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ABAD ROMERO, MARIA DEL PILAR

ABAD ROMERO, MARIA DEL PILAR

BALLESTER MIQUEL, LAURA

BALLESTER MIQUEL, LAURA

PDI-Titular d'Universitat

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

(9616) 25079

laura.ballester@uv.es

Biography
 

Framed within the field of ​​quantitative finance, my research career has been mainly focused on the analysis and measurement of financial risks, specifically the study of interest rate risk and credit risk.

With regard to my research on the management of interest risk, this has focused on determining the incidence of interest rate risk in the Spanish banking sector by measuring the sensitivity of credit institutions to interest rate movements. The objectives have been, firstly, to jointly analyse the impact of variations and volatility of interest rates on stock returns, and secondly, to elucidate whether more complex patterns with respect to the exposure profile should also be taken into consideration in risk assessment models.

Regarding the credit risk studies, these have focused on the analysis of the transmission and contagion of this type of risk, measured through the credit default swap (CDS) market, both for the European and American markets. My research has included several relevant issues in the context of the global financial crisis and the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone, such as the transmission of spillover risk in the performance and volatility of the banking CDS and sovereign markets.

In relation to other aspects of my research career, I have participated in several research projects of a competitive nature in the field of finance and I have been a principal researcher in a project of the University of Valencia (2013) and the Ramón Areces Foundation (2014-2016). I have completed two visiting researches at Cass Business School (City University London) and I received the Doctoral Thesis Prize (2010) from the Economic and Social Council of the Valencian Community and the Teaching Excellence Award (2019) from the Social Council of the University of Valencia. I have been a speaker at more than 45 national and international conferences, and I have attended more than 30 courses related to research and teaching.

I have two six-year period of research and accreditation for tenured university professors recognized by ANECA. I have published in prestigious journals such 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, Research in International Business and Finance and Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting.

I have been the organizer of the 15th INFINITI Conference on International Finance held at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Valencia in 2017 and The Annual Event of Finance Research Letters in 2020, 2021 and 2022. I have been a member of the academic committee of the Chair in International Finance of Banco Santander from 2014 to 2018 and I am since March 2021 the academic secretary of the Department of Financial Economics. Finally, since mid-2021 I am editor-in-chief of the journal Finance Research Letters.

BENITEZ SUAREZ, RAFAEL

BENITEZ SUAREZ, RAFAEL

PDI-Titular d'Universitat
Director/a de Departament

(9638) 28382

rafael.suarez@uv.es

CARCHANO ALCINA, OSCAR

CARCHANO ALCINA, OSCAR

PDI-Prof. Permanent Laboral Ppl
Coordinador/a Curs
Biography
 

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CATALAN GARCIA, CARLOS ABRAHAM

CATALAN GARCIA, CARLOS ABRAHAM

FERNANDEZ DE GUEVARA RADOSELOVICS, JUAN FRANCISCO

FERNANDEZ DE GUEVARA RADOSELOVICS, JUAN FRANCISCO

PDI-Titular d'Universitat
FERRER LAPEÑA, ROMAN

FERRER LAPEÑA, ROMAN

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat

(9616) 25001

roman.ferrer@uv.es

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

LEON VALLE, ANGEL MANUEL

LEON VALLE, ANGEL MANUEL

LUCIA LOPEZ, JULIO JESUS

LUCIA LOPEZ, JULIO JESUS

PDI-Titular d'Universitat
Secretari/a de Departament

(9616) 25076

julio.j.lucia@uv.es

NAGORE GARCIA, MARIA DESAMPARADOS

NAGORE GARCIA, MARIA DESAMPARADOS

PDI-Prof. Permanent Laboral Ppl

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 and later as a teaching assistant in the Applied Economics Department (2010-2015). In 2015, she defended her doctoral thesis "Essays on employment and unemployment transitions" in a joint PhD program between Tilburg University and UV, receiving an extraordinary PhD award. She subsequently worked as a researcher at LISER (Luxembourg) before returning to UV as assistant professor (2018) and later tenured professor (2020). Her academic achievements include a "Sexenio de Investigación" from ANECA (2023) and accreditation for Associate Professor (May 2025).

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.

SUAREZ GONZALEZ, ALBERTO

SUAREZ GONZALEZ, ALBERTO

TAPIA TORRES, MIGUEL

TAPIA TORRES, MIGUEL

TORRO I ENGUIX, HIPOLIT

TORRO I ENGUIX, HIPOLIT

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
Director/a Titulacio Master Oficial

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.