Álvaro is an Economist in the Research Department's International Economy Unit. He graduated in Economics from the University of Sussex and earned a Master in International Trade, Finance and Development at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. Before joining CaixaBank, he worked as a Junior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington DC, as a Research Assistant in Bruegel and also in CaixaBank Research. His areas of study include the European Monetary Union, sovereign risk and economic growth.
VoxEU Column
Ditch the EU’s fiscal rules; develop fiscal standards instead
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- EU institutions 
- EU policies
VoxEU Column
Beyond ESBies: safety without tranching
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- International Finance 
- Monetary Policy 
- Europe's nations and regions 
- EU policies 
- Financial Markets 
- Financial Regulation and Banking