PhD in Economics, Finance and Management

After completing their degrees, alumni pursue diverse careers all over the world. Alumni have obtained select positions in industries such as banking and financial institutions, international organisations, consultancies, research institutions, and the public sector. See our list of alumni.

A growing, global network of talented professionals and academics, our recently graduated PhD alumni benefit from the high-quality education and prestige of the GPEFM programme.

Having demonstrated extraordinary talent and enthusiasm in their field, the candidates are all well prepared for rigorous hiring and selection processes.

Placement Officer: Prof. Libertad González

	Castells, Madalen Job Market Paper: Private Safe-Asset Supply and Economic Instability
Research Fields:	Finance, Banking, Safe Assets.
Advisors:	Prof. Victoria Vanasco

	Chiavari, Andrea Job Market Paper: The Macroeconomics of Rising Returns to Scale: Customer Acquisition, Markups, and Dynamism
Research Fields:	Macroeconomics, Firm Dynamics, Technological Change, Search and Matching, Market Power.
Advisors:	Prof. Isaac Baley and Prof. Edouard Schaal

	Donati, Dante Job Market Paper: The End of Tourist Traps: a Natural Experiment on the impact of Tripadvisor on Quality Upgrading
Research Fields:	Information and Digital Economics. Quantitative, Digital and Social Marketing. Economics of Media and Technology.
Advisor:	Prof. Maria Petrova

	Gisbert, Josep Job Market Paper: Fintech, Bank Branch Closings, and Mortgage Markets
Research Fields:	Banking, Fintech, Applied Econometrics and Data Science.
Advisor:	Prof. Gaël Le Mens and Prof. José Luis Peydró

	Guan, Rui Job Market Paper: Improving Individual Consistency under Cognitive Limitations: The Effect of Sequential Elimination
Research Fields:	Microeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics.
Advisors:	Prof. Jose Apesteguia and Prof. Francesco Cerigioni

	Gutiérrez, Ángelo Job Market Paper: Business Cycles when Consumers Learn by Shopping
Research Fields:	Macroeconomics, Expectation Formation and Computational Economics.
Advisors:	Prof. Jordi Galí and Prof. Davide Debortoli

	Jagadits, András Job Market Paper: Emigration and Local Structural Change - Evidence from (Austria)-Hungary in the Age of Mass Migration
Research Fields:	Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Urban Economics, Economic History, Economic Growth.
Advisor:	Prof. Joan Monràs

	Lee, Adam Job Market Paper: Robust and Efficient Inference for Non-Regular Semiparametric Models
Research Fields:	Econometric and Statistical Theory, Semiparametric Models, Time Series, Non-Asymptotic Statistics.
Advisor:	Prof. Geert Mesters

	Manini, Raffaele Job Market Paper: Board of Directors’ Composition and Directors’ Skill Sets: It’s All about Fit!
Research Fields:	Corporate Governance, International Regulations and Financial Disclosure.
Advisors:	Prof. Oriol Amat and Prof. Javier Gómez Biscarri

	Pirla, Sergio Job Market Paper: Happiness without a Financial Safety Net (with Jordi Quoidbach).
Research Fields:	Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Affective Science, Judgement and Decision-Making.
Advisors:	Prof. Daniel Navarro-Martínez and Prof. Jordi Quoidbach (ESADE)

	Yesilbayraktar, Ugur Job Market Paper: European Integration and the Rise of Superstar Cities.
Research Fields:	International Trade, Urban Economics, Economic Geography.
Advisors:	Prof. David Nagy and Prof. Giacomo Ponzetto