Prof. Dr. Daniel Albalate del Sol Dep. of Economic Policy Av. Diagonal, 690  08034 Barcelona Tel: 34.93.4031131   Fax: 34.93.4024573    E-mail: albalate@ub.edu

                                                                                   
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About me Born in Barcelona, 1980. B.A. in Economics at University of Barcelona (2003), Msc in Economics at University College London (2006) and Ph.D. in Economics at University of Barcelona (2008). Visiting scholar at University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2007) and at The Ohio State University (2009). Has recently received the "William E. and Frederick Mosher Award" for the best 2009 academic article by the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Current Position: Lecturer in Economics at University of Barcelona. Research interests Privatization and Regulation, Public Policy Formation and Evaluation, Political Economy, Infrastructure and Transportation.

Curriculum Vitae

PUBLICATIONS

Articles in journals with anonymous evaluation (JCR)

• Albalate, D. & G. Bel "What shapes Local Public Transportation in Europe? Economics, Mobility, Institions and Geography", Transportation Research Part E, forthcoming.
• Albalate, D. & Bel, G. (2009) "Tourism and urban public transport: Holding demand pressure under supply constraints", Tourism Management 31, 425-433.
• Albalate, D.& Bel, G.(2009) "What Local Policy Makers Should Know about Urban Road Charging: Lessons from Worldwide Experiences", Public Administration Review 69(5), pp. 962-974 .
• Albalate, D., Bel, G. & Fageda, X. (2009) "Privatization and Regulatory Reform of Toll Motorways in Europe", Governance 22(2), 295-318..
  
• Albalate, D., & Bel, G. (2009) "Regulating Concessions of Toll Motorways: An Empirical Study on Fixed vs. Variable Term Contracts", Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 43(2), pp. 219-229.
• Albalate, D. (2008) "Lowering Blood Alcohol Content Levels to Save Lives: The European Experience", Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 27(1), pp. 20-39.

Other articles

• Albalate, D. & Bel, G. (2008) "Infraestructuras en Catalunya: Panorámica y Oportunidades", Boletín Económico de Información Comercial Española 2952, pp. 61-72.

Chapters in books

• Albalate, D. & Puerto, L. "Una aproximación a la accidentalidad de las motocicletas en Barcelona: Principales resultados", in Anuario de la Movilidad RACC 2009, Fundación RACC, Barcelona, en prensa.
• Albalate, D. (2009) "La eficacia de las políticas contra la siniestralidad vial. El caso de la regulación del límite de alcohol en sangre", in Anuario de la Movilidad RACC 2008, Fundación RACC, Barcelona.
• Albalate, D. & Fageda, X. (2008) "Carreteras de gran capacidad: Regulación de precios y contratos de concesión", in Anuario de la Movilidad RACC 2007, Fundación RACC, Barcelona.

Working papers

• Albalate, D. & Fernández-Villadangos, L. (2009) "Exploring Determinants of Motorbike Accident Severity in Large Cities: The Case of Barcelona" XREAP Working Papers 02/2009, Xarxa de referència en economia aplicada, Barcelona. Submitted to Journal of Safety Research
• Albalate, D. (2009)"Social preferences and transport policy: The case of US speed limits". Research Institute of Applied Economics Working Papers 26/2009. Submitted to Environment and Planning A.
• Albalate, D. & Bel, G. (2008) "Motorways, tolls, and road safety: Evidence from European panel data", Research Institute of Applied Economics Working Papers 2/2008. Universitat de Barcelona. (This is not the last version of the paper, please ask the authors for latest version). Submitted to Fiscal Studies.
• Albalate, D. (2007) "Shifting death to their alternatives: the case of toll motorways" XREAP Working Papers 09/2007. Xarxa de referència en economia aplicada, Barcelona. (This is not the last version of the paper, please ask the author for latest version). Submitted to Journal of Transport Economics and Policy.

WORK IN PROGRESS

• Market Power and Contract Duration in Defense Procurement (with Trevor Brown and Young Woon Kim) (Preliminary title)
• Competition and management reform of urban transportation services in the metropolitan area of Barcelona (with Germà Bel and Joan Calzada)
• Toll motorways and gasoline competition in Spain (with Jordi Perdiguero) (Preliminary title)
  
• How to Promote Road Safety? Investment vs. Regulation in Spain (with Laura Fernández-Villadangos)
• The Political Economy of the Regulatory Design of Public-Private-Partnerships in United States (with Germà Bel and Rick Geddes).

Co-Authors:

Germà Bel, Trevor Brown, Joan Calzada, Xavier Fageda, Jordi Perdiguero.

TEACHING:

Undergraduate courses

• Política Econòmica I: Introducció. University of Barcelona
• Política d'infrastructures: Autopistes, Carreteres i Ferrocarril. University of Barcelona.

Graduate courses

• Anàlisi i avaluació de Polítiques Públiques. MA in Economícs, University of Barcelona.

Articles in the Spanish Media    

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