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Contact Information

Universidad del País Vasco
Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico II  
Avenida Lehendakari Aguirre, 83  
48015 Bilbao (Spain)  
Tlfn: +34 94 601 38 14            Fax: +34 94 601 71 23  
E-mail: arantza.gorostiaga@ehu.es
Home Page: www.ehu.es/agorostiaga


Education

PhD in Economics. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1999.      Advisor: Prof. Albert Marcet
M. A. in Economics. CEMFI, 1994-1996. Distinction for the best academic performance in the master program. 
B. A. in Economics. Universidad del País Vasco, 1989-1994.


Academic Positions Held

Associate Professor. Department of Economics. Universidad del País Vasco.  From December, 2009.
Assistant Professor. Department of Economics. Universidad del País Vasco.  January, 2001-December, 2009.
Visiting Professor. Department of Economics. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. October, 1999-December, 2000. 
Ph D Scholar. CEMFI. October, 1996-September, 1999.


Research Interests

Public finance; numerical solution methods; regional analysis and income distribution; economics of conflict.

Publications

“¿Cómo afectan el capital público y el capital humano al crecimiento?: Un análisis para las regiones españolas en el marco neoclásico”. Investigaciones Económicas. January 1999, vol. 23 pp. 95-114. 
“Should Fiscal Policy Be Different in a Non-Competitive Framework?. Journal of Monetary Economics. September 2003, vol. 50/6 pp 1311-1331. 
"Optimal Fiscal Policy with Rationing in the Labor Market", Topics in Macroeconomics, 2005. Vol. 5: No. 1, Article 17.
“Optimal Minimum Wages in a Competitive Economy: An Alternative Modelling Approach” joint with Juan F. Rubio-Ramírez (Duke University). Economic Modelling, 2007. Vol. 24/5 pp. 778-796. 
“Fiscal Policy and Minimum Wage for Redistribution: An Equivalence Result” joint with Juan F. Rubio-Ramírez (Duke University). Economics Bulletin, 2008. Vol. 5, No. 11, pp.1-8.
“Optimal fiscal policy in a multisector model:   The price consequences of government spending”, joint with Steve Cassou (Kansas State University). Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2009, Vol. 11 (2),  pp. 177–201. 
“Second-best tax policy and natural resource management in growing economies”, joint with Steve Cassou (Kansas State University), María José Gutiérrez (Universidad del País Vasco) and Steve Hamilton (Cal Poly State University). International Tax and Public Finance, 2010, Vol. 17(6), pp. 607-626.

Invited Research Seminars

Universidad del País Vasco, FEDEA, Northwestern University, Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Málaga, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universitat Pompeu Fabra,  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. 

Workshops and Conferences

IAE (XXI Simposio de Análisis Económico). Barcelona.  December, 1996 
3 Encontro Galego de Xóvenes Investigadores de Análise Economica. Vigo.  July, 1997. 
III Workshop in Dynamic Macroeconomics. Vigo. July, 1998. 
IX Summer School of the European Economic Association. Paris. September, 1998. 
IAE (XXIII Simposio de Análisis Económico). Barcelona, December 1998. 
IAE (XXI   Simposio de Análisis Económico). Barcelona. December, 1999.
II Jornadas de Macroeconomía Dinámica. Madrid. April,  2000.
Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting. San José de Costa Rica. June, 2000. 
Sixth International Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance. Barcelona. July, 2000.
III Jornadas de Macroeconomía Dinámica. Bilbao. April, 2001.
ASSET Euroconference 2001. Crete, October, 2001. 
Jornadas de Macroeconomía Dinámica. Sevilla. October, 2002.
XXVII Simposio de Análisis Económico. Salamanca. December, 2002.
Jornadas Béticas de Macroeconomía Dinámica: BeMAD-2003. Sevilla. May, 2003.
Summer Meeting of Economic Análisis. Vigo. September, 2003.
Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting. Firenze, Italy. July, 2004.
XXIX Simposio de Análisis Económico. Pamplona. December, 2004.
XXX Simposio de Análisis Económico. Murcia. December, 2005.
“Macroeconomic Implications of environmental policy”. Baiona. December, 2007.
XXXII Simposio de Análisis Económico. Granada. December, 2007.

Research Grants

Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology Research Grant (BEC 2000-1393). “Present Value Models”. Director of Project: Jesús Vázquez. 2001-2003.
Universidad del País Vasco Research Grant ( Grupo de Investigación Consolidado 9/UPV 00035.321-1311/2001). Director of Project: Jesús Vázquez. Since 2001.
Fundación Ramón Areces Research Grant. “Optimal Fiscal Policy, Minimum Wages and Redistribution”. Director of Project: Arantzazu Gorostiaga. 2003-2005.
Fundación BBVA Research Grant (1/BBVA 00044.321-15466/2002). “European Economic Aggregates and Structural Policies''. Director of Project: Gonzalo Rubio. 2003-2005.
Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology Research Grant (SEC 2003-02510). "Natural Resources and Growth in General Equilibrium Models". Director of Project: María José Gutiérrez. 2003-2006.
Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (SEJ 2006-12793/ECON). "Economies with Natural Resources: A General Equilibrium Approach". Director of Project: María José Gutiérrez. 2006-2009.
Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology Research Grant (ECO2009-09732). “Tax Reforms in Overlapping Generations Models: Application to Human Capital Creation, Efficiency-Inequality Trade-Off and Optimal Tax Structure”. 2010-2012.

Refereeing

Investigaciones Económicas, IVIE, Spanish Economic Review, Revista de Economía Aplicada and Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Journal of Macroeconomics, ANEP, Economic Journal, Centro de Estudios Andaluces, Labour Economics, The B.E. Journals in Macroeconomics, Applied Economics, Economic Modelling, Economic Inquiry, SERIEs, Macroeconomic Dynamics.

Teaching Experience

Macroeconomics  at  Master in Economics: Empirical Applications and Policies. Universidad del País Vasco. 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010.
Macroeconomics at Máster en “Economía y Evaluación de Bienestar”. Universidad Pablo de Olavide. 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010.
Advanced Macroeconomics. Universidad del País Vasco. 2000-2001, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010.
Introduction to Macroeconomic Theory. Universidad del País Vasco. 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007.
Introduction to Microeconomic Theory. Universidad del País Vasco. 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2008-2009.
Public Economics. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid 1999-2000.
Dynamic Macroeconomics, teaching assistant to Professor Albert Marcet. CEMFI. 1997. 
Macroeconometrics, teaching assistant to Professor Albert Marcet. CEMFI. 1997.