVIII Jornadas de Economía Industrial. Chair of the Local Organizing Committee. Sevilla (Spain), September 5-6, 2024.

  • Organized Session on “Impact Evaluation of Health Policies: From Theory to Practice”. XXXVII Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. Barcelona (Spain), September 2017.

  • Organized Session on Health Economics. XXX Jornadas de Economía Industrial. Alicante (Spain), September 2015.

  • 13th European Workshop in Health Economics. Chair of the Local Organizing Committee. Seville (Spain), May 25-26 2012.

• Participation in Scientific Committees:

  • XIII Research Workshop on Public Policy and Healthcare Services Evaluation (EvaluAES), Sevilla (Spain), May 2024.

  • 23rd European Health Economic Workshop. Toulouse (France), April 2024.

  • 22nd European Health Economic Workshop. Augsburg (Germany), May 2023.

  • 21st European Health Economic Workshop. Paderborn (Germany), June 2022.

  • 45th Simposio of the Spanish Economic Association (SAEe). Salamanca (Spain), December 2020.

  • 21st European Health Economic Workshop. Paderborn (Germany), June 2020 (cancelled by COVID-19).

  • 20th European Health Economic Workshop. Verona (Italy), May 2019.

  • 19th European Workshop in Health Economics. Paris (France), May 2018.

  • XXXII Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. Barcelona (Spain), September 2017.

  • 18th European Workshop in Health Economics. Oslo (Norway), May 2017.

  • 17th European Workshop in Health Economics. Hamburg (Germany), May 2016.

  • 11th World Congress of the International Health Economics Association. Milan (Italy), July 2015.

  • 10th World Congress of the International Health Economics Association. Dublin (Ireland), July 2014.

  • 14th European Workshop in Health Economics. Lyon (France), May 2013.

  • 13th European Workshop in Health Economics. Seville (Spain), May 25-26 2012.

  • 18th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. Rome (Italy), June 2011.

  • XXXIV Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía. Valencia (Spain), December 2009.

  • XXXIII Simposio de Análisis Económico. Zaragoza (Spain), December 2008.

  • XXXII Simposio de Análisis Económico. Granada (Spain), December 2007.

  • XXVII Jornadas de la Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud. A Coruña, (Spain), June 2007.

  • XII Spring Meeting of Young Economists. Hamburg (Germany), May 2007.

  • IX Spring Meeting of Young Economists. Warsaw (Poland), April 2004.

• Membership on awards juries:

  • Prize IEA (Instituto de Estudios del Autogobierno, Generalitat de Catalunya), awarded to the best paper published on the territorial organization of power, 2024.

  • Prize in Health Economics, awarded by AES to the best paper published in the field of Health Economics, 2009.

  •  Prize in Health Economics, awarded by AES to the best paper published in the field of Health Economics, 2008.

• Evaluator for agencies and organizations: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (member of the Panel of Expert Evaluators in Economics, 2015, 2023), Spanish National Research Agency (AEI) -former ANEP-, regularly since 2011, The Cochrane Collaboration (2009).

• Faculty Promotion Panels: Universitat de Barcelona, Associate Professor in Economics (2024); Universidad de Málaga, Assistant Professor in Economics (2023); Universidade de Vigo, Full Professor in Economics (2023); Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Full Professor in Economics (2022); Universidade de Vigo, Full Professor in Economics (2022); Universidad de Alicante, Full Professor in Economics (2022); Universitat de Barcelona, Associate Professor in Economics (2015).

• Refereeing Experience (on a regular basis): Annals of Operations Research, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Centro de Estudios Andaluces Working Papers, CORE Discussion Papers, Econometrica, Economic of Innovation and New Technologies, Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Modeling and Assessment, European Economic Review, European Journal of Health Economics, European Journal of Operational Research, Health Economics, Health Economics Letters, Health Policy, International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, International Journal of Health Economics and Management, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Mathematical Social Sciences, PLOS ONE, Revista de Estudios de Economía Aplicada, SERIEs (Journal of the Spanish Economic Association), Strategic Behavior and the Environment, The B.E Journals in Economic Analysis and Policy, The Economic Journal, The Manchester School.

• PhD Thesis Supervision:

  • Francesca Passarelli (co-supervisor, with Socorro Puy, June 2017).

• PhD External Dissertation Reader: Sergi Urzay-Gómez (Universitat de Girona, 2024, scheduled), Xidong Guo (University College Dublin, 2023), Qianshuo Liu (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2022), Javier A. Rodríguez-Camacho (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016).

• Discussant work: 1st European Health Economics Workshop (Barcelona, January 2001), VII Encontro de Novos Investigadores en Análise Económica (Santiago de Compostela, July 2001), VIII Spring Meeting of Young Economists (Leuven, April 2003), Fifth European Health Economics Workshop (York, April 2004), Workshop on Social Choice and Welfare Economics (Málaga, June 2005), IX Spring Meeting of Young Economists (Sevilla, May 2006), XXVI Jornadas de Economía Industrial (Valencia, September 2011), Third EuHEA PhD student-supervisor and early career researcher conference (Barcelona, September 2016), 18th European Workshop in Health Economics (Oslo, May 2017), 19th European Workshop in Health Economics (Paris, May 2018), XXXIV Jornadas de Economía Industrial (Madrid, September 2019), XXXVI Jornadas de Economía Industrial (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, September 2022).

• Member of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA), Asociación Española de Economía de la Salud (AES) and European Economic Association (EEA).

LANGUAGES

• Spanish and Galician: Native speaker.

• English: Certificate in Advanced English (CAE). Cambridge University.

• French: Basic level.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Born in Vigo (Spain).

• Two children: one son (2008), one daughter (2012).