Walter Garcia
Professor
Department of Economics
University Pompeu Fabra
Spain
Biography
Research and teaching interests (1) Industrial Economics (2) Innovation and Technological Change (3) Applied Econometrics (4) Economics of Education 1 Education Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.), Economics, Stanford University, June 1992. Master in Economic Theory and Quantitative Methods, Universitat Aut `onoma de Barcelona, 1986. Bachellor Degree in Economics, Universitat Aut `onoma de Barcelona, 1984. 2 Publications 2.1 Published or accepted for publication in refereed journals 2.1.1 English “Estimating Human Capital Externalities: The Case of the Spanish Provinces, 1995-2010”, (jointly with Manuel Hidalgo) forthcoming in Revista de Econom´Ä±a aplicada, 2015. “Inventors and invention processes in Europe: Results from the PatVal-EU survey”, (jointly with Paola Giuri, Myriam Mariani, Stefano Brusoni, Gustavo Crespi, Dominique Francoz, Alfonso Gambardella, Aldo Geuna, Raul Gonz´alez, Dietmar 1 Harhoff, Karin Hoisl, Christian Le Bash, Alessandra Luzzi, Laura Magazzini, Lionel Nesta, Onder Nomale, Neus Palomeras, Pari Patel, Marzia Romanelli ¨ k and Bart Verspagen), Research Policy, Vol. 36, Issue:8, pp. 1107-1127, 2007. “Migration across Spanish provinces: 1978-1992” (jointly with Carlo Devillanova), Investigaciones Econ´omicas, vol. XXVIII(3), pp. 461–488, 2004. “Risk dominance selects the leader: an experimental analysis” (jointly with Antonio Cabrales and Massimo Motta), International Journal of Industrial Organization, 18, pp. 137–162, 2000. “Entry restrictions and the determination of quality”, (jointly with Hugo Hopenhayn), Spanish Economic Review, Vol. 2, Issue2, 105-127, 2000. “Regional Linkages through European Research Funding” (jointly with Alfonso Gambardella), Economics of Innovation and New Technologies, Vol. 4, pp. 123– 138, 1996. “Quality of Professional Services Under Price Floors”, (joint with Massimo Motta), Revista Espa˜nola de Econom´Ä±a, Monogr´afico Regulaci ´on, pp. 165–199, 1995.
Research Interest
Research and teaching interests (1) Industrial Economics (2) Innovation and Technological Change (3) Applied Econometrics (4) Economics of Education