June 8th 2011

The award from the Fundación Banco Herrero 2011 edition has been awarded to Marta Reynal Querol, ICREA research professor and professor of the Department of Economics and Business of the UPF. This award, funded with 30.000 Euros, distinguishes the researchers younger than 40 years with an outstanding research career in the field of economic knowledge, business and social.

Marta Reynal Querol has earned this distinction for its innovative line of research focusing on economic development, ethnic and military conflicts.

The previous winners were:

2010: Jesus Fernandez Villaverde, BA in Economics and Law ICADE and PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota.
2009: Pol Antras, BA in Economics from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
2008: Diego Puga Pequeño, graduated in Economics from the Universidad Autonóma de Madrid and PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE). He has taught at the Universities of Toronto and as a researcher at the LSE and the CREI of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
2007: Luis Garican, graduated in Economics and Law from the Universidad de Valladolid, Master in Economic Research by the College of Europe in Bruges and PhD from the University of Chicago.
2006: Javier Suárez Bernaldo de Quiros, graduated in Economics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and PhD from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
2005: Mauro F. Guillén Rodríguez, PhD in Economics and Business Administration from the Universidad de Oviedo and PhD in Sociology from Yale University.
2004: Roberto Serrano, graduated in Economics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and PhD from Harvard University. He has been visiting professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
2003: José Manuel Campa Fernández, BA in Economics and Law from the Universidad de Oviedo and PhD in Economics from Harvard.
2002: Xavier Sala i Martin, BA in Economics from the Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona and PhD in Economics from Harvard University. He is now a visiting professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and professor of Economics at Columbia University.