Research

<h5><span data-contrast="auto">joint with Mireia Jofre-Bonet, Giulia Iori, Laia Maynou, Michele Tumminello and Pietro Vassallo</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;469777462&quot;:[284],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}"> </span></h5>
<h5><i><span data-contrast="auto">Research Policy</span></i><span data-contrast="auto">, Vol. 52(6), July 2023.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:360,&quot;469777462&quot;:[284],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}"> </span></h5>

“Performance-based Research Funding: Evidence from the Largest Natural Experiment Worldwide”

<h5><span data-contrast="auto">joint with Olivier Massol (IFP-Energies Nouvelles) and </span><span data-contrast="auto">Emmanuel Hache (IFP-Energies Nouvelles)</span></h5>
<h5><strong> </strong><i>The World Economy, </i><span data-contrast="auto">forthcoming.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:360,&quot;469777462&quot;:[284],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}"> </span></h5>

“Trade Sanctions and International Market Integration: Evidence from the Sanctions on Iranian Methanol Exports”

<h5>joint with Inés Macho-Stadler (UAB), Qianshuo Liu (UAB) and David Pérez-Castrillo (UAB).</h5>
<h5><em>R&amp;D Management, </em>forthcoming.</h5>

“Similar-to-me Effects in the Grant Application Process: Applicants, Panelists, and the Likelihood of Obtaining Funds”

<h5>joint with Inés Macho-Stadler (UAB), Jonás Nieto-Postigo (UAB) and David Pérez-Castrillo (UAB).</h5>
<h5><em>Journal of Corporate Finance, </em>Vol. 80, June 2023.</h5>

“Early Individual Stakeholders, First Venture Capital Investment, and Exit in the UK Startup Ecosystem”

<h5>joint with Debrah Meloso (TBS), Jo Seldeslachts (Leuven) and Giulia Solinas and Tobias Kretschmer (Munich).</h5>
<h5><em>Long Range Planning</em>, Vol. 55 (5), October 2022.</h5>

“Competition, Formal Governance and Trust in Alliances: An Experimental Study”

<h5>joint with Tomaso Duso (DIW), Jo Seldeslachts (Leuven and DIW) and Florian Szücs (WU Vienna).</h5>
<h5><em>Research Policy</em>, Vol. 51 (4), May 2022.</h5>

“R&D Spillovers through RJV Cooperation”

<h5>joint with Nuria Boot (KU Leuven and DIW) and Jo Seldeslachts (Leuven and DIW).</h5>
<h5><em>Journal of Competition Law &amp; Economics</em>, Special Issue on Common Ownership, Vol. 18 (1), March 2022, 135–167.</h5>

 “Common Ownership Patterns in the European Banking Sector – The Impact of the Financial Crisis”

<h5>joint with Melissa Newham (Leuven and DIW) and Jo Seldeslachts (Leuven and DIW).</h5>
<h5><em>Antitrust Bulletin</em>, Special Issue on Common Ownership, 2021, Vol. 66(1), pp. 68-99.</h5>

“Common Ownership Patterns in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Network Analysis”

<h5>joint with Jo Seldeslachts (Leuven and DIW) and Xavier Vives (IESE).</h5>
<h5><em>American Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings</em>, Vol. 110, May 2020, pp. 1-5.</h5>

“Diversification, Common Ownership, and Strategic Incentives”

<h5>joint with Elena Argentesi (Bologna), Jo Seldeslachts (Leuven and DIW).</h5>
<h5><em>Energy Journal</em>, Vol.42, No 6, 199-228, December 2020.</h5>

“A Retrospective Evaluation of the GDF/Suez Merger: Effects on the Belgian Gas Hub”

<h5>joint with Ines Macho-Stadler (UAB) and David Pérez-Castrillo (UAB).</h5>
<h5><em>Research Policy</em>, Vol. 48(7), September 2019, pp. 1823-1840.</h5>

“Evaluation in Research Funding Agencies: Are Structurally Diverse Teams Biased Against?”

<h5>joint with Ainhoa Aparicio-Fenoll (Carlo Alberto), Arturo Bris (IMD and Yale) and Augusto Ruperez-Micola.</h5>
<h5><em>Journal of Economic Behavior &amp; Organization</em>, Vol. 158, February 2019, pp. 487-499.</h5>

“TV or not TV? The Impact of Subtitling on English Skills”

<h5>joint with Olivier Massol (IFP-Energies Nouvelles).<em> </em></h5>
<h5><em>Energy Journal</em>, Vol. 39 (2), 2018, pp. 67-95.</h5>

“Market Power and Spatial Arbitrage between Interconnected Gas Hubs”

<h5>joint with Olivier Massol (IFP-Energies Nouvelles) and Stéphane Tchung-Ming  (IFP-Energies Nouvelles).</h5>
<h5><em>Energy Policy</em>, Vol. 115, April 2018, pp. 545-560.</h5>

“Capturing Industrial CO2 Emissions in Spain: Infrastructures, Costs and Break-even Prices”

<h5>joint with Ines Macho-Stadler (UAB) and David Pérez-Castrillo (UAB).</h5>
<h5><em>Management Science</em>, Vol. 64 (4), April 2018, pp. 1477-1973.</h5>

“Endogenous Matching in University-Industry Collaboration: Theory and Empirical Evidence from the UK”

<h5>joint with Joan Calzada (UB) and Jacint Jordana (UPF).</h5>
<h5><em>Energy Policy</em>, Vol. 108, September 2017, Pages 55-69.</h5>

“How to Reach Achieve Full Electrification: Lessons from Latin America”

<h5>joint with Olivier Massol (IFP-Energies Nouvelles) and Jeremy Eckhause (Rand).</h5>
<h5><em>Energy Policy</em>, Vol. 90, March 2016, pp. 246-252.</h5>

“Incentives for Early Adoption of Carbon Capture Technology: Further Considerations from a European Perspective”

<h5>joint with Olivier Massol (IFP-Energies Nouvelles) and Stéphane Tchung-Ming  (IFP-Energies Nouvelles).</h5>
<h5><em>European Journal of Operational Research</em>, Vol. 247 (1), November 2015, pp. 259–275.</h5>

“Joining the CCS Club! The Economics of CO2 Pipeline Projects”

<h5>joint with Mireia Jofre-Bonet (City) and Cornelia Lawson (Turin).</h5>
<h5><em>Research Policy</em>, Vol. 44 (6), July 2015, pp. 1160–1175.</h5>

“The Double-Edged Sword of Industry Collaboration: Evidence from Engineering Academics in the UK” 

<h5>joint with Olivier Massol (IFP-Energies Nouvelles).</h5>
<h5><em>European Journal of Operational Research</em>, Vol. 237 (3), September 2014, pp. 1067–1082.</h5>

“Export Diversification and Resource-Based Industrialization: the Case of Natural Gas” 

<h5>joint with Marco Ottaviani (Bocconi) and Andrew Winton (Minnesota)</h5>
<h5><em>Review of Financial Studies, </em>Vol. 26 (12), December 2013, pp: 3142-3181.</h5>

“The Flip Side of Financial Synergies: Coinsurance versus Risk Contamination”

<h5>joint with Ines Macho-Stadler (UAB) and David Pérez-Castrillo (UAB)</h5>
<h5><em>Economic Development Quarterly, </em>special issue on “Academic Entrepreneurship &amp; Regional Development”</h5>
<h5>Eds. David Audretsch, Al Link and Iñaki Peña, Vol. 27 (1), February 2013, pp: 72-82.</h5>

“Research Output from University-Industry Collaborative Projects”

<h5>joint with Augusto Ruperez-Micola (Luxembourg)</h5>
<h5><em>European Journal of Operational Research</em>, Vol. 214 (1), October 2011, pp: 147-159.</h5>

“Behavioural Simulations Models in Spot Electricity Markets”

<h5>joint with Jo Seldeslachts (Amsterdam)</h5>
<h5><em>Journal of Economics &amp; Management Strategy,</em> Vol. 20 (2), Summer 2011, pp. 589-624.</h5>

“Merger Failures”

<h5>joint with Paul Heidhues (ESMT), Rainer Nitsche (ESMT) and Jo Seldeslachts (Amsterdam)</h5>
<h5><em>Journal of Industrial Economics</em>, Vol. 58 (4), December 2010, pp. 794–817.</h5>

“Screening and Merger Activity”

<h5>joint with Ines Macho-Stadler (UAB)</h5>
<h5><em>Journal of Economics &amp; Management Strategy,</em> Vol. 19 (1), Spring 2010, pp. 185–221.</h5>

“Scientific and Commercial Incentives in R&D: Research versus Development”

<h5>joint with A. Ruperez-Micola (Luxembourg)</h5>
<h5><em>Management Science, </em>Vol. 55 (11), November 2009, pp. 1813-1831.</h5>

“Composition of Electricity Generation Portfolios, Pivotal Dynamics and Market Power”

<h5>joint with Derek Bunn (LBS) and Augusto Ruperez-Micola (Luxembourg)<em> </em></h5>
<h5><em>Journal of Economic Behavior &amp; Organization,</em> Vol. 67 (2), August 2008, pp. 381-393. 9-91.</h5>

“Incentives and Coordination in Vertically Related Energy Markets”

<h5>joint with Inés Macho-Stadler (UAB) and Jo Seldeslachts (Amsterdam)</h5>
<h5><em>International Journal of Industrial Organization, </em>Vol. 26 (1), January 2008, pp. 69-91.</h5>

“Endogenous Mergers and Endogenous Efficiency Gains: The Efficiency Defence Revisited” 

<h5>joint with Marco Ottaviani (Bocconi)</h5>
<h5><em>European Financial Management</em>, Vol.13 (3), June 2007, pp. 578–590.</h5>

“Bank Mergers and Diversification: Implications for Competition Policy”

<h5><em>International Journal of Industrial Organization, </em>Vol. 25, February 2007, pp. 31– 49.</h5>

“Information-Sharing Implications of Horizontal Mergers” 

<h5>joint with Marco Ottaviani (Bocconi)</h5>
<h5><em>Journal of Economics &amp; Management Strategy</em>, Vol. 15 (3), Fall 2006, pp. 577-608. </h5>

“Mergers with Product Market Risk”

<h5>joint with Jo Seldeslachts (Leuven and DIW) and Xavier Vives (IESE).</h5>

“Ownership Diversification and Product Market Pricing Incentives”

<h5>joint with Nuria Boot (Leuven and DIW) and Jo Seldeslachts (Leuven and DIW). </h5>

“Common versus non-common owners: Evidence from European firms” 

<h5>joint with Gyöngyi Lóránth (Vienna) and Julian Kolm (Vienna) </h5>

“Financing and Resolving Banking Groups”

<h5>joint with Melissa Newham (Leuven and DIW) and Jo Seldeslachts (Leuven and DIW). </h5>

“Common Ownership and Market Entry: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry” 

<h5>joint with Simone Alfarano, Eva Camacho-Cuena (Jaume I), Giulia Iori (Venice) and Burcu Kapar (Wollongong).</h5>

“Centralized vs Decentralized Markets in the Laboratory: The Role of Connectivity”

<h5>joint with Marco Ottaviani (Bocconi).</h5>

“Capital Structure, Corporate Structure, and Information Policy”

“Commitment in Information Provision”

<h5>joint with Joseph Clougherty (Illinois), Jo Seldeslachts (Leuven and DIW) and Florian Szücs (WU Vienna).</h5>

“Mergers versus Acquisitions: Theory and Empirical Evidence” 

<h5>joint with Olivier Massol (IFP-Energies Nouvelles) and Augusto Ruperez-Micola (Luxembourg).</h5>

“Production Intermittence in Spot Electricity Markets” 

<h5>joint with Enrique Benito (City), Dmitry Khametshin (Bank of Spain) and Jianxing Wei (UPF).</h5>

“Asset Encumbrance and Bank Risk: Theory and First Evidence from Public Disclosures in Europe”

<h5>joint with Filippo Ippolito (UPF) and Sergio Vicente (UC3M). </h5>

“Default Penalties in Private Equity Partnerships” 

<h5>joint with Nuria Boot (Leuven and DIW) and Jo Seldeslachts (Leuven and DIW).</h5>
<h5><em>DIW Wochenbericht 32, 2023, pp. 429-436. </em></h5>

“Common Ownership in Germany: A Network View” 

<h5>Nota d’Economia Vol. 107, pp 248-267, Generalitat de Catalunya, 2023.</h5>

“Comunitats energètiques: guanys i reptes ambientals, econòmics i socials”(Energy communities: environmental,  economic and social gains and challenges).

<h5>joint with Olivier Massol.</h5>
<h5><em>European Climate Foundation</em>.</h5>

“Towards Net-Zero? Gas Infrastructure and Investment Regulation in Spain”

<h5>joint with W. Grimme, S. Maertens, J. Seldeslachts and C. Stadler.</h5>
<h5><em>DIW Weekly Report </em>39, 2021, pp. 297-304.</h5>

“Only Strict Coronavirus Regulations for Vacationers Affect Passenger Air Traffic between Germany and Mallorca”

<h5>joint with S. Frazzani, K. Noti, M. P. Schinkel, J. Seldeslachts, N. Boot and C.Angelici.</h5>
<h5><em>Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies, European Parliament, Luxembourg</em>, May 2020.</h5>

“Barriers to Competition through Joint Ownership by Institutional Investors”

<h5>joint with Ines Macho-Stadler and David Pérez-Castrillo.</h5>
<h5><em>Revue économique, 70(5), 625-654.</em></h5>

“Les étapes du financement de la recherche académique: De la soumission en partenariat jusqu’à l’attribution et  		aux publications.”

<h5>joint with Jo Seldeslachts and Melissa Newham</h5>
<h5><em>BCCP Berlin. </em></h5>

“BlackRock or Blockdrug? Common Ownership Reduces Market Entry of Generic Drugs”

<h5>joint with Melissa Newham (Leuven and DIW) and Jo Seldeslachts (Leuven and DIW).</h5>
<h5><em>Agenda, Oxera, </em>May 2019.</h5>

“Common Ownership and Market Entry” 

<h5>joint with Hugo Ferradans, Miquel Rodriguez, Albert Tapia and Joan Enric Ricart.</h5>
<h5><em>PPP-IESE </em>with the support of from the <em>United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)</em>, July 2018<em>.</em></h5>

“Shaping the Cities of Tomorrow: Renewable Energies and Sustainable Urban Ecosystems”

<h5>joint with Ipsos, London Economics and Deloitte.</h5>
<h5><em>European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, </em>June 2018<em>.</em></h5>

“Pre-Contractual Information and Billing in the Energy Market: Improved Clarity and Comparability”

<h5>joint with Jo Seldeslachts and Melissa Newham</h5>
<h5><em>DIW Berlin Economic Bulletin 30</em>, July 2017.</h5>

“Common ownership of German companies”

<h5>In Mayer et al. (eds) Finance and Investment: The European Case, Oxford University Press (2017).<em> </em></h5>
<h5><strong> </strong></h5>

“Asset Encumbrance and CDS Premia of European Banks: Do Capital and Liquidity Tell the Whole Story?”

<h5>joint with ICF London and DIW Berlin.</h5>
<h5><em>European Commission, Directorate-General for Competition, </em>January 2016<em>.</em></h5>

“The Economic Impact of Enforcement of Competition Policies on the Functioning of EU Energy Markets”

<h5>joint with DotEcon Ltd (London) and Jo Seldeslachts.</h5>
<h5><em>Office of Fair Trading (London), </em>March 2010<em>.</em></h5>

“Minority Interests in Competitors”

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<h5><span data-contrast="auto">Atlántico Instituto de Estudios y Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). July 2023</span></h5>
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Transición Energética en España

<h5><span class="TextRun SCXW93641681 BCX4" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93641681 BCX4">Universitat de Valencia. Valencia (Spain). June 2023</span></span></h5>
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Training of National Judges and Judicial Cooperation in the Field of EU Competition Law

<h5><span data-contrast="auto">MSc in Finance, Barcelona School of Economics.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:709,&quot;469777462&quot;:[851],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}"> 2022-23</span></h5>
<h6><span data-contrast="auto">Applied course on sustainable finance and investment.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:709,&quot;335559740&quot;:360,&quot;469777462&quot;:[851],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}"> </span></h6>

Sustainable Finance

<h5 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md">Barcelona School of Economics. Barcelona (Spain). May 2023</h5>
<h6>Sessions on the “Energy Crisis,” “Regulating hydrogen and other gases” and “Sustainable Finance.”</h6>

The Energy Crisis and the Energy Transition: Economics and Policy

<h5 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md">Barcelona School of Economics. Barcelona (Spain). January 2023</h5>
<h6>Training on how integrate sustainability into the financial decision-making process.</h6>

Sustainable Finance and Investment

<h5 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md">Barcelona School of Economics. Barcelona (Spain). May 2022</h5>
<h6>Sessions on “The future of retail electricity markets” and “Regulating hydrogen and other gases.”</h6>

The Energy Transition: Economics and Policy

<h5>COFECE (Mexico). May 2021</h5>
<h6>Training course on the latest developments of digital markets for the competition authority.</h6>

Competition of Digital Markets: Abuse of Dominance and Mergers

<h5>COFECE (Mexico). October 2022</h5>
<h6>Training course on the theories and the empirical methods for the competition authority.</h6>

Competitive Effects of Mergers

<h5>Anatel. Brasilia (Brasil). December 2019</h5>
<h6>Training for telecommunications market regulators and competition authorities.</h6>

Mergers and Abuse of Dominant Position

<h5>CIDE-CRE (Mexico). August 2018.</h5>
<h6>Training for energy market regulators and competition authorities.</h6>

Competition and Regulation in Energy Markets

<h5>Barcelona School of Economics. Barcelona (Spain). July 2016,17,18</h5>
<h6>Advanced course on mergers and abuse of dominance. </h6>

Competition Economics Summer School

<h5>Barcelona School of Economics. Barcelona (Spain). June 2014, 15, 16</h5>
<h6>Executive course on Energy Economics.</h6>

Energy Economics: Current Methods and Policy Challenges

<h5>Accra, Ghana. March 2014</h5>
<h6>Training course on tariff-setting and regional power pools for energy market regulators in East Africa.</h6>

European Union - AETS consortium

<h5>Bamako (Mali). February 2012</h5>
<h6>Training course on Financial Modelling, Project Finance/PPPs for market regulators across Africa.</h6>

World Bank –AFUR (African Forum for Utility Regulators)

<h5>London (UK). October 2011</h5>
<h6>Training course on economics for competition lawyers.</h6>

Ofgem (Office for gas electricity markets)

<h5>Pretoria (South Africa). August 2011</h5>
<h6>Training course on Energy and Environmental regulation for market regulators across Africa.</h6>

AFUR (African Forum for Utility Regulators)

<h5>London (UK). Spring 2011</h5>
<h6>Training course on energy competition and regulation for energy markets regulators.</h6>

<h5>Government of China. December 2010</h5>
<h6>Overview of competition policy in the UK and Europe.</h6>

Liaoning Province Prices Bureau

<h5>London (UK). Spring 2010</h5>
<h6>Training course on energy competition and regulation for energy markets regulators.</h6>

<h5>UK Government (London). February 2019</h5>
<h6>Environmental Regulation: Economics of externalities, distortions and government intervention.</h6>

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

<h5>London (UK). Spring 2008</h5>
<h6>Training course on energy competition and regulation for energy markets regulators.</h6>

<h5>UK Government (London). Fall 2004, 20005</h5>
<h6>Course of Economics for Non-Economists.</h6>

Department of Trade and Industry

<h5>ZEW Mannheim (Germany). July 2019</h5>

Matching Models and Applications

<h5>UPF-Barcelona School of Management. March 2016-2017</h5>

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending

<h5>Universitat de Barcelona. February 2011-2014</h5>

Project Finance in Energy Markets

Cost of Capital and the Building Blocks Approach in Energy Markets

<h5>Universitat de Barcelona (Phd in Economics). December 2008</h5>

Recent Developments in Mergers and Acquisitions

<h5>Universitat de Barcelona (MSc in Regulation). April 2006</h5>

Mergers and Acquisitions in the Energy Sector

<h5><span data-contrast="auto">MSc in Finance and Banking, UPF - Barcelona School of Managment.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:709,&quot;469777462&quot;:[851],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}"> 2021-23</span></h5>
<h6><span data-contrast="auto">Applied course on sustainable finance and investment.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:709,&quot;335559740&quot;:360,&quot;469777462&quot;:[851],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}"> </span></h6>

<h5>African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi (Kenya). March 2006</h5>

Re-tooling course on Game Theory and Applications for Instructors

<h5><span data-contrast="auto">MSc in Management, Barcelona School of Management.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:709,&quot;469777462&quot;:[851],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}"> 2022-23</span></h5>
<h6>Applied graduate course on angel and venture capital financing.</h6>

Private Equity and Venture Capital

<h5><span data-contrast="auto">MSc in Finance, Barcelona School of Economics.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:709,&quot;469777462&quot;:[851],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}"> 2020-23</span></h5>
<h6><span data-contrast="auto">Applied course on valuation methods and applications.</span></h6>

Advanced Corporate Valuation

<h5>Grau en Empresa, Pompeu Fabra. 2008–23</h5>
<h6>Elective course for undergraduate second, third or fourth year students.</h6>

Direcció Financera II

<h5>MSc in Finance and Banking, UPF-Barcelona School of Management. 2009-21</h5>
<h6>Applied graduate course on mergers and acquisitions featuring case studies.</h6>

Mergers and Acquisitions

<h5>MSc in Finance, <span data-contrast="auto">Barcelona School of Economics</span>. 2009-19</h5>
<h6>Graduate core course on main theoretical and empirical issues in modern corporate finance.</h6>

Corporate Finance

<h5>MSc in Management, UPF-Barcelona School of Management. 2012-14, and 2016-21</h5>
<h6>Applied graduate course on angel and venture capital financing.</h6>

Financing for Start-ups

<h5>MSc in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets, Barcelona School of Economics. 2014-15</h5>
<h6>Graduate course on the empirical aspects of corporate finance and banking.</h6>

Empirical Finance

<h5>MSc in Management, UPF-Barcelona School of Management. 2012-16</h5>
<h6>Applied graduate course on financial management and valuation featuring case studies.</h6>

<h5>MSc in Finance and Banking, UPF-Barcelona School of Management. 2014-17</h5>
<h6>Applied graduate course on valuation methods and applications.</h6>

Corporate Valuation

<h5>MSc in Economics and Finance, City. 2020-21</h5>
<h6>Graduate course with both theoretical and practical content including a selection of current topics.</h6>

<h5>MSc in Financial Economics, City. 2008-09</h5>
<h6>Graduate course with both theoretical and practical content including a selection of current topics.</h6>

Topics in Corporate Finance

<h5>MSc in Financial Economics, City. 2005-08, and 2012-16</h5>
<h6>Graduate course with both theoretical and practical content.</h6>

Financial Microeconomics

<h5>BSc Economics and BSc Economics and Accountancy, City. 2006-08</h5>
<h6>Core course for undergraduate third year students.</h6>

<p>He has held teaching and research positions at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, Northwestern University in the US, University of Cambridge, UCL, and London Business School in the UK, and the University of Munich in Germany.</p>
<p>His research interests are in the fields of corporate finance, competition policy and market regulation, energy and the environment and innovation and entrepeneneurship.</p>
<p> </p>