Download Curriculum Vitae Javier Asensio August 2012

Curriculum Vitae
Javier Asensio
August 2012
Department of Applied Economics
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
Tel (+ 34) 93 581 2290
Fax (+34) 93 581 2292
http://gent.uab.cat/javierasensio
[email protected]
Born in Pamplona (Spain), 18 July 1969.
Research interests
Transport demand, urban economics, infrastructure regulation, empirical IO.
Education
1999
1996
1994
1993
Ph. D. Economics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
M.A. Urban and Regional Economics, UAB.
M. Sc. Regional Science, University of Reading, UK.
Licenciatura (B.A) in Economics, UAB.
Affiliations
Research Group in Applied Economic Analysis (GEAP)
Center for Competition and Regulatory Policy (CCRP)
Institut d’Economia de Barcelona (IEB)
Academic positions
2002-present
1999-2002
1996-1999
1994-1996
Associate professor (Profesor titular), Dep. Applied Economics, UAB.
Assistant professor, Dep. Applied Economics, UAB.
Pre-doctoral scholarship, Generalitat de Catalunya.
Teaching Assistant, Dep. Applied Economics, UAB.
Professional experience
Sep. 2007-Jul. 2011 Head of Technical programming unit (Gabinete Técnico de
Programación) at Barcelona’s City Council.
Visiting positions
April-June 1998:
Sept-Dec. 2005:
CRT, Université de Montréal, Canada.
Dept. of Economics, City University, London, UK
Scholarships
1993
1996-99
1998
“British Council – La Caixa” postgraduate scholarship (Reading)
Generalitat de Catalunya, pre-doctoral scholarship.
Generalitat de Catalunya, travel grant (Montreal)
Publications: refereed journals
Commuters’ valuation of travel time variability, Transportation Research Part E, 44, 10741085, 2008. With A. Matas.
Petrol expenditure and redistributive effects of its taxation in Spain, Transportation
Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 37, 49-69, 2003. With A. Matas and J.L. Raymond.
Redistributive effects of subsidies to urban public transport in Spain, Transport Reviews,
23, 433-452, 2003. With A. Matas and J.L. Raymond.
Transport mode choice by commuters to Barcelona’s CBD, Urban Studies, 39, 1881-1895,
2002.
Evaluation of transport project infrastructures beyond cost-benefit analysis. An
application to Barcelona's 4th ring road, International Journal of Transport Economics,
28, 387-403, 2001. With O. Roca.
The success story of Spanish suburban railways: determinants of demand and policy
implications, Transport Policy, 7, 295-302, 2000.
Publications: non refereed journals
Aspectos económicos de la liberalización del ferrocarril: mecanismos de subastas y
medición de la eficiencia, Estudios de Construcción y Transportes, 104, 161-182, 2006.
With J. J. Ganuza, J. Penalva and F. Trillas.
Transporte por carretera y política de precios, Economistas,110,42-50,2006.With A. Matas.
Efectos redistributivos de las subvenciones e impuestos sobre el transporte, Estudios de
Construcción y Transportes, 90, 67-87, 2001. With A. Matas and J. L. Raymond.
El papel del transporte público en las ciudades, Papeles de Economía Española, 82, 178193, 1999. With A. Matas.
Publications: book chapters
Equidad en el acceso a la movilidad, in “Anuario RACC de la movilidad 2007”, RACC,
Barcelona, 8-23, 2008. With A. Matas.
Infraestructuras, in “Anuario Sociolaboral de la UGT de Catalunya”, Barcelona, CRESC, 4850, 2004.
Demand for suburban railway services in Spain., in E. Van de Voorde, H. Meersamn and W.
Winkelmans (eds.) “World Transport Research”, vol. 3, Transport modelling/
assessment, Amsterdam, Pergamon, 212-231, 1999.
Determinación del peaje urbano óptimo y evaluación de sus efectos redistributivos: el caso
de Barcelona, in “Economía del Transporte”, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, CIES, 161172, 1995.
Conferences and workshops (with accepted papers)
XXVII Jornadas de Economía Industrial, Murcia, September 2012.
9th INRA/IDEI Conference on Industrial Organization and the Food Processing Industry,
Toulouse, June 2012
13th CCRP Workshop Competition & Regulation, City University London, January 2012
XXXII Simposio de Análisis Económico, Granada, December 2007.
X Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Logroño, June 2007.
XXX Simposio de Análisis Económico, Murcia, December 2005.
2nd CCRP Workshop Competition & Regulation, IESE Barcelona, December 2005.
III Conference on Railroad Industry Structure, Competition and Investment, Stockholm,
November 2005.
II Training seminar on government restructuring, World Bank, Washington DC, July 2005.
II Jornadas sobre liberalización y competencia, Madrid, April 2005.
Infratrain Spring Conference, Berlin, April 2004.
IV Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Reus, June 2001.
III Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Valencia, June 2000.
II Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Zaragoza, June 1999.
VIII World Conference on Transport Research, Antwerp, July 1998.
V Congreso Nacional de Economía, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, December 1995.
Funded research projects
Participation in projects financed by Plan Nacional I+D:
SEC 93-066 (1993-1995); SEC 2000-0474 (2001-2003); SEC 2003-7928 (2003-2006); SEJ
2006-14849/SEC (2006-2009); ECO20009-12234 (2009-2010).
Projects by Ministerio de Fomento:
Subastas y competencia referencial en la liberalización ferroviaria, 2004-2005 (main
researcher).
Costes, precios y externalidades para las infraestructuras de transporte, 2002-2005.
Efectos distributivos de las subvenciones e impuestos sobre el transporte, 2000.
Evaluación Coste-Beneficio y efectos económicos a corto y largo plazo del Cuarto Cinturón
de Barcelona, 1998-1999 (main researcher).
Other projects:
Avaluació socioeconòmica del quart cinturó de Barcelona, Cambra Oficial de Comerç,
Indústria i Navegació de Barcelona, 2003-2004.
Impacte de la nova xarxa ferroviaria a Catalunya, Barcelona Regional S.A., 2002-2003.
Economic aspects of charging for transeuropean transport infrastructures in the European
Union, DG-II European Comission, 1997.
El peaje urbano en Barcelona. Análisis de efectos redistributivos, Institut Català per al
Desenvolupament del Transport. 1994-1995. (main researcher)