Santiago Carbó-Valverde

Full Professor of Economics at University of Granada

Santiago Carbó-Valverde was born in Gandía (Valencia, Spain) in 1966 and completed his BA in Economics (Universidad de Valencia, Spain), PhD in Economics and Master in Banking and Finance (University of Wales, Bangor, UK). He is now Full Professor of Economics at the University of Granada (Spain). He was Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Granada during 2004-2006 and Dean of the School of Economics and Business of the University of Granada during 2006-2008. He is the Head of Financial Studies of the Spanish Savings Bank Foundation (FUNCAS). He is also Consultant at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago since 2008. He has been (and in some cases still is) Consultant for public institutions such as the European Central Bank, the European Commission, the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, the Spanish Ministry of Labour and the Institute of European Finance) and for private institutions such as banks (i.e. research department of Caja de Ahorros de Granada) and leading economic consulting companies. He has written over 200 articles and other publications on the financial system. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals such as European Economic Review, Review of Finance, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Services Research, Annals of Regional Science, Regional Studies, Journal of Economics and Business, European Urban and Regional Studies, The Manchester School, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Applied Economics, European Financial Management, Public Money and Management, Spanish Economic Review, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Applied Financial Economics, Investigaciones Económicas Revista de Economía Aplicada, Hacienda Pública Española-Revista de Economía Pública, Moneda y Crédito, Papeles de Economía Española and Revue de la Banque. He has given conferences, lectures and seminars at international institutions (G-20, World Bank, World Savings Banks Institute), central banks and government bodies (European Central Bank, Federal Reserve Board, Bank of Spain, Spanish Antitrust Authority), several banks of the Federal Reserve System, and universities– where he has also been Visiting Professor- such as New York University, Indiana University, Boston College, Florida State University, University of Alberta (Canada), K.U.Leuven (Belgium) and University of Warwick (UK).