Albert Marcet
Albert Marcet Torrens | |
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| Born | April 11, 1960 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Monetary economics |
| Institution | Center for Research in International Economics Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona School of Economics |
| Alma mater | Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona University of Minnesota |
| Influences | Thomas Sargent |
| Contributions | Learning Recursive contracts |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Albert Marcet Torrens (born 11 April 1960) is a Spanish economist, specialized in macroeconomics, time series, financial economics and economic dynamic theory. He is an ICREA Research Professor at the Center for Research in International Economics (CREI), and Research Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), where he is also AXA Research Chair on Macroeconomic Risk, and Adjunct Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Marcet 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]
Career
[edit]Albert Marcet holds a degree in Economics from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a PhD in Economics from University of Minnesota.
In the past, he has been a professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and ICREA Research Professor and Director of the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE), a research center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
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 School of Economics Master in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets. He now serves as its Scientific Director and teaches 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]- European Research Council Advanced Grants, 2012 and 2017[2]
- King James I Awards in Economy, 2016[7]
- Wim Duisenberg Fellowship, European Central Bank, 2006
References
[edit]- ^ "Albert Marcet". Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI). Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ "Albert Marcet". Barcelona School of Economics (BSE). Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Albert Marcet, premio Jaime I de Economía". Expansión (in Spanish). Valencia. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
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- Living people
- 21st-century Spanish economists
- 20th-century Spanish economists
- Autonomous University of Barcelona alumni
- Academics of the London School of Economics
- Academics of University College London
- Academic staff of the Barcelona School of Economics
- University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni
- Fellows of the Econometric Society
- 1960 births