Albert Marcet facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Albert Marcet Torrens
Born	(1960-04-11) April 11, 1960 (age 64)
Nationality	Spanish
Institution	Universitat Pompeu Fabra London School of Economics University College London
Field	Monetary economics
Alma mater	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona University of Minnesota
Influences	Thomas Sargent
Contributions	Learning Recursive contracts
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Albert Marcet Torrens (born 11 April 1960) is a Spanish economist, specialized in macroeconomics, time series, financial economics and economic dynamic theory. He is currently serving as Professor of Macroeconomics at the UCL Department of Economics, on leave from his position as ICREA Research Professor and Director of the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE), a research centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and AXA Research Chair on Macroeconomic Risk at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. He is also a Fellow of the Econometric Society and he has been a Research Fellow of Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) since 1992.

Career

He holds a degree in Economics from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a PhD in Economics from University of Minnesota.

He was a professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF).

He has also served as President of the Spanish Economic Association (2007). In 2013, he received an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for his project, Asset Prices and Macro Policy when Agents Learn. Professor Marcet was the first Director of the Barcelona GSE Master in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets. He now serves as its Scientific Director and teaches master courses in the program.

He has worked extensively in the field of agents' expectations modeling, working with Thomas Sargent and Juan Pablo Nicolini.

Awards

• King James I Awards [es] in Economy, 2016.
• Wim Duisenberg Fellowship, European Central Bank, 2006.

See also

In Spanish: Albert Marcet Torrens para niños