The Energy Transition: Carbon Pricing, Renewable Investments, and Distributional Implications

Author: Gökhan Dilek

Defense date: June 22, 2026

Advisors: Gökhan Dilek

Research fields: Public Economics and Policy Analysis, Environmental and Resource Economics

Essays on Competition Economics

Author: Taha Nikkhah Ghomi

Defense date: June 16, 2026

Advisors: Alessandro de Chiara | Ester Manna

Research fields: Behaviour, Games and Risk, Game Theory, Industrial Organization

Essays in Transport Economics and Regulations

Author: Carlos R. Leon-Gomez

Defense date: February 6, 2026

Advisors: Daniel Albalate | Jordi J. Teixidó

Research fields: Regional Economics, Urban Economics, Public Economics, Regulation Economics

Essays on the Dynamics of Macroeconomics, Structural Change and Economic Growth

Author: Wilma Ticona Huanca

Defense date: January 30, 2026

Advisors: Hector Sala (UAB) | Xavier Raurich

Research fields: Development Economics, Macroeconomics

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Essays on Education Economics

Author: Àlex Izquierdo Nofuentes

Defense date: January 30, 2026

Advisors: Andreu Arenas | Daniel Montolio

Research fields: Microeconomics, Economics of Education, Public Economics

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Essays on Agglomeration and Innovation in the Developing World

Author: Racquel Claveria

Defense date: January 16, 2026

Advisors: Rosina Moreno

Research fields: Development Economics, Regional Economics, Urban Economics

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Compositional data for analysis in economics and finance

Author: Juan David Vega Baquero

Defense date: January 16, 2026

Advisors: David Santolino

Research fields: Financial Econometrics, Risk and Insurance

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Mental Health over the Life Course: evidence from Shocks and Interventions

Author: Andika Perdana

Defense date: December 12, 2025

Advisors: Jordi Suriñach | Judit Vall Castelló

Research fields: Regional Economics, Health Economics, Labour and Demographic Economics

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