Albert Marcet

Summary

Albert Marcet Torrens (born 11 April 1960) is a Spanish economist, specialized in macroeconomics, time series, financial economics and economic dynamic theory. He is currently serving as Professor of Macroeconomics at the UCL Department of Economics, on leave from his position as ICREA Research Professor and Director of the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE), a research centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and AXA Research Chair on Macroeconomic Risk at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. He is also a Fellow of the Econometric Society and he has been a Research Fellow of Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) since 1992.[1][2]

Albert Marcet Torrens
Born (1960-04-11) April 11, 1960 (age 63)
NationalitySpanish
Academic career
InstitutionUniversitat Pompeu Fabra
London School of Economics
University College London
FieldMonetary economics
Alma materUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona
University of Minnesota
InfluencesThomas Sargent
ContributionsLearning
Recursive contracts
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Career edit

He holds a degree in Economics from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a PhD in Economics from University of Minnesota.

He was a professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF).[3]

He has also served as President of the Spanish Economic Association (2007). In 2013, he received an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for his project, Asset Prices and Macro Policy when Agents Learn. Professor Marcet was the first Director of the Barcelona GSE Master in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets. He now serves as its Scientific Director and teaches master courses in the program.[3]

He has worked extensively in the field of agents' expectations modeling, working with Thomas Sargent and Juan Pablo Nicolini.[4][5][6]

Awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Albert Marcet". Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE), Spanish Council for Scientific Research. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
  4. ^ Marcet, Albert; Sargent, Thomas J (1989). "Convergence of least squares learning mechanisms in self-referential linear stochastic models". Journal of Economic Theory. 48 (2): 337–368. doi:10.1016/0022-0531(89)90032-X. ISSN 0022-0531.
  5. ^ Sargent, Thomas J. (1989). "Two Models of Measurements and the Investment Accelerator". Journal of Political Economy. 97 (2): 251–287. doi:10.1086/261603. ISSN 0022-3808. S2CID 154864867.
  6. ^ Marcet, Albert; Nicolini, Juan P (2003). "Recurrent Hyperinflations and Learning" (PDF). American Economic Review. 93 (5): 1476–1498. doi:10.1257/000282803322655400. hdl:10230/1145. ISSN 0002-8282.
  7. ^ "Albert Marcet, premio Jaime I de Economía". Expansión (in Spanish). Valencia. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

External links edit

  • Homepage at Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE)
  • CV