Carles Vergara
professor
Financial Management
IESE Business School Universidad de Navarra
Spain
Biography
Carles Vergara-Alert is an Assistant Professor at the IESE's Financial Management Department. He earned his PhD in Business Administration (Finance and Real Estate) from the University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business. He holds an M.S. in Finance (Business Administration) and a Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) both from the University of California, Berkeley. He has also earned a B.A. and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya as well as a PDD from IESE Business School. He has worked at Allianz Hedge Fund Partners, Allianz Group, the Center for Transport Innovation, and the European Investment Bank. He has consulting experience in the finance, real estate, engineering, pharmaceutical, retail, and public sectors. His research interests include real estate finance and asset pricing.
Research Interest
Areas of Interest * Asset Pricing * Real Estate Finance * Risk Management * Term Structure Modeling * Real Options
Publications
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Vergara, Carles; Saffi, Pedro, "The Big Short: Short Selling Activity and Predictability in House Prices", 05/2015
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Vergara, Carles, "How Does the Yield Curve Influence Real Estate Markets and Vice Versa?", Moneda y Crédito, No. 234, 2012, pp 97 - 122
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Corradin, S.; Fillat, J.; Vergara, Carles, "Optimal Portfolio Choice with Predictability in House Prices and Transaction Costs", Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2014, pp 823 - 880
