eva.ventura@upf.edu

Curriculum Vitae

 

Current Position

 

Associate Professor (Titular d'Universitat), Departament d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, since 1999 and Barcelona GSE.

Executive Director, Center for Research on the Economies of the Mediterranean, since november 2009.

 

Main Research Areas

 

Applied Economics

Applied Statistics

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

 

  Education

 

  Ph. D. in Economics, University of Minnesota, 1989

 

Doctoral Dissertation:

 

Title: "Heterogeneous Consumers and Goodness of Fit in an Stock Pricing Model: A Test Using Panel Data''

 

Adviser: Professor Christopher A. Sims 

 

Licenciada en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales (equivalent to B.S. Degree in Economics), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1980

 

Courses, seminars and workshops taken: 

     
2004

Basic Concepts of Statistical Inference for Causal Effects in  Experiments and Observational Studies. Instructor: D. Rubin, Harvard University

IDEC, UPF, Barcelona
2004
Missing Data in Large-Scale Surveys. Instructor: N. T. Longford, De Montfort University. IDEC, UPF, Barcelona
2004
Causal Relationships with Measurement Error in the Data. Instructor: W. E. Saris, University of Amsterdam IDEC, UPF, Barcelona
2003

Statistical Modeling for Behavioural and Genetic Studies , IDEC, UPF

IDEC, UPF, Barcelona

2002

New Developments in Fiscal Policy

CEPR-CREI, Barcelona

2002

Training of European Statisticians

Barcelona, IDESCAT

2000

Metodología estadística para estimaciones indirectas en pequeñas áreas: Instructor: J.N.K. Rao

EUSTAT, Vitoria

1999

Structural Equation Modelling in Marketing and Managerial Research

IDEC, UPF, Barcelona

1998

Structural Equations Analysis with EQS

IDEC, UPF, Barcelona

1996

3rd International Conference on Economic Theory Growth and Business Cycles, U. de Vigo, U. de Santiago y U. Carlos III.

Santiago de Compostela

1992

Modelos de simulación microeconómica y política fiscal, Instituto de Estudios Fiscales 

Santander

1989

Curso de Macroeconomía Avanzada, Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo

Santander

 

 

  Publications

 

  • "Supply Side Interventions and Redistribution", by Teresa Garcia-Milà, Albert Marcet and Eva Ventura. The Economic Journal, vol.. 120, 543, pp. 105-130, 2010.
  • "On the performance of small-area estimators: fixed vs. random area parameters" by Albert Satorra, Eva Ventura and Alex Costa. SORT (Statistics and Operations Research Transactions), vol. 33, 1, pp. 85-104, 2009.
  • "Improving small area estimation by combining surveys: new perspectives in regional statistics" by Albert Satorra, Eva Ventura and Alex Costa. SORT, vol. 30, 1, pp. 101-121, 2006.
  • "SCM research methodologies: Employing Structural Equation Modeling"; by Giménez, C., Large, R. & Ventura, E., in Kotzab, H, Seuring, S.; Müller, M. & Reiner, G. (eds.) (2005): Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management, Physica, Heidelberg, pp.155-170.
  • Logistics-Production, Logistics-Marketing and External Integration: Their Impact on Performance, by Cristina Giménez and Eva Ventura. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, vol. 25, 1, 20-38, 2005.
  • "Using composite estimators to improve both domain and total area estimation", with Àlex Costa and Albert Satorra. SORT, vol. 28, 1, 69-86, 2004.
  • "An empirical evaluation of small area estimators", with Alex Costa and Albert Satorra, SORT, vol 27, 1, 113-135, 2003.
  • "Supply chain management as a competitive advantage in the spanish grocery sector",  with Cristina Giménez. The International  Journal of Logistics Management, vol. 14, 1, 77-88, 2003.
  • "Estimadores compuestos en estadística regional: Aplicación para la tasa de variación de la  ocupación en la industria", with Alex Costa and Albert Satorra.  Qüestiió, vol. 26, 1-2, 213-243, 2002
  • "Product Expenditure patterns in the ECPF survey: an analysis using multiple group latent variables models", with Albert Satorra, Qüestiió, vol. 25,1, 93-117, 2001.
  • "Saving Decisions and Fiscal Incentives'', with M. Antònia Monés, Applied Economics , num. 28, 1105- 1117, 1996
  • "Efectos del gasto público sobre el ahorro y la inversión en una economía abierta'', with Jane Marrinan, Investigaciones  Económicas , vol.  XIX(3), 349-370, Sept. 1995.
  •  "A Note on Measurement Error and Euler Equations'', Economics Letters num. 45, 305-308, 1994.
  • "Eficacia de los incentivos fiscales al ahorro. Evidencia de panel'', with M. Antonia Monés, Hacienda Pública Española num. 130-3, 1994.
  • "La Inversión Pública y el Desarrollo Regional: el período 1982-1986'', Hacienda Pública Española ,   num. 122-3, 1992. (Also in ``El  Finançament de les Comunitats Autònomes. Avaluació del sistema  actual i criteris per a la seva reforma'', Departament d'Economia i Finances,  Generalitat de Catalunya.).
 
Other published work    
I have adapted the spanish version of the book by N.G. Mankiw, "Macroeconomics". It has been published  in the  last quarter of 1997 under the title "Macroeconomía", third edition, by Antoni Bosch editor.   

 

  Working Papers

 

  • On the performance of small-area estimators: fixed vs. random area parameters by Albert Satorra, Eva Ventura and Alex Costa (February 2008), UPF WP Series [1069].
  • Improving small area estimation by combining surveys: new perspectives in regional statistics by Albert Satorra, Eva Ventura and Alex Costa (June 2006), UPF WP Series [969]
  • Using composite estimators to improve both domain and total area estimation, by Àlex Costa, Albert Satorra and Eva Ventura (december 2003), [Published in: SORT, vol 28,1, 2004], UPF WP Series [731]
  • An Empirical Evaluation of Five Small Area Estimators, by Àlex Costa, Albert Satorra and Eva Ventura (April 2003),[Published in: SORT, vol 27,1, 2003], UPF WP Series [674]
  • Logistics-Production, Logistics-Marketing and External Integration: Their Impact on Performance, by Cristina Giménez and Eva Ventura (January 2003) , [Forthcoming in the International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 2004], UPF WP Series [657]
  • Supply Chain Management as A Competitive Advantage in the Spanish Grocery Sector, by Eva Ventura and Cristina Giménez (September 2002) [Published in: The International Journal of Logistics Management vol14,1, 2003], UPF WP Series [641]
  • Estimadores compuestos en estadística regional: aplicación para la tasa de variación de la ocupación en la industria, by Àlex Costa, Albert Satorra and Eva Ventura (December 2001) [Published in: Qüestió, 26, 1-2, (2002), pp. 213-243], UPF WP Series [590]
  • Lyfe-Cycle Effects on Household Expenditures: A Latent-Variable Approach, by Eva Ventura and Albert Satorra (October 1998) [Published in: Qüestió, 25 (1), (2001), pp. 93-117], UPF WP Series [354]
  • Nonlinear Models and Small Sample Performance of the Generalized Method of Moments, by Eva Ventura (September 1996), UPF WP Series [186]
  • A Model of Factor's Taxation and Redistribution, by Teresa Garcia-Milà, Albert Marcet and Eva Ventura . Luxembourg Employment Study Working Paper (September, 1996), LES Working Paper [12]
  • Supply Side Interventions and Redistribution, by Teresa Garcia-Milà, Albert Marcet and Eva Ventura (June 1995; Revised: February 2001), UPF WP Series [115]
  • Redistributive and Business Cycles Effects of Capital Taxation: The Spanish Case, by Teresa Garcia-Milà, Albert Marcet and Eva Ventura. Papeles de trabajo del Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, 1994.
  • Saving Decisions and Fiscal Incentives: A Spanish Panel Based Analysis, by M. Antònia Monés and Eva Ventura (July 1993) [Published in: Applied Economics, vol. 28, (1996), pp. 1105-1117] , UPF WP Series [41]
  • A Note on Measurement Error and Euler Equations: an Alternative to Log-Linear Approximations, by Eva Ventura (March 1993) [Published in: Economics Letters, 45, pp. 305-308 (1994)] , UPF WP Series [31]
  • Consumption, Real after Tax Interest Rates and Income Innovations. A Panel Data Analysis, by M. Antònia Monés, Rafael Salas and Eva Ventura (December 1992) , UPF WP Series [18]

 

 

  Presentation at Conferences and Seminars

 

2009
SAE2009 Conference on Small Area Estimation. "Small area estimation at IDESCAT: Improving the accuracy of composite estimators". June 29 – July 01, 2009, Elche, Spain
2009
SEIO (Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa). Murcia. February 11-13. "Estimadores compuestos: cuestiones asociadas a la especificación de los pesos y a mejoras en su estimación", by Albert Satorra and Eva Ventura.
2008
XVI JECAS, Jornadas de Estadística de las Comunidades Autónomas. Taller: "La práctica de la estimación de pequeñas áreas en los institutos de estadística de CCAA para mejorar la estadística municipal y comarcal", by Eva Ventura, Cristina Rovira and Maribel Garcia. Santander 15 a 18 de Octubre.
2007 SEIO (Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa). Valladolid. September 25-28. "On the performance of alternative small-area estimators under fixed-area effects", by Albert Satorra and Eva Ventura.

2006

Dia de l'Estadística. Taula Rodona sobre estimació de petites àrees: entre la recerca i l'aplicació. Institut Estadístic de Catalunya, Barcelona, juny 2006. Communication by Albert Satorra, Alex Costa and Eva Ventura.

2005

Sessió tècnica sobre ESTIMACIÓ DE PETITES ÀREES. APROXIMACIÓ TEÒRICA I RESULTATS PRÀCTICS. Institut Estadístic de Catalunya, Barcelona, 21 desembre 2005. By Albert Satorra and Eva Ventura.

2003

SEIO, Lleida, Spain. Invited conference on small area estimation."Una evaluación empírica de cinco estimadores de área pequeña". Albert Satorra, Alex Costa and Eva Ventura.

1998

.EMAC, Stockholm, Sweden. "Product expenditure patterns in the ECPF survey: An analysis using multiple group latent-variables models". Albert Satorra and Eva Ventura.

1996

Luxembourg Employment Study Symposium "Analysing Labour Market Behaviour with Micro Data'' , Luxembourg.

1996

3rd International Conference on Economic Theory Growth and Business Cycle U. de Vigo, U. de Santiago and U. Carlos III, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

1996

Human Capital Mobility Meeting   "Stylized Facts of Business Cycles, Growth and  Income Distribution and the E.U.'', Athens Institute of   Economic Policy Studies,  Hydra,  Greece.

1995

Society of Economics for Dynamics and Control Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, "Supply Side and Redistribution".

1994

XIX Symposium of Economic Analysis, Bellaterra, Spain. "Supply Side and redistribution".

1994

European Economics Association Ninth Annual Congress, Maastricht, The Netherlands. "Redistributive and Business Cycles Effects of Capital Taxation: The Spanish Case"

1993

Southern European Association for Economic Theory Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain. "Saving Decisions and Fiscal Incentives: A Spanish Panel Based Analysis"

1993

XII Latin-American Econometric Society Meeting, "Saving Decisions and Fiscal Incentives: A Spanish Panel Based Analysis",Tucuman , Argentina

1992

XVII Symposium of Economic Analysis, Bellaterra, Spain

1991

"Microeconometric Models and Tax Policy'', IEF/IFS, Segovia , Spain

 

  Fellowships and Grants

 

2007-2011

MEC grant SEJ2006-13537/ECON, Modelado multivariante con variables latentes: datos de diseño complejo, causalidad y aplicaciones. Principal researcher Albert Satorra

2005-2007

SEJ2004-06877, Project: "Aspectos normativos y positivos de las políticas redistributivas a la luz de su relación con los niveles de desigualdad, movilidad intergeneracional y eficiencia en la asignación de recursos humanos". Principal researcher Teresa Garcia-Milà Lloveras.

2004-2007

SEC2003-04476, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. "Análisis Multivariante de Datos Longitudinales".  Principal researcher Albert Satorra.

2002-2004

CICYT Grant SEC2001-0769. Project: "Diseño de políticas públicas y estructura económica y social. Interacciones generales y aplicación a políticas específicas", principal researcher Teresa Garcia-Milà.

2000-2003

Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología P1 2000.  Project: "Modelización Estadística con Variables Latentes: Datos de Diseño Complejo", principal researcher Albert Satorra Brucart.

1998-2001

CICYT Grant SEC98-0231 (Spanish Ministry of Education). Project: "Regional development in an economic integration context: analysis of public and private interventions", principal  researcher  Teresa Garcia-Milà.

1995-1998

DGICYT Grant PB94-1095. (Spanish Ministry of Education),   Project: ``Política Fiscal y  Monetaria: Aspectos teóricos y empíricos'', principal researcher Albert Marcet.

1993-1995

DGICYT Grant PB92-1034. (Spanish Ministry of Education).  Project: ``Dynamic Macroeconomics and International Economics'', principal researcher Albert Marcet.

1993-1994

CESCA Grant 319. (Super computing Center of Catalonia).  Project: ``Simulation and Estimation of Non Linear Stochastic Models in Economics'', principal researcher Albert Marcet.

1991-1992

DGICYT Grant PB90-0325. (Spanish Ministry of Education)  Project: ``Simulation and Learning  Models in Economics'', principal researcher Ramon Marimon.

2000-2002

Comissionat per a Universitats i Recerca 2000SGR 00090. Ayuda al grupo de Economía Aplicada y Historia Económica. Principal researcher: Jaume Garcia Villar.

1998-2000

Comissionat per a Universitats i Recerca 1998SGR 00084. Ayuda al grupo de Economía Aplicada y Historia Económica. Principal researcher: Jaume Garcia Villar.

1996-1998

Comissionat per a Universitats i Recerca 1996SGR 00015. Ayuda al grupo de Economía Aplicada y Historia Económica. Principal researcher: Jaume Garcia Villar.

1998

UPF P198.004- Ayudas para proyectos en ciencias humanas y sociales. Principal researcher Jaume Garcia Villar.

1997

UPF P197.012- Ayudas para proyectos en ciencias humanas y sociales. Principal researcher Jaume Garcia Villar.

1996

UPF P196.014- Ayudas para proyectos en ciencias humanas y sociales. Principal researcher Jaume Garcia Villar.

1984-1986

Andreas Fellowship, University of Minnesota

1983-1984

Generalitat de Catalunya Fellowship

1983-1984

Tuition Scholarship, International Students Affairs Office, University of Minnesota

 

  Other financed projects

 

2009 Conveni de col·laboració entre l'Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Idescat) i la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) per al Disseny, avaluació i assessorament en l'aplicació de les tècniques de petites àrees en I'enquesta TIC territorial a les llars.With A. Satorra.
2008 Conveni de col·laboració entre l'Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Idescat) i la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) per a l'anàlisi dels Mètodes d'estimació de petites àrees. With A. Satorra.
2007 Conveni de col·laboració entre l'Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Idescat) i la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) per a l'anàlisi dels Mètodes d'estimació de petites àrees. With A. Satorra.
2006 Conveni de col·laboració entre l'Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Idescat) i la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) per a la realització de diverses sessions de formació en estadística de petittes àrees, adreçades a investigadors de l'Idescat. With A. Satorra.

2004-2005

Conveni de col·laboració entre l'Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Idescat) i la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) per a l'anàlisi dels estimadors de petita àrea a l'estadística regional. With A. Satorra

2002-2003

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Project: "Estudio de las propiedades de los estimadores de pequeña área", with A. Satorra.

2000-2001

Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Project: "Realización del estudio de los fundamentos teóricos del Índice de Producción Industrial Regional", with A. Satorra.

1992-1993

Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, Ministry of Finance.  Project: ``El ahorro deducible en España'', with M.A. Monés.

1991-1992

Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, Ministry of Finance.  Project: ''Análisis de las decisiones consumo-ahorro en España'', with M.A. Monés.

1990-1991

La financiación de las Comunidades Autònomas :evaluación del sistema actual y criterios para su reforma'', Department of Finance of the Generalitat de Catalunya

 

  Teaching Experience

 

1999-

Full Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

1991-1999

Assistant Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

1988-1991

Assistant Professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

1988-1989

Visiting Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

1987-1988

Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago

1986-1987

Research Assistant, Social Sciences Research Facilities Center University of Minnesota

1983-1986

Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota

1980-1982

Teaching Assistant, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

 

Other teaching related issues (participation in Congresses and Seminars):
2007 IV Jornadas Internacionales de Innovación Universitaria, UEM, Madrid 12 to 13 of july.
2007 V Jornades d'investigació en docència universitària, Alacant 4 and 5 of june.
2006 I JornadasNacionales de Intercambio de Experiencias Piloto de Implantación de Metodologías ECTS, Badajoz, 13 to 15 of september

 

Other teaching related issues (Continuous educacition for teaching):
2008 Com preparar presentacions digitals. Impartit per l'eEscola d'Escriptura, formació contínua del CQUID, november 2008
2008 Planificación de las clases de seminario, by Mar Rubio,CQUID, november 2008
2008 Comunicació Persuasiva i Tècniques d'Influència, per Albert Rimbau, CQUID
2005 I jo com a Professor/a, com em preparo per a Bolonya?, by Elisa Alòs, PQE, march 2005
2005 Ensenyament semipresencial: una experiència amb un grup gran d'alumnes, by Pelegrí Viader, PQE, march 2005
2003 Dreamweaver i Photoshop, by Daniel Ribes, PQE, december 2003
2003 Flash, by Daniel Ribes, PQE, december 2003

 

 

  Services to the UPF

 

c2005- 2007

Coordinator of the adaptation to the European Space of Superior Education (Bologna) experimentation project, member of the Teaching Committee of the Department of Economics.

1997-2000

Vice president of the Teaching Committee, assistant to the Department's Chair.

1994-1997

Member of the Junta de Facultat

1994-1995

Assistant to the Dean of the Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, in charge of academic  affairs.

1993-
Member of the Claustre

1992-1994

Secretary of the Section of Economics and Finance, in charge of academic affairs.

1991-1994

Member of the Computing Committee, in charge of software purchases.

 

  Other

 

Sections of research officially acknowledged by the CNAIE (Ministry of Science and Innovation): 2

Sections of teaching officially acknowledged by the Ministry od Science and Innovation: 4 , last one 1998-1999 to 2003-2004

Thesis tutor: PhD Student: Elcio Mendonça Tachizawa Thesis title: "Uncertainty, Integration and Supply Flexibility". Advisor: Cristina Giménez. March, 2008.

Member of thesis tribunal. "Reverse logistics: models and applications". Juan Pablo Soto Zuluaga, UPF, 2005.

International Journal of Operations and Production Management, referee 2009
Statistics and Operations Research Transactions, referee 2008

Review of Economic Studies, referee 1995

Revista Española de Economía, referee. 1996

Hacienda pública española, referee 1995, 1997

Moneda y crédito, referee. 1996

Revista de Economía Aplicada, referee 1999