MY FORMER PhD STUDENTS ☺️

• Victor M. Gómez-Blanco, "When Safety Becomes Risky. Essays on Venality, Safe Assets, and the Bubble for Offices in Early Modern Spain" (2021)

  • PhD thesis here

  • Co-supervisor: Mauro Hernandez, UNED

  • PhD: UC3M (Interuniversity program with University of Barcelona and University of Valencia).

  • Exam committee: Francisco Andújar Castillo (Universidad de Almeria), Pilar Nogués-Marco (University of Geneva), Rui P. Esteves (Graduate Institute Geneva). 

  • "Mención internacional" in the PhD Degree. 

  • 🏆 Winner of Premio María Teresa Pérez Picazo 2024 for best PhD dissertation awarded by Asociación Española de Historia Económica

  • Publications from thesis' chapters: 

    • (1) Gómez-Blanco, V. M. "A safe asset in early modern Castile, 1543–1714". Economic History Review (2024), 77, pp. 212–243

    • (2) Gómez-Blanco, V.M. "Profiting from Venality: Venal Offices and Legal Returns in Early Modern Castile". Investigaciones de Historia Económica/Economic History Research (2025), forthcoming. 

  • Current position: Profesor PAD, Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. 

  • Victor's web page here.

• Jacopo Timini "Essays on Monetary Integration and the Political Economy of International Trade, 1860-1913" (2018)

  • PhD thesis here

  • Co-supervisor: Pilar Nogués-Marco, University of Geneva

  • PhD: UC3M (Interuniversity program with University of Barcelona and University of Valencia).

  • Exam committee: Giovanni Federico (European University Institute), Brian A'Hearn (University of Oxford), Michael Huberman (University of Montreal). 

  • "Mención internacional" in the PhD Degree. 

  • Publications from thesis' chapters: 

    • (1) Timini J. "Currency unions and heterogeneous trade effects: the case of the Latin Monetary Union", European Review of Economic History (2018), 22(3), pp.322-348; 

    • (2) Timini J. "Staying dry on Spanish wine: The rejection of the 1905 Spanish-Italian trade agreement". European Journal of Political Economy (2020), 63, 101892. 

    • (3) Timini J. "The drivers of Italian exports and product market entry: 1862-1913". European Review of Economic History (2021), 25(3), pp. 513-548

  • Current position: Senior Economist, European and Global Policy Division, Bank of Spain. 

  • Jacopo's web page here.

• Wilfried Kisling "Trade Finance in Historical Perspective: The Role of German Banks in the Rise of Germany as International Trade Power, 1875-1913" (2017)

  • PhD thesis here

  • Co-supervisor: Antonio Tena Junguito (UC3M). 

  • PhD: UC3M (Interuniversity program with University of Barcelona and University of Valencia).

  • Exam committee: Christopher Meissner (Universidad de California Davis), Juan Flores Zendejas (University of Geneva), Carsten Burhop (University of Bonn). 

  • "Mención internacional" in PhD Degree. 

  • Publications from thesis' chapters: 

    • (1) Kisling W., "‘Los von London’: A comparative, empirical analysis of German and British global foreign banking and trade development, 1881–1913". Economic History Review (2023), 76(2), pp. 445-476. 

    • (2) Kisling W. "A microanalysis of trade finance: German bank entry and coffee exports in Brazil, 1880–1913". European Review of Economic History (2020), 24(2), pp. 356-389.

  • Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Socioeconomics, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria; Associate Researcher, Faculty of History, University of Oxford. 

  • Wilfried's web page here.

• Juan S. Mora Sanguinetti "The effect of institutions on European housing markets: an economic analysis" (2009)

  • PhD thesis here

  • PhD: UC3M

  • Exam committee: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (UC3M), Fernando Gómez Pérez (Universidad Pompeu Fabra), Luis Garicano (London School of Economics and Political Sciences), Federico Cabrillo Rodríguez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Nuno Garoupa (George Mason University). 

  • "Mención internacional" in the PhD Degree. 

  • Publications from thesis' chapters: 

    • (1) Mora-Sanguinetti J.S. “The Regulation of Residential Tenancy Markets in Post-War Western Europe: An Economic Analysis”, European Journal of Comparative Economics (2011) 8(1), pp. 47-75; 

    • (2) Mora-Sanguinetti, J.S. “A Characterization of the Judicial System in Spain: Analysis with Formalism Indices”. Economic Analysis of Law Review (2010) 1(2), pp. 210-240. 

    • Current position: Senior Economist, Directorate General Statistics, Economics and International, Banque de France (on leave from Bank of Spain).

    • Juan's web page here.

EXTERNAL EXAMINER

• University of Oxford (PhD History-Economic and Social History), 2025: Uziel González Aliaga "Chile, Argentina and the Bretton Woods System, 1945-1973". Supervisor: Catherine Schenk (Oxford). Internal examiner: Eduardo Posada Carbó (Oxford).

• Humboldt University Berlin (PhD Economic and Social History), 2025: Paolo Bozzi "The Rise of the Modern Tax State in Italy: Economic Knowledge and Political Economy 1945-1990". Supervisor: Alexander Nützenadel (Humboldt). Other examiners: Anke te Heesen (Humboldt), Martin Daunton (Cambridge).

• University of Glasgow (PhD Economic and Social History), 2021: Ryan C. Smith “The Real Oil Shock. Re-Examining Petrodollar Recycling’s Impact on International Credit Markets”. Supervisor: Jeffrey Fear (Glasgow). Internal examiner: Hannah-Louise Clark (University of Glasgow).

• European University Institute (PhD History), 2020: Ioan Balaban “International and Multinational Banking under Bretton Woods. The Experience of Italian Banks”. Supervisor: Youssef Cassis (EUI). Other examiners: Catherine Schenk (Oxford); Federico Romero (EUI).

• LSE (PhD Economic History), 2018: Bernardo Wjuniski “Multiple exchange rates and industrialization in Brazil 1953-1961: macroeconomic miracle or mirage?”. Supervisor: Maria Alejandra Irigoin (LSE). Second examiner: Renato Perim Colistete (Universidade de Sao Paulo)

• LSE (PhD Economic History), 2017: Andrea Papadia “Government action under constraints: fiscal development, fiscal policy and public goods provision during the Great Depression and in the 19th and early 20th century Brazil”. Supervisor: Albrecht Ritschl. Second examiner: Rui P Esteves (Graduate Institute Geneva)

• LSE (PhD Economic History), 2017: Frank Kennedy “Persistence, cohesion, stability: studies from the post-war Sterling Area”. Supervisors: Olivier Accominotti and Joan Roses (LSE). Second examiner: Catherine Schenk (Oxford)

• Universitá di Siena (PhD Economics), 2018: Andrea Incerpi “Finance and Trade: Three Essays on Italian Economic History”. Supervisor: Giovanni Federico (Pisa). Other examiners: Paolo Di Martino (Birmingham); Giuseppe Conti (Pisa).