Teresa Garcia-Milà
Teresa Garcia-Milà | |
|---|---|
| Born | Maria Teresa Garcia-Milà i Lloveras 1955 (age 69–70) Barcelona |
| Alma mater | University of Barcelona, University of Minnesota (PhD) |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Known for | President of Cercle d'Economia |
Teresa Garcia-Milà i Lloveras (born in Barcelona in 1955) is a Catalan economist and university professor. She has held several academic positions at the Pompeu Fabra University, especially as director of its associated center Barcelona School of Economics (BSE). Since June 2025, she is the president of the Cercle d'Economia. She is an expert in macroeconomics and public finance.[1]
Career
She graduated from the University of Barcelona in 1977, she got a PhD from the University of Minnesota in 1987. From 1985 to 1987 she was a professor at the State University of New York and later at the Autonomous University of Barcelona between 1987 and 1990. In 1990, she moved to the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), where she has been Professor of Economics since 1995.
Garcia-Milà was Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences of the UPF between 1995 and 2000, Vice-Rector for Science Policy between 2009 and 2011 and Director of the Department of Economics and Business of this university from 2011 to 2012. In December 2012 she was appointed Director of the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE).[2]
In addition to being a researcher, she has been a member of the board of directors of several organizations, like the Center for Research in International Economics (CREI), the Institute of Economic Analysis (IAE) of the CSIC between 1987 and 1990, president of the Spanish Economic Association (2014) and president of the Commission of Lecturers and Collaborating Professors of the Agency for the Quality of the University System of Catalonia between 2003 and 2005. In 2016, the College of Economists of Catalonia named her a member of the board of directors of Repsol and has been a member of the board of directors of Banco Sabadell and Enagás.[3]
Her work focuses on macroeconomics and public finance, particularly in studying the impact of public investment on economic growth, and on how different fiscal structures and models of fiscal federalism affect economic growth, resource distribution, and economic well-being. Her research has been published in The Economic Journal, The Review of Economics and Statistics, and Regional Science and Urban Economics, among others. In 2018, she received the Narcís Monturiol Medal for scientific and technological merit.
In 2025 she was included in the Forbes list of the 100 most influential women in Catalonia.[4]
References
- ^ S.L, expansion com, Unidad Editorial Internet. "Teresa García-Milà dirigirá Barcelona Graduate School of Economics". www.expansion.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Un Cercle d'Economia más diverso". El Periódico (in Spanish). 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- ^ "El Colegio de Economistas nombra colegiada de mérito a Teresa Garcia-Milà". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- ^ ARA (2025-06-06). "Aquestes són les 100 dones més influents de Catalunya, segons Forbes". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-06-27.