Associate Professor of Finance
at the Barcelona School of Economics
Curriculum
Academic Positions
Since February 2014 Associate Professor (Tenured - Titular) Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2011 -2020 Research Affiliate, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London
September 2011– February 2014 Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2006–2011– Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) Università Commerciale L. Bocconi
2002– 2006 – Lecturer, Merton College, Oxford
Non-Academic Positions
Since Nov 2015 - Director of the Summer School in Finance, Barcelona School of Economics
Since July 2015 - Director of the Master in Financial Economics, Barcelona School of Economics
Doctoral and Pre Doctoral Studies
2002–2008– PhD in Finance, Oxford University, Saïd Business School, Oxford
2005-2006 – Visiting PhD, Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics
2000–2002 – M.Phil in Russian and Eastern European Studies, St Antony’s College, Oxford
1995 - Visiting Student, Politics Phil. Economics, Oxford University, Pembroke College, Oxford
1993–1998 – Laurea, Economics, University of Siena, Italy
Ad Hoc Refereeing Activity
Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, European Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Management Science, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Monetary Economics
Other Academic Activities
2016 - 2020 - PhD in Finance Admission Officer
2014 - 2019 - PhD Placement Officer
2012-2015 - Organisation of finance seminars at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Advisory Board and Expert Advice, Conference Organization
2021 - Program Committee for European Finance Association Meetings (Barcelona)
2019 - Program Committee for European Finance Association Meetings (Nova Lisboa), Program Committee for SFS Cavalcade North America 2019
2018 - Program Committee for 2nd conference on Corporate Policies and Asset Prices (COAP) at Cass Business School
2017 - Program Committee for SFS Cavalcade North America 2018
2016 - Program Committee European Finance Association, Program Committee for SFS Cavalcade North America 2017
2015 - Academic Advisor at Tier One Exchange (Private Pan-European Bank Asset Marketplace), Program Committee European Finance Association, Research Grants Council Hong Kong, Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva (ANEP), Placement Officer at UPF
2014 - Euro Financial Intermediation Theory Conference @ London Business School on Loan Syndication (joint with Frederic Malherbe (LBS), Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva (ANEP), Placement Officer at UPF
2013 - Member of the Program Committee Financial Intermediation Research
Society (FIRS) Quebec 2014, Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca (ANVUR)
2012 – Northern Finance Association Conference (Niagara Falls)
2011 – Canadian National Research Council, “PE/VC Partnership Agreements Study 2012-2013”, Ed. D.M. Toll, Thomson Reuters, Northern Finance Association Conference (Vancouver)
R&D projects funded through competitive calls of public entities
Name of the project: Mercados financieros, liquidez y asignación de recursos
• Entity where project took place: Universidad Pompeu Fabra
• Name principal investigator: Xavier Freixas Dargallo
• Nº of researchers: 12
• Funding entity or bodies: Ministerio De Economía Y Competitividad (Mineco)
• Period 2015-2017
Name of the project: Grup de Finances i Comptabilitat
• Entity where project took place: Universidad Pompeu Fabra
• Name principal investigator: Xavier Freixas Dargallo
• Nº of researchers: 10
• Funding entity or bodies: Agencia Gestio Ajuts Universitaris I Recerca
• Period: 2014 – 2016
Name of the project: Información asimétrica y asignación de recursos en los mercados financieros
• Entity where project took place: Universidad Pompeu Fabra
• Name principal investigator: Xavier Freixas Dargallo
• Nº of researchers: 10
• Funding entity or bodies: Ministerio De Ciencia E Innovación (Micinn)
• Period: 2012 – 2014
Fellowships and Grants
2016 – Ramon y Cajal Fellowship (5 years)
2014 – SANFi Santander Financial Institute UCEIF award for research in banking
2012 – 2013 – Fellowship Beatriu de Pinos
2011 – Centre for Applied Research in Finance, Bocconi University, Research Grant [topic: Corporate Liquidity (with A. Perez)]
2008 – Centre for Applied Research in Finance, Bocconi University, Research Grant [topic: Financing Leveraged Buyouts (with P. Colla and H. Wagner)]
2006 – Centre for Applied Research in Finance, Bocconi University, Research Grant [topic: The Performance of Private Equity Funds in Italy (with S. Caselli and M. Garcia)]
2003 – 2005 – University of Oxford, Merton College, Lectureship
2003 – 2005 – University of Oxford, Scatchered Scholarship, PhD Scholarship
1998 – Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Dissertation Award
Teaching Activities
2016 – 2023 – Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Corporate Finance (IBE), Corporate Finance II (GRAU); Graduate at the BGSE Master in Finance: Applied Corporate Finance, Empirical Finance, at the BSM Master in Corporate Finance: Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, at the Summer School in Corporate Finance: Corporate Finance Theory
2015 – 2016 – Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Corporate Finance (IBE), Corporate Finance II (GRAU); Graduate at the BGSE Master in Finance: Applied Corporate Finance, Empirical Finance, at the BSM Master in Corporate Finance: Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, at the Summer School in Corporate Finance: Corporate Finance Theory, at IESE Business School: MBA 2nd Year – Real Option for the Valuation of Corporate Investments and Start-ups.
2014 – 2015 – IESE Business School: MBA 2nd Year – Real Option for the Valuation of Corporate Investments and Start-ups. Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Corporate Finance (IBE), Corporate Finance II (GRAU); Graduate at the BGSE Master in Finance: Business Valuation, at the BSM Master in Management: Entrepreneurial Finance, at the BSM Master in Corporate Finance: Corporate Finance
2013 – 2014 – Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Corporate Finance (IBE), Corporate Finance II (GRAU); Graduate at the BGSE Master in Finance: Business Valuation, at the BSM Master in Management: Business Plans and Valuation of Entrepreneurial
2012 – 2013 – Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Undergraduate Finance (IBE), Corporate Finance II (GRAU); Graduate at the BGSE Master in Finance: Corporate Finance II
2011 – 2012 – Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Undergraduate Finance (IBE), Corporate Finance II (GRAU)
2010 – 2011– Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Undergraduate (Corporate Finance I, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: Prof X. Freixas). Bocconi: Undergraduate (Financial Markets and Institutions, Code: 6055, BIEM, 1st Semester, Course Coordinator: G. Forestieri)
2009 – 2010 – Stockholm School of Economics: Undergraduate (Advanced Corporate Finance, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: Prof M. Burkhart). Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Undergraduate (Corporate Finance I, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: Prof X. Freixas). Bocconi: Undergraduate (Financial Markets and Institutions, Code: 6055, BIEM, 1st Semester, Course Coordinator: G. Forestieri), PhD (Corporate Finance I 1st Semester, Course Coordinator: F. Ippolito, H. Wagner).
2008 –2009– Bocconi: Undergraduate (Financial Markets and Institutions, Code: 6055, BIEM, 1st Semester, Course Coordinator: G. Forestieri), Graduate (Entrepreneurship, Finance and Innovation, Code 8204, Class 20 English, EMIT, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: L. Bottazzi, Investment Banking, Code: 8336, GM, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: C. Conti), PhD (Corporate Finance I 1st Semester, Course Coordinator: F. Ippolito, H. Wagner, Corporate Finance II, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: F. Ippolito, H. Wagner)
2007 – 2008 – Bocconi: Undergraduate (Economia dei Mercati Finanziari Internazionali, Code: 5103, CLEMIT, 1st Semester, Course Coordinator: F. Ippolito), Graduate (Entrepreneurship, Finance and Innovation, Code 8204, Class 20 English, EMIT, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: L. Bottazzi), PhD (Corporate Finance III, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: F. Ippolito, H. Wagner)
2005 – 2006 – Saïd Business School, Oxford: Masters in Financial Economics (Corporate finance, Teaching Assistant, Course Coordinator: Prof. Colin Mayer)
2004 – Saïd Business School, Oxford: MBA (Corporate Finance, Teaching Assistant, Course Coordinator: Prof. Jos Van Bommel)
2002 – 2006 – Merton College, Oxford: Microeconomics, Statistics, Corporate Finance
