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Nine new affiliated professors join Barcelona GSE community

In the 2011-2012 academic year, the Barcelona GSE welcomes 9 new affiliated professors, who join the community as faculty of the School's founding academic bodies. With these new incorporations, the affiliated faculty now includes 149 academics from 24 different countries, with 44% coming from outside Spain.
The research interests of this year's new academics include Corporate Finance, Labor Economics, Public Policy, Time-series Econometrics, and a variety of others. They have earned their doctoral degrees from institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania, the London School of Economics, and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Some have professional experience at the International Monetary Fund or the United States Federal Reserve, while others have conducted research at the Center for Economic Performance (London) or NYU Stern.
The nine new Barcelona GSE Affiliated Professors come from five different countries: France, Italy, Romania, Saudi Arabia, and Spain (including Catalonia and other regions).
New Barcelona GSE Affiliated Professors 2011-12
(listed alphabetically and including GSE master programs in which they are scheduled to teach this year, if applicable)
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Majid Al-Sadoon (UPF and Barcelona GSE)
PhD, University of Cambridge Research Interests: Time-series Econometrics, Empirical Monetary Policy |
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Régis Barnichon (CREI and Barcelona GSE)
PhD, London School of Economics Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Monetary Economics GSE Master Program(s): Economics |
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Christian Brownlees (UPF and Barcelona GSE)
PhD, University of Florence Research Interests: Nonlinear Time Series, Forecasting, Parameter Reduction Techniques, Statistical Computing, Financial Econometrics, Financial High Frequency Data GSE Master Program(s): Finance |
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Mircea Epure (UPF and Barcelona GSE)
PhD, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Research Interests: Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Business Economics, Strategic Paths and Strategic Groups, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development |
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Filippo Ippolito (UPF and Barcelona GSE)
PhD, Saïd Business School (Oxford University) Research Interests: Corporate Finance |
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Joan Llull (UAB and Barcelona GSE)
PhD, Saïd Business School (Oxford University) Research Interests: Labor Economics, Microeconometrics, Equilibrium Models, Discrete Choice |
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Elena Pastorino (UAB and Barcelona GSE)
PhD, University of Pennsylvania Research Interests: Labor Economics, Empirical Microeconomics, Contract Theory |
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José-Luis Peydró (UPF and Barcelona GSE)
PhD, INSEAD Research Interests: Banking, Financial Crises, Macroeconomics and Credit Markets, Monetary Policy, International Finance, Public Policy GSE Master Program(s): Finance, International Trade, Finance and Development |
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Ana Valenzuela (UPF and Barcelona GSE)
PhD, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Research Interests: Cross-cultural consumer behavior, Brand perceptions, Consumer decision biases |