Two months ago, the researchers Ruiz Valenzuela and Vázquez Grenno took over the direction of the Public Policy Research Programme of the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB). The programme’s mission is to promote research related to the creation and implementation of public sector activities designed to satisfy social needs. The research in this programme revolves…

Representantes del ámbito local, de empresas y expertos se reunieron con motivo de la jornada “Retos y oportunidades en la gestión del agua” organizada conjutamente por la Diputación de Barcelona y el Instituto de Economía de Barcelona. El encuentro sirvió para presentar el IEB Report 1/2024 dedicado a la cuestión y para llevar a cabo…

The lecturer Tetyana Surovtseva has joined the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) as a researcher. After obtaining her doctorate in economics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, she has pursued her career at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University College London, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and New York University Abu Dhabi, carrying out both…

The University of Barcelona School of Economics invites applications for seven six-year Assistant Professor positions in Economics starting in June 2025. Promotion to full tenure (Associate Professor) is contingent upon favorable evaluation and governmental accreditation. Two of these positions correspond to the Department of Economics (Section of Public Economics) in the following fields of interest:…

The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) has just published the IEB Report 2/2024, entitled ‘Economic Competitiveness and the Tax System’. Coordinated by Alejandro Esteller Moré, a full professor of economics at the University of Barcelona (UB), and José María Durán Cabré, an associate lecturer at the UB, the issue examines the role that taxes and…

A total of four new doctoral students enrolled at the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) in the 2023/24 academic year. As students pursuing their PhD in economics at the University of Barcelona, the new additions – Sergio Blanco, Juan Pascual, Sofía Balladares and Jingyang Wang – maintain the international profile of all the students writing…