PEPES Seminar *via ZOOM* - Apr 25th
PEPES Seminar *via ZOOM* - Apr 25th
Voters from different walks of life placing their ballots
*Due to an air-controller strike, our PEPES guest speaker cannot be present with us in Paris - join us on Zoom, same time (zoom link sent to you by email) !*
Marta REYNAL-QUEROL is ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) Research Professor. She is the Director of the BSE Master's Program in Economics. She is also Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and member of the Council of the European Economic Association (EEA). Among her editorial duties, she is Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Conflict Resolution and the European Journal of Political Economy. She worked for the World Bank between 2001 and 2005.
Her research focuses on the causes of civil wars and genocides, conflict resolution and the aftermath of conflict; leaders and institutional reforms; aid effectiveness, and the economics of institutions. She publishes regularly in the most prestigious international journals, both general and specialised. After receiving a European Research Council (ERC) Starting grant in 2008 and an ERC Consolidator grant in 2014, she was awarded an ERC Advanced grant in 2021 for her project Colonization, Early Institutions and the Origin of State Capacity and Democratization. In 2022 she was the recipient of the Rei Jaume I Prize in Economics for her contributions to the determinants of war conflicts, political economy and economic development using methodologies based on historical experiences and “big data”.
Marta Reynal-Querol will present a paper, joint with Tim Besley, at the next PEPES Seminar on the topic:
More about Marta REYNAL-QUEROL and her research
Date: THURSDAY, April 25th - 12.30 pm
*EXCEPTIONAL* Location: Zoom (link sent to you via email)
The next PEPES Seminar will host Aurélie OUSS (Visiting faculty, on leave from UPenn) on June 6th.
