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ALVAREZ BARBA, GASPAR

ALVAREZ BARBA, GASPAR

PDI-Substitut/A
BALLESTER MIQUEL, LAURA

BALLESTER MIQUEL, LAURA

PDI-Titular d'UniversitatDirector/a Titulacio Master Oficial

Office 5B05 Faculty of Economics University of Valencia Avenida de los Naranjos s/n 46022 Valencia

(9616) 25079

laura.ballester@uv.es

Biography
 

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I am licensed in (2004) from the University of Valencia (UV) with the Diploma of Professional Specialization in Spanish Financial Bags and Markets (UV-DEIT). Master in quantitative banking and finance, interuniversity program with quality mention. Doctor in quantitative finance (2010) by the UV. I was beneficiary for two years of an Aseval scholarship (Aviva’s Group) for doctoral studies and a mobility scholarship of the Ministry of Education and Science.

I am part of the Department of Financial and Actuarial Economy of the UV since 2011 and previously, I belonged to the Department of Economic Analysis and Finance of the University of Castilla La Mancha.

framed in the area of quantitative finances, my research career has mainly directed to the analysis and measurement of financial risks, specifically, the study of the risk of interest and credit risk. I have participated in 10 competitive research projects, one of them international based in Cass Business School, 5 financed by the Ministry, 2 by the Ramón Areces Foundation (in one of them as the main researcher), another funded by the UV where I was a principal investigator and another regional financed by the Board of Communities of Castilla La Mancha. In addition, I participated as a team member in a research contract with the Valencian Institute for Economic Research (IVIE). I have received the Doctoral Thesis Award (2010) of the Economic and Social Council of the Valencian Community and the Prize for Teaching Excellence of the UV Social Council in 2019.

I have been speaker at more than 45 national and international congresses and assisted more than 35 courses related to research and teaching. I have two research sexenios (ANECA). I have published in magazines ofImpact as Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Emerging Markets Review, Journal of Empirical Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, International Review of Economics and Finance, Finance Research Letters and Research In International Business and Finance.

I have organized various activities related to research among which stand out the 15th Infiniti Conference on International Finance held at the Faculty of Economics of the UV in 2017 and the annual Event of Finance Research Letters in its editions of 2020, 2021 and 2022 held outside Spain. I have participated as a court member in two doctoral theses, one of them in the UV and the other at the University of Castilla La Mancha. I have been a member of the Academic Committee of the Chair in International Finance of the Santander Bank from 2014 to 2018. I have been Guest Editor in four Special Issues in the magazine Finance Research Letters where I am editor-in-chief from September 2021.

Regarding teaching, I certify university teaching experience of more than 2,500 hours given (between grade and master) and three quinquenios of teaching recognized. Teaching evaluations are considered very positive having recognized two periods of teacher with excellent qualification and a global score average in the 2023-2024 course of 4.72 out of 5. I give matters that cover multiple areas in finance: portfolio theory, financial mathematics, finance, markets and assets of fixed income and titling and credit risk. Accumulation 148 hours of teaching in company practices, 366 hours in the direction of TFG and 135 hours in TFM. From 2011 to the present I have directed 46 TFG and 17 TFM. Among these, 5 of them belong to the master's degree in banking and quantitative finance and the rest to the Master in UV actuarial and financial sciences. In addition, I have participatedin 27 reading courts in the aforementioned masters.

Regarding the performance of another university teaching activity, it is worth highlighting the delivery of the courses "Finance I" and "Finance II" for the Nau Gran de la UV during three academic courses, the course "Financial Education, Retirement and Pension Plans" for the University Balearic PROJECT ”, one in the UV and one at the international level for FGV EAESP (São Paulo).


I have participated in 7 educational innovation projects as a team member, 4 of them from the UV and 2 of the University of La Rioja and the University of Castilla La Mancha. I have organized 7 days and seminars of teaching innovation, I have 6 teaching publications, 10 presentations in teaching congresses and 19 courses received from university teacher training.

I have been coordinator of the third course of the degree in Finance and Accounting of the UV from 2012 to 2021, a member of the CCA of the Master in Actual and Financial Sciences since 2018 and I have been secretary of the Department of Financial and Actuarial Economy from 03/2021 to 03/2025.

CARCHANO ALCINA, OSCAR

CARCHANO ALCINA, OSCAR

PDI-Prof. Permanent Laboral PplDirector/a Titulacio Master Oficial
Biography
 

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CLIMENT DIRANZO, FRANCISCO JOSE

CLIMENT DIRANZO, FRANCISCO JOSE

PDI-Catedratic/a d'UniversitatCoordinador/a de Programa de Doctorat

Despacho 5D05 - Facultad de Economía - Avda. de los naranjos s/n - 46022 - Valencia

(9638) 28384

f.jose.climent@uv.es

Biography
 

Francisco José Climent Diranzo (Llombay-Valencia,1969). Professor in Accounting and Financial Economics at University of Valencia (Department of Financial and Actuarial Economics). Business Sciences Degree (1990), Bachelor in Economic and Business Sciences (1992) and PhD in Economics (1999) from the University of Valencia.

His research focuses on quantitative methods in Financial Economics, has published in international journals like Journal of Financial Markets, Energy Policy, International Review of Economics & Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, Quantitative Finance, Financial Analysts Journal, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Business Research, Computational Economics, Mathematics, Economic Research or Service Business, as well as in National journals such as Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting, Spanish Review of Financial Economics, Investigaciones Económicas, Cuadernos de Economía or Revista de Estudios Cooperativos (Revesco). In addition, he has been a Principal Researcher in competitive projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Generalitat Valenciana and private institutions. He has recognized four sexenios' research.

The teaching activity has focused on subjects related to Financial Mathematics, Equity Markets, Fixed Income, Banking Management and Financial Econometrics, both in the Bachelor's and Master's degrees. It has recognized six five-years teaching and in 2014 it won the Award for Teaching Excellence in the XIX Edition of the University-Society Awards of the Social Council of the University of Valencia and recognized by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of the Generalitat Valenciana. For the teaching activity developed in the periods 2012-2017 and 2017-2022, he obtained the Excellent Qualification in the DOCENTIA Program.

He has been the director of the Intercollegiate Doctorate Program in Banking and Quantitative Finance and the director of the Master in Banking Management. He is currently the Coordinator of the Intercollegiate Doctoral Program in Quantitative Finance and Economy

DEVESA CARPIO, JOSE ENRIQUE

DEVESA CARPIO, JOSE ENRIQUE

PDI-Titular d'Universitat

Despacho 5D03. Facultad de Economía. Avda. Tarongers s.n. 46022-VALENCIA

(9638) 28378

enrique.devesa@uv.es

DEVESA CARPIO, MARIA DEL MAR

DEVESA CARPIO, MARIA DEL MAR

PDI-Titular d'Universitat

(9616) 25081

mar.devesa@uv.es

FERRER LAPEÑA, ROMAN

FERRER LAPEÑA, ROMAN

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat

(9616) 25001

roman.ferrer@uv.es

FORES CONCHELL, VICENTA DOLORES

FORES CONCHELL, VICENTA DOLORES

PDI-Titular d'Escola UniversitariaVicedega/Vicedegana / Vicedirector/a Ets
FURIO ORTEGA, MARIA DOLORES

FURIO ORTEGA, MARIA DOLORES

PDI-Titular d'Universitat

Despacho 5D11 Facultad de Economía Avda. Los Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia

(9616) 25080

m.dolores.furio@uv.es

GISBERT MOCHOLI, LLUIS

GISBERT MOCHOLI, LLUIS

PDI-Associat/Da Universitari/A
GONZALEZ BAIXAULI, EUSEBIO CRISTOBAL

GONZALEZ BAIXAULI, EUSEBIO CRISTOBAL

PDI-Titular d'Universitat
LUCIA LOPEZ, JULIO JESUS

LUCIA LOPEZ, JULIO JESUS

PDI-Titular d'UniversitatSecretari/a de Departament

(9616) 25076

julio.j.lucia@uv.es

MUÑOZ MURGUI, FRANCISCO

MUÑOZ MURGUI, FRANCISCO

PDI-Titular d'UniversitatDega/Degana / Director/a Ets
NAGORE GARCIA, MARIA DESAMPARADOS

NAGORE GARCIA, MARIA DESAMPARADOS

PDI-Prof. Permanent Laboral PplCoordinador/a Curs

Despacho 5D12 Edificio Departamental

amparo.nagore@uv.es

Biography
 

Amparo Nagore is tenured professor in the Financial and Actuarial Economics Department at the University of Valencia (UV). She holds bachelor's degrees in Business Administration (2000) and Actuarial and Finance Science (2001) from UV, and completed an Interuniversity Research Master in Quantitative Finance (2001-2003) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology. Her professional experience includes research at the Valencia Institute of Economic Research (IVIE, 2003-2004), financial analyst at Econocom, Barcelona (2005-2006), structured finance analyst at Intermoney Titulización, Madrid (2006-2008), and Finance Analyst at Bank of Valencia (2008-2010). She began teaching at UV in 2008, initially as a part-time instructor in the  Department of Business Finances and Financial and Actuarial Economics Department and later as a teaching assistant in the Applied Economics Department (2010-2015). In 2015, she defended her doctoral thesis at Tilburg University (TU): "Essays on employment and unemployment transitions" in a joint PhD program between TU and UV, receiving an extraordinary PhD award. She subsequently worked as a researcher at LISER in Luxembourg before returning to the UV as an assistant professor in the Department of Financial and Actuarial Economics (2018), and was later promoted to a tenured professor (2020). Her academic achievements include a “Sexenio de Investigación” (research productivity assessment) from ANECA (2023) and accreditation as Associate Professor (May 2025).

Areas of specialization: applied labor economics, microeconometrics, economics of retirement and pensions, duration analysis, policy evaluation.

PARDO TORNERO, ANGEL

PARDO TORNERO, ANGEL

PDI-Catedratic/a d'UniversitatDirector/a de Departament

Facultat d'Economia Campus dels Tarongers Avda. Tarongers, s/n 46022 València (SPAIN)

(9638) 28377

angel.pardo@uv.es

Biography
 

Full Professor in the Department of Financial and Actuarial Economics at the Faculty of Economics, University of Valencia. His research areas include the design of futures and options contracts, the microstructure of financial markets, and commodity derivatives markets. He has worked as an advisor to various financial markets and has published nearly 50 articles in specialized finance journals. He served as Academic Director of the International Finance Chair–Banco Santander at the University of Valencia from the 2007-08 to the 2013-14 academic years. He has received five awards at national and international conferences, notably the Best European Finance Paper Award in 2004, granted by the Federation of European Securities Exchanges. Since then, he has been a member of the International Scientific Committee “De la Vega Prize Advisory Council.”

ROCHER MOLIO, JUAN

ROCHER MOLIO, JUAN

PDI-Associat/Da Universitari/A
RODRIGUEZ BARRERA, ROSA MARIA

RODRIGUEZ BARRERA, ROSA MARIA

PAS-E.T.S. Gestio d'InvestigacioPDI-Associat/Da Universitari/A

Despacho 5E06 Facultad de Economía Avda. Los Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia

(9639) 83459

rosa.rodriguez@uv.es

ROMO GARCIA, MIGUEL

ROMO GARCIA, MIGUEL

PDI-Associat/Da Universitari/A

Despacho 5B07 - Facultad de Economía - Avda. Los Naranjos s/n - 46022 - Valencia

miguel.romo@uv.es

SANCHEZ DIAZ, JOSE MARIA

SANCHEZ DIAZ, JOSE MARIA

PDI-Titular d'Escola Universitaria
SERRA SORIANO, MARIA

SERRA SORIANO, MARIA

PDI-Substitut/A
SORIANO FELIPE, PILAR

SORIANO FELIPE, PILAR

PDI-Titular d'Universitat

Desp. 5E01, Facultat d'Economia, Universitat de València Av. Tarongers s/n, 46022 València

(9638) 28393

pilar.soriano-felipe@uv.es

Biography
 

She is senior lecturer/associate professor in the Department of Financial and Actuarial Economics of the Universitat de València (Spain). She holds a licenciatura (former Spanish undergraduate degree) in Business Management and Administration by Universitat de València, a BA (Hons) in European Management by the University of Westminster (United Kingdom) and a PhD in Quantitative Finance by Universitat de València. Her research has been developed in the field of volatility transmission between financial markets, risk management, energy markets and financial ethics. This activity has also been developed as a visiting researcher in different centres such as the Department of Finance of Tilburg University (The Netherlands) and the Department of Economics and Business of Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain). Her experience as a researcher is supported by several publications in journals such as Financial Analysts Journal, Quantitative Finance, Review of World Economics, Environmental Economics, Revista de Economía Financiera, Journal of Business Ethics, Sustainability, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Risk or Finance Research Letters. She has also research experience from her participation as a collaborating researcher in several projects from public and competitive calls (both regional and national). Finally, her participation in different governing and representative bodies of the university should be highlighted. She was, for instance, vice-dean of the Faculty of Economics of Universitat de València.

SUSO LOPEZ, MARIA JULIA

SUSO LOPEZ, MARIA JULIA

PDI-Titular d'UniversitatCoordinador/a Curs

(9616) 25082

julia.suso@uv.es

TORRO I ENGUIX, HIPOLIT

TORRO I ENGUIX, HIPOLIT

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat

Facultat d’Economia Av. dels Tarongers s/n 46022 Valencia Spain

(9616) 25074

hipolit.torro@uv.es

Biography
 

Hipolit Torro is currently professor of Financial Economics at the Universitat de València, Spain. He has a B.A. in Economics and Business Administration from the Universitat de València, a M.Sc. in Financial Mathematics from the Universities of Edingburgh and Heriot-Watt and a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from the Universitat de València. He has published a number of referred articles in finance and economics academic journals (Energy Economics, Energy Policy, The Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Quantitative Finance, The Journal of Risk, Journal of Banking and Finance,…) and he has contributed to several books and conference proceedings. He has participated as a lead investigating member in research projects funded by the Generalitat Valenciana, Fundación Caja de Madrid, the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, and the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia of Spain. His current areas of interest are Energy Derivatives (electricity, oil, natural gas and renewable energy sources), Asset Pricing and Risk Portfolio Management.

VERDU HENARES, MANUEL

VERDU HENARES, MANUEL

PDI-Ajudant Doctor/A

Facultat d'Economia 5ª Planta - Despatx 5B06 Tutories: Dimecres, 10:00 a 13:00. Avinguda dels Tarongers, s/n. 46022 València.

(9616) 25083

manuel.verdu@uv.es

Biography
 

Castalla (1995). He has a degree in Economics from the University of Alicante, with an extraordinary award for the completion of studies, a Master in Banking and Quantitative Finance from the University of Valencia, and a PhD in Finance and Quantitative Economics from the University of Valencia, with outstanding qualification and Cum Laude and International Doctorate mentions.

He has been working in the Department of Financial and Actuarial Economics at the University of Valencia since 2020, where he started as Predoctoral Researcher in Training (2020/2023), thanks to a predoctoral grant funded by the Generalitat Valenciana and the European Social Fund (ACIF/2020/109). Subsequently, he worked as a Substitute Professor (2023/2024), and currently holds a position as Assistant Professor (2024/present).

He has also worked in the private sector. Among other sporadic jobs, he has been an intern in the Issuer Risk Department of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), and has also worked as a consultant in the company Intermoney Consulting, participating in various projects with major financial institutions in Spain and around the world.

VIDAL MELIA, CARLOS

VIDAL MELIA, CARLOS

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat

Despacho 5D07 Avda. Tarongers, s/n 46022 Valencia 96 382 83 83 carlos.vidal@uv.es

(9638) 28383

carlos.vidal@uv.es

Biography
 

Dr. Carlos Vidal-Meliá is a Full Professor of Financial Economics and Actuarial Science at the University of Valencia (Spain) and holds a research affiliation with the Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico (ICAE) at the Complutense University of Madrid.

Academic Background

Dr. Vidal-Meliá holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Valencia, a degree in Actuarial Science from the Complutense University of Madrid, and a degree in Business from the University of Valencia.

Research Contributions

His research has been published in leading refereed journals, including:

Applied Economics, Astin Bulletin, Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanj, European Journal of Population, Fiscal Studies, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics (IME), International Journal for Equity in Health, International Social Security Review, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Journal of Population Ageing, Journal of Pensions Economics and Finance, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Mathematics, Public Money and Management, Quality & Quantity, Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, SERIEs (Journal of the Spanish Economic Association), SORT (Statistics and Operations Research Transactions) and Sustainability, amongst others.

Research Interests

Dr. Vidal-Meliá's research addresses key actuarial and policy issues within public pension systems and long-term care financing. His work spans the following areas:

  1. Public pension reform: Focuses on improving sustainability, transparency, and solvency in pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension systems, particularly through mechanisms like notional defined contribution (NDC) schemes, actuarial balance sheets, and automatic balancing mechanisms.
  2. Notional accounts: Extensive work on the design and implementation of notional accounts, assessing how these can be applied to public pension systems to align contributions with benefits and ensure financial stability.
  3. Automatic balance mechanisms: Research on tools to automatically adjust public pension systems in response to demographic changes and economic fluctuations, with a focus on mitigating the effects of longevity and low fertility.
  4. Gender redistribution in pension systems: Studies on the implications of using unisex conversion factors in life annuities, particularly how these impact gender equity in pension benefits.
  5. Joint life care annuities (LCAs): Analyzes the integration of long-term care (LTC) into annuity products for couples, providing financial solutions to address healthcare needs in retirement.
  6. Pension system financial health: Development of actuarial balance sheets to evaluate the solvency and financial status of PAYG pension systems, as seen in Sweden and Spain.
  7. Pension reforms in Spain: Evaluation of the 2011-2013 pension reforms in Spain using the Swedish NDC system as a benchmark, focusing on how the reforms diverged from the proposed improvements in equity and transparency.
  8. Integration of retirement and disability pensions: Theoretical work on unifying retirement and disability pensions within a single framework, aiming for a more cohesive pension system that better accommodates various life contingencies.
  9. Long-term care financing: Research on combining pension benefits with long-term care coverage, addressing the growing need for integrated solutions as populations age.
  10. Mortality studies: Analysis of mortality tables and their updates, focusing on how these are used to assess life expectancy and adjust conversion factors in pension systems. This includes evaluating the impact of demographic changes on mortality rates and how these affect pensions.
  11. Table 29 for pension system solvency analysis: Dr. Vidal-Meliá’s work delves into the critical assessment of Table 29, which compares the assets and liabilities of a pension system to give a true and fair view of its financial health. This includes evaluating how demographic changes and economic volatility are reflected in actuarial projections and the necessary solvency measures.
  12. Demographic coherence in mortality tables for LCAs and LTCI: His research emphasizes the need for consistency between demographic assumptions and the mortality tables used to calculate the premiums of life care annuities (LCAs) and long-term care insurance (LTCI). Ensuring demographic coherence is essential for accurately pricing these products and avoiding discrepancies that could impact their financial sustainability.

Policy Influence

In 2009, as part of the Toledo Pact, Dr. Vidal-Meliá proposed reforms to the Spanish public pension system inspired by the Swedish model. His suggestions, including the introduction of notional accounts, actuarial balances, and automatic balance mechanisms, aimed to improve equity, transparency, solvency, and communication within the system. However, the reforms implemented in Spain between 2011 and 2013 significantly diverged from his recommendations.

Key publications on this topic include:

  • Vidal-Meliá, C. (2014). An Assessment of the 2011 Spanish Pension Reform Using the Swedish System as Benchmark, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 13(03), 297-333.
  • Vidal-Meliá, C. (2014). Una storia infinita (The 2011-2013 Spanish pension reform: a never-ending story), Opificium, Revista Consiglio Nazionale Periti Industriali, 5(4), 38-41.

Consulting and Professional Experience

His professional experience has primarily focused on the financial sector of regional small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and on the field of social security, both public and private. In the public sector, he has led, participated in, advised, and/or conducted research for: the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the World Bank, the Swedish Social Security Agency, IVIE, Funcas, the Ministry of Labour and Immigration, the Ministry of Education and Science, and the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. In the private sector, his professional work has been directed towards actuarial opinions and reviews for various insurance companies, pension externalization issues, retirement awards, judicial expertise, etc. Without attempting to be exhaustive, he has carried out professional work and/or delivered specialized courses for: ASEVAL, BIA Galicia/CXG Aviva, Vidacaixa, Santander Pensiones, Cámara Valencia, Federico Domenech S.A., Ford España S.A., Getronics S.A., Grupo Aguas de Valencia, Grupo Boluda S.A., Iberdrola S.A., INARCASSA (Rome), MARVALSA, PHILIPS, Unión Naval de Barcelona S.A., Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIREF), and various universities such as Jaume I (Castellón), UCLM, Extremadura, Jaén, UPO (Seville), and Valladolid.

Teaching work

His teaching has primarily focused on the areas of Financial and Actuarial Mathematics, Life Insurance, Dependency and Health, Pension Plans, Social Security Techniques, and Financial and Cost Accounting.