affiliated professors from 31 countries (52% international)
Barcelona School of Economics Affiliated Professors
151
100%
hold PhDs
79%
hold PhDs from outside Spain
Affiliated Professors are tenured or tenure-track faculty members at the School’s academic units.
New Affiliated Professors 2021-22

Lorenzo Cappello
PhD, Bocconi University

Jaume Freire
PhD, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Elisa Giannone
PhD, University of Chicago

Angel Luis López
PhD, Toulouse School of Economics

Martí Mestieri
PhD, Massachussets Institute of Techonology

A total of 34 ERC grants have been awarded to current Affiliated Professors.
European Research Council (ERC) Grants
These competitive grants support frontier research projects by top European investigators for up to five years.

A total of 34 ERC grants have been awarded to current Affiliated Professors.
New ERC grants in 2021-22
ERC STARTING GRANT
Geert Mesters (UPF and BSE)
Econometrics for Macroeconomic Policy Evaluation
ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANT
Isaac Baley (UPF and BSE)
“The Macroeconomic Effects of Corporate Tax Reforms”
Sandro Shelegia (UPF and BSE)
“The Foundations for Antitrust and Policy on Digital Platforms”
ERC Advanced Grant projects
Alberto Martin (CREI, UPF and BSE),
“Macroeconomic Trends and the Efficiency of Financial Markets”
Marta Reynal-Querol (ICREA-UPF and BSE)
“Colonization, Early Institutions and the Origin of State Capacity and Democratization”

There are 16 ICREA Research Professors on the Barcelona School of Economics faculty.
ICREA Research Professors
The Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) is a publicly funded foundation designed to attract and retain talent in Catalonia. The institution is highly selective, operating through competitive international calls and very rigorous external evaluation of candidates.

There are 16 ICREA Research Professors on the Barcelona School of Economics faculty.

14 Barcelona School of Economics Affiliated Professors currently hold one of these fellowships.
Juan de la Cierva and Ramón y Cajal Fellows
These two programs of the Spanish Ministry for Economy and Competitiveness provide support for hiring researchers for three years (Juan de la Cierva) or five years (Ramón y Cajal).

14 Barcelona School of Economics Affiliated Professors currently hold one of these fellowships.
Publications in Top 5 Journals 2020-21
Barcelona School of Economics Affiliated Professors publish their research widely, including the five top journals (American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics and Review of Economic Studies).
- Echenique, Federico, Antonio Miralles, and Jun Zhang, ‘Constrained Pseudo-Market Equilibrium’, American Economic Review, 111 (2021), 3699–3732 https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20201769
- García-Santana, Manuel, Josep Pijoan-Mas, and L Villacorta, ‘Investment Demand and Structural Change’, Econometrica, 89 (2021), 2751–85 https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA16295
- Mayshar, Joram, Omer Moav, and Luigi Pascali, ‘The Origin of the State: Land Productivity or Appropriability?’, Journal of Political Economy, 130 (2022), 1091 – 1144 https://doi.org/10.1086/718372
- Alaoui, L, and A Penta, ‘Cost-Benefit Analysis in Reasoning’, Journal of Political Economy, 130 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1086/718378
- Broner, Fernando, Daragh Clancy, Aitor Erce, and Alberto Martin, ‘Fiscal Multipliers and Foreign Holdings of Public Debt’, Review of Economic Studies, 89 (2022), 1155–1204 https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdab055
- Fornaro, Luca, ‘A Theory of Monetary Union and Financial Integration’, Review of Economic Studies, 89 (2022), 1911–1947 https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdab057
- di Giovanni, Julian, Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Mehmet Fatih Ulu, and Yusuf Soner Baskaya, ‘International Spillovers and Local Credit Cycles’, Review of Economic Studies, 89 (2022), 733–73 https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdab044
- Penta, Antonio, and Peio Zuazo-Garin, ‘Rationalizability, Observability, and Common Knowledge*’, Review of Economic Studies, 89 (2022), 948–75 https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdab047
- Asriyan, Vladimir, Luc Laeven, and Alberto Martín, ‘Collateral Booms and Information Depletion’, Review of Economic Studies, 89 (2022), 517–55 https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdab046
- Barnichon, Regis, Davide Debortoli, and Christian Matthes, ‘Understanding the Size of the Government Spending Multiplier: It’s in the Sign’, Review of Economic Studies, 89 (2022), 87–117 https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdab029
- Asriyan, Vladimir, ‘Balance Sheet Channel with Information-Trading Frictions in Secondary Markets’, Review of Economic Studies, 88 (2021), 44–90 https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa069
- Asriyan, Vladimir, Luca Fornaro, Alberto Martin, and Jaume Ventura, ‘Monetary Policy for a Bubbly World’, Review of Economic Studies, 88 (2021), 1418–56 https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaa045