Antonio Cabrales

Education

  • Ph. D. in Economics, 1993, University of California, San Diego.
  • Licenciado (B.A.) in Economics, 1987, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Academic Employment

February 2005-present
Professor, Dept. of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
September 1998-February 2005
Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
September 1993-August 1998
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
September 1995-August 1996
Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Economics, University College, London.
September 1992-August 1993
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Economics, University of California, San Diego.
September 1987-August 1988
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Economics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Teaching Experience

Graduate:
1994-1995, 1996-1997, Game Theory and Contracts;
2000-2002, Advanced Game Theory;
2003-2005, Microeconomics II (Game theory and General Equilibrium).
2004-2005, Competition Policy.
Undergraduate:
2001-2002, Negotiation;
1993-1995, 1999-2002, Game Theory;
1997-2002, Microeconomics I (an introduction to the economics of information);
1996-1997, Economic Theory II (intermediate microeconomics);
1993-1994, 1996-1997, Introduction to Economics I (introductory microeconomics);
1987-1988, Intermediate microeconomics and macroeconomics, (at Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Published papers

  1. Gregory B. Pollock, Antonio Cabrales and Steven W. Rissing (2004), On Suicidal punishment among "Acromyrmex Versicolor" Cofoundresses: the Disadvantage in Personal Advantage. Evolutionary Ecology Research, in press. Paper in pdf format.
  2. Antonio Cabrales, Gary Charness and Luis Corchón (2003), An Experiment on Nash Implementation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 51 :161-193. Working Paper UPF 300.
  3. Antonio Cabrales, Antoni Calvó-Armengol and Matthew O. Jackson (2003), La Crema: A Case Study of Mutual Fire Insurance. Journal of Political Economy, 111:425-458. Working paper UPF 518.
  4. Roger Guimerà, Albert Díaz-Guilera, Fernando Vega-Redondo, Antonio Cabrales and Àlex Arenas (2002), Optimal network topologies for local search with congestion. Physical Review Letters, 89(24):248701. Paper in pdf format.
  5. Antonio Cabrales and Massimo Motta (2001), Country Asymmetries, Endogenous Product Choice and the Speed of Trade Liberalization. European Economic Review, 45:87-107. Working paper UPF 259.
  6. Antonio Cabrales and Giovanni Ponti (2000), Implementation, Elimination of Weakly Dominated Strategies and Evolutionary Dynamics. Review of Economic Dynamics, 3:247-282. Working paper UPF 221.
  7. Antonio Cabrales (2000), Stochastic Replicator Dynamics. International Economic Review, 41:451-481. Working paper UPF 54.
  8. Antonio Cabrales, Walter García-Fontes and Massimo Motta (2000), Risk Dominance Selects the Leader: An Experimental Analysis. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 18:137-162. Working paper UPF 222.
  9. Antonio Cabrales (1999), Adaptive Dynamics and the Implementation Problem with Complete Information. Journal of Economic Theory, 86:159-184. Working paper UPF 179.
  10. Massimo Motta, Jacques François Thisse and Antonio Cabrales (1997), On the Persistence of Leadership and Leapfrogging in International Trade, International Economic Review, 38:809-824.
  11. Antonio Cabrales and Hugo Hopenhayn (1997), Nash Bargaining with Downward Rigid Wages, Economics Letters, 57:213-218.
  12. Antonio Cabrales and Hugo Hopenhayn (1997), Labor Market Flexibility and Aggregate Employment Volatility, Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 46:189-228.
  13. Antonio Cabrales and Takeo Hoshi (1996), Heterogeneous Beliefs, Wealth Accumulation and Asset Price Dynamics,Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 20:1073-1100. Working paper UPF 55.
  14. Antonio Cabrales and Joel Sobel (1992), On the Limit Points of Discrete Selection Dynamics, Journal of Economic Theory, 57:407-420.

Working papers

  1. Antonio Cabrales and Antoni Calvó-Armengol (2004), Corporate Downsizing to rebuild Team Spirit. Paper in pdf format.
  2. Jordi Brandts, Antonio Cabrales and Gary Charness (2003), Forward Induction and the Excess Capacity Puzzle: An Experimental Investigation. Working paper UPF 703.
  3. Àlex Arenas, Antonio Cabrales, Leon Danon, Albert Díaz-Guilera, Roger Guimerà and Fernando Vega-Redondo (2003), Optimal Information Transmission in Organizations: Search and Congestion. Working paper UPF 698.
  4. Antonio Cabrales (2003), Pharmaceutical Generics, Vertical Product Differentiation and Public Policy. Working paper UPF 662.
  5. Antonio Cabrales and Antoni Calvó-Armengol (2002), Social Preferences and Skill Segregation. Working paper UPF 629.
  6. Antonio Cabrales, Rosemarie Nagel and Roc Armenter (2002), Equilibrium Selection Through Incomplete Information in Coordination Games: An Experimental Study. Working paper UPF 601.
  7. Antonio Cabrales and Walter García-Fontes (2000), Estimating Learning Models with Experimental Data. Working paper UPF 501.
  8. Antonio Cabrales and Gary Charness (2000), Optimal Contracts, Adverse Selection and Social Preferences: An Experiment. Working paper UPF 478.
  9. Antonio Cabrales and Hugo Hopenhayn (1998), Job Dynamics, Correlated Shocks and Wage Profiles. Working paper UPF 260.

Research Grants

  • Fundación BBVA (June 2005- June 2007), Antonio Cabrales (project head).
  • Research distinction from the Generalitat de Catalunya, 2002-2006. Category: young researcher
  • Fundación Ramón Areces (March 2004- March 2006), Antonio Cabrales (project head).
  • Fundación BBVA (March 2003- March 2005), Antonio Cabrales (project head).
  • Dirección General de Investigación SEC2003-03474 (December 2000-December 2003), Ramon Marimon (project head).
  • Dirección General de Investigación BEC2000-1029 (December 2000-December 2003), Antonio Cabrales (project head).
  • Conselleria de Investicació, Recerca i Tecnologia 1997SGR-00138 (November 1997-November 2000), Xavier Calsamiglia (project head).
  • Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica PB96-0302 (November 1997-November 2000), Xavier Calsamiglia (project head).
  • European Union - Human Capital and Mobility Program postdoctoral research grant (September 1995- August 1996) to visit University College London.
  • Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica PB93-0398 (November 1994-November 1997), Xavier Calsamiglia (project head).

Graduate advising

  • Advisor
  • Dissertation Committees
    • Maria Angels Oliva. Dissertation defended (at UPF) April 1997.
    • Margarida Corominas-Bosch. Dissertation defended (at UPF) July 1999.
    • Antonio Quesada. Dissertation defended (at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) September 1999.
    • Antoni Calvó-Armengol. Dissertation defended (at UPF) March 2000.
    • Brit Grosskopf. Dissertation defended (at UPF) August 2000.
    • Chiara Fumagalli. Dissertation defended (at UPF) September 2000.
    • Jaideep Roy. Dissertation defended (at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) May 2000.
    • Nicolás Porteiro. Dissertation defended (at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) February 2002.
    • Cristina Rata. Dissertation defended (at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) July 2002.
    • Albert Banal. Dissertation defended (at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) July 2003.
    • Anna Merino. Dissertation defended (at UPF) October 2003.
    • Roberto Demian Castillo. Dissertation defense (at UPF) November 2003.
    • Ivanna Ferdinandova. Dissertation defense (at UAB) December 2003.
    • Manuel Fernández. Dissertation defense (at UPF) January 2004.
    • Rosa Loveira. Dissertation defense (at Universidad Carlos III) July 2004.
    • Róbert Veszteg. Dissertation defended (at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) September 2004.
    • Miguel Angel Meléndez. Dissertation defended (at Universitat d'Alacant) September 2004.
    • Coralio Ballester. Dissertation defended (at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) June 2005.

Refereeing and Editorial work

Co-editor, Investigaciones Económicas.

American Economic Review, Econometrica, Economic Enquiry, Economic Journal, Economic Modelling, Economic Theory, Economica, Economics of Governance, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, International Economic Review, International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Investigaciones Económicas, IVIE, Journal of Business, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economic Inequality, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of the Japanese and the International Economy, Mathematical Social Sciences, National Science Foundation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Rationality and Society, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of Economic Studies, Revista de Economía Aplicada, Revista Española de Economía, Scandinavian Journal of Economics.

Conference Organization and participation

  • Conference organization:
    • XXIX Simposio de Análisis Económico, December 2004. Scientific committee.
    • Interdisciplinary Workshop on Networks - May 31/ June 1, 2004
    • 2004 European Economic Association & Econometric Society Meeting, August 2004. Scientific committee.
    • XXVIII Simposio de Análisis Económico, December 2003. Scientific committee.
    • Workshop on "Coordination, Incomplete Information, and Iterated Dominance: Theory and Empirics". August 2002. Scientific committee and local organizer.
    • I Barcelona Workshop on Economic Design. Organized within the framework of the LEA, November 2001. Scientific committee and local organizer.
    • CEPR-CREI Workshop on "Multinationals and Foreign Direct Investment." September 2001. Scientific committee and local organizer.
    • XXIV Simposio de Análisis Económico, December 1999. Scientific committee.
    • Annual Meeting (Jamboree) of the European Doctoral Program. Organized by the Department of Economics at UPF in Barcelona, April 1999. Scientific committee and local organizer.
    • Annual Conference of the Society of Economic Dynamics and Control. Organized jointly by CREI and the Department of Economics at UPF in Barcelona, July 1995. Local organizer.
    • Conference on Learning. Organized jointly by the Department of Economics at UPF and the Institute of Economic Analysis of CSIC in Barcelona, May 1994. Scientific Committee and local organizer.
  • Conference participation:
    • Society for the Advancenment of Economic Theory 2005 Meeting, June 2005. Presentation of: It is Hobbes, not Rousseau: An Experiment on Social Insurance.
    • IUI/CEPR Conference on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competition, June 2005. Presentation of: Building Socio-Economic Networks: How Many Conferences Should you Attend?
    • COSIN 2005 Conference on Complex Networks: Evolution and Statistical Properties, March 2005. Presentation of: Building Socio-Economic Networks: How Many Conferences Should you Attend?
    • II Workshop on «Bounded Rationality and Learning», October 2004. Presentation of Social Preferences, Skill Segregation and Wage Dynamics.
    • 2004 European Economic Association & Econometric Society Meeting, August 2004. Presentation of Corporate Downsizing to Rebuild Team Spirit.
    • Decentralization Conference 2004, April 2004 in Fuqua School of Business, UNC. Presentation of Corporate Downsizing to Rebuild Team Spirit.
    • IX Workshop of the Coalition Theory Network, January 2004 in Barcelona. Presentation of: Optimal Information Transmission in Organizations: Search and Congestion.
    • Workshop on Behavioral Models in Economics and Finance, September 2003 in Salamanca. Presentation of Corporate Downsizing to Rebuild Team Spirit.
    • LEA Workshop on Bounded Rationality and Learning, June 2002 in Aix-en-Provence. Presentation of Forward induction and the excess capacity puzzle: An experimental investigation.
    • LEA Workshop on Networks and Mathematical Programming, December 2001 in Aix-en-Provence. Presentation of Social Preferences and Skill Segregation.
    • Jornadas de Economía Industrial, September 2001 in Barcelona. Presentation of Equilibrium Selection through Incomplete Information: An Experiment.
    • Encontro Galego de Xoves Economistas, July 2001 in Santiago de Compostela. Presentation of La Crema: A Case Study of Mutual Fire Insurance.
    • Meeting of the Economic Science Association, July 2001 in Barcelona. Presentation of Equilibrium Selection through Incomplete Information: An Experiment.
    • Workshop on Networks and Social Learning, November 1999 in Alicante. Presentation of Estimating Learning Models with Experimental Data.
    • European Meeting of the Econometric Society, August 1999, in Santiago de Compostela. Presentation of An Experiment on Nash Implementation.
    • European Meeting of the Econometric Society, August 1997, in Toulouse. Presentation of Adaptive Dynamics and the Implementation Problem with Complete Information.
    • Workshop on Social Learning, May 1997, in Alicante. Presentation of Adaptive Dynamics and the Implementation Problem with Complete Information.
    • Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, in Rochester, New York, April 1996. Presentation of Labor Market Flexibility and Aggregate Employment Volatility.
    • CEP/CEPR Workshop on New Developments in the Analysis of the Location of Economic Activity in London, November 1995. Presentation of Country Asymmetries, Endogenous Product Choice and the Speed of Trade Liberalization.
    • CEPR Workshop on Entry and Exit of Firms and Workers and the Interactions Between Labor and Product Markets in Berlin, May 1995. Presentation of Job Dynamics, Correlated Shocks and Wage Profiles.
    • European Meeting of the Econometric Society, August 1994, in Maastricht. Presentation of Heterogeneous Beliefs, Wealth Accumulation and Asset Price Dynamics.
    • Simposi d'Anàlisi Econòmica del CSIC in Bellaterra, December 1993. Presentation of Heterogeneous Beliefs, Wealth Accumulation and Asset Price Dynamics.
    • North American Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, January 1993, in Anaheim, California. Presentation of Stochastic Replicator Dynamics.

Academic visits and seminars

  • Academic visits:
    • Wirtschaft Theorie III center, Bonn University, February 1997.
    • Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico, University of Alicante, March 1997.
  • Seminars:
    • Social Preferences, Skill Segregation and Wage Dynamics. Hebrew University, April 2005; University of Nottingham, February 2005; Universita’ Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, November 2004; IUI, Stockholm, October 2004; IIES, Stockholm University, October 2004.
    • Corporate Downsizing to Rebuild Team Spirit.IGIER Milano, October 2003; Barcelona JOCS, November 2003; University of Southampton, May 2004.
    • Optimal Information Transmission in Organizations: Search and Congestion: University College London, November 2002; Universidade Nova de Lisboa, November 2002; Cambridge University, January 2003; London School of Economics, January 2003.
    • La Crema: A Case Study of Mutual Fire Insurance: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, April 2001; European University Institute, May 2002.
    • Equilibrium Selection through Incomplete Information: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, November 2000.
    • Estimating Learning Models with Experimental Data: CEMFI, December 1999; Universitat de les Illes Balears, February 2000; Universidad Pablo de Olavide, February 2000; Tinbergen Institute, Rotterdam, March 2000; CeNDEF, University of Amsterdam, March 2000.
    • An Experiment on Nash Implementation: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, May 1998; Universidad Pública de Navarra, May 1999; Universidad del País Vasco, June 1999; Universitat de Girona, October 1999; University of Bern, November 1999.
    • Implementation, Elimination of Weakly Dominated Strategies and Evolutionary Dynamics: Universidad de Málaga, May 1999.
    • Labor Market Flexibility and Aggregate Employment Volatility: Universidad de Murcia, April 1999.
    • Risk Dominance Selects the Leader: An Experimental Investigation: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, May 1997; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, June 1998.
    • Adaptive Dynamics, and the Implementation Problem with Complete Information: London School of Economics, June 1996; Barcelona Jocs, November 1996; Universidad de Alicante, March 1997.
    • Job Dynamics, Correlated Shocks and Wage Profiles: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, May 1995; University of Southampton, October 1995; Queen Mary and Westfield College, October 1995; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, April 1996; Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros, September 1996.
    • Country Asymmetries, Endogenous Product Choice and the Speed of Trade Liberalization: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, May 1995; Nuffield College, Oxford, June 1996.
    • Labor Turnover, Endogenous Severance Pay and Wage Profiles: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, May 1994; University College London, November 1995.
    • Heterogeneous Beliefs, Wealth Accumulation and Asset Price Dynamics: University of California San Diego, December 1992; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, February 1994; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, April 1994.
    • Stochastic Replicator Dynamics: University of California San Diego, May 1992; Universidad de Alicante, June 1992; Texas A&M University, January 1993; University of Pittsburgh, January 1993; Boston University, February 1993; University of Western Ontario, February 1993; North Carolina State University, February 1993; Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica, February 1993; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, February 1993; Universidad Carlos III, February 1993.

    Academic Service

    • Director of the Msc Program, 2001-2003; and Coordinator for the MSc in Economics, 1997-2000; of the graduate program in Economics and Management GPEM at Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
    • Coordinator for the activities of Teaching Assistants, 1997-2000.
    • Member of the Graduate Program Committee, 1996-present, and the Research Comittee, 1997-2001; of the Department of Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
    • Member of the Board of the Economics Faculty at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 1996-present.
    • Member of the Academic Senate at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 1994-present.
    • Local coordinator for the European Doctoral Program, EDP, 1997-2002.
    • Organizer of the Barcelona-JOCS (Barcelona Game Theory) seminar, 2001-2003.
    • Organizer of the Microeconomics and Finance Workshop at the Departament of Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 1993-94 and 1994-95, and the Department Seminar, 1996-97 and 1997-1998.
    • Editor of the Newsletter of the Economics Department at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 1993-94 and 1994-95.

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