Victoria Vanasco

She is a Researcher at the Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREi). Her research centers on information asymmetries and their effects on financial markets and the real economy. She is particularly interested in understanding the determinants of financial frictions, their impact on firm decisions and macroeconomic outcomes, and exploring regulatory policies aimed at increasing liquidity and discipline in financial markets.

Prior to joining CREi, she was an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She holds a PhD in Economics from UC Berkeley, a Master’s in Finance, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina, her home country. Before pursuing her PhD, she spent two years as a Junior Professional Associate at the World Bank.

She is a Research Fellow at CEPR, an Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics, and has held positions as Associate Editor at Management Science and the Journal of Financial Intermediation, a member of the Editorial Board at The Review of Economic Studies, and a board member of the Finance Theory Group. She is also proud to be part of the #cientificaseinnovadoras2020 group in Spain.

She serves as the Principal Investigator of the ERC Starting Grant 2020 project "INFOMAK: Information, Markets, and the Macroeconomy" (GR 948432, 2021-2025). Her awards include the 2018 Junior Prize in Monetary Economics and Finance from the Banque de France and Toulouse School of Economics, the 2014 Top Finance Graduate Award from Copenhagen Business School, and the Runner-up Prize for Best Finance Theory Job Market Paper by the Finance Theory Group in 2014.