The Master in the Economics of Science and Innovation program examines the economic challenges faced by science and technology, the anticipated difficulties, and offers solutions while considering the timing of the foreseeable transfer process from basic research results to applications. Students will not only become aware of possibilities, but will also be able to make realistic assessments of the perspectives generated by each development, its potential economic impact, the obstacles it presents, and its sources of support. The program aims to prepare students for management careers in research centers, innovative firms, public administrations and intermediate institutions geared toward promoting Research and Development activities. SaLVADOR barberà is Professor of Economics at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. PhD in Economics, Northwestern University (1975). He is a fellow of the Econometric Society, a recipient of the Rey Juan Carlos Award in Economics and of a Doctorate Honoris Causa of the Universidad Pablo de Olavide. As a researcher Prof. Barberà has concentrated in the fields of public economics, incentives, utility and game theory.

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Policymakers are often forced to make decisions under conditions of uncertainty that have a direct impact on a country’s overall performance. A thorough understanding of the dynamics of the aggregate economy is necessary, but not entirely sufficient, for success. Private firms must also be knowledgeable of the many sources of aggregate risk and uncertainty, and the analytical tools available to study the aggregate economy can be of much help. Students of the MSc in Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets will be provided with the relevant knowledge about the central issues in macroeconomic and financial economics analysis, as well as the key tools, data and models. Albert Marcet graduated in Economics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (1982) and earned his PhD in Economics at the University of Minnesota (1987). He is Research Professor at the Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica, Barcelona. He has also been a professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1990-2003) and at Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh (1986-1992) and has been a visitor at the ECB, London Business School, CEMFI (Madrid), the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona. His main areas of research are macroeconomics, fiscal policy, solution methods of dynamic models, financial economics and learning models.

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