PhD, University of Minnesota
Director
Teresa Garcia-Milà is Professor at UPF and Director of the Barcelona School of Economics.
She is an economist specializing in Macroeconomics, Public Economics, and Regional Economics. Her research has been published in the Economic Journal, The Review of Economics and Statistics, and Regional Science and Urban Economics, among others. She has served as President of the Spanish Economic Association (2014).
Professor Garcia-Milà has received numerous scholarships and grants throughout her career including an Andreas Scholarship from the University of Minnesota, a Fullbright/MEC scholarship and several grants from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture, the Government of Catalonia and the Bank of Spain.
Professor Garcia-Milà also has leadership experience in the private sector as a member of the board of Repsol; social involvement as Vice President member of the Directory Board of the Cercle d’Economia association (since 2016); Member of the executive comittee of Barcelona Global, as well as public sector advisory roles with public administrations at different levels.
Working Papers
Why do Differences in the Degree of Fiscal Decentralization Endure?
Publications
Teresa Garcia-Milà, Therese J. McGuire and Wallace E. Oates
Strength in diversity? Fiscal federalism among the fifty US states
International Tax and Public Finance, Vol.25, No 4, 1071-1091, August 2018, 10.1007/s10797-018-9485-4
Xavier Calsamiglia, Teresa Garcia-Milà and Therese J. McGuire
Tobin Meets Oates: Solidarity and the Optimal Fiscal Federal Structure
International Tax and Public Finance, Vol.20, No 3, 450--473, January 2013, 10.1007/s10797-012-9233-0
Teresa Garcia-Milà, Albert Marcet and Eva Ventura