
I am Full Professor of Economics at the University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain and vice-president of the World Economy Society. I am co-director of the Inter-university Master in Economics and the inter-university PhD in Economics between the universities of Cantabria, Oviedo and the Basque Country. I have lectured at Oxford, Carlos III-Madrid and Buenos Aires universities and have been a Visiting Research Scholar at Cornell (2014-15), European University Institute (2006-07) UMIST-Manchester (1998-99), London School of Economics (1996), Oxford (1993-95), and Michigan University (1992).Current research and teaching covers the Public Service innovation reforms in Europe and the international finance of infrastructure in Europe and the Americas. Recent leadership and participation in international research projects including: CITADEL -Empowering Citizens to TrAnsform European PubLic Administrations- European Union H2020, COCOPS –Coordinating for Cohesion in the Public Sector of the Future - European Union VII FP, COST - IS0905The Emergence of Southern Multinationals and their Impact on Europe, European Investment Bank -Infrastructure Finance in EuropeandInternational Financial Institutions, SANFI. He has been consultant for the United Nations, OECD, European Commission, European Investment Bank, European Centre of Public Enterprises. I have published in leading journals including:Public Management Review, Journal of Regulatory Economics,Global Policy,International Review of Applied Economics,Review of International Political Economy,Journal of European Public Policy,Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis,Utilities Policy,Regional Studies,Journal of Common Market Studies, Annals of Public Cooperative Economics,among others
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