Albert Solé-Ollé

Catedràtic d'Universitat

ORCID: 0000-0003-2007-1300

Knowledge area: Economia Aplicada

Research group:

Contact Information
Department of Economics
Av. Diagonal, 690, Torre 4, planta 2
934021812
asole(a)ub.edu

More Information: https://albertsoleolle.wordpress.com

Teaching imparted (last 5 years)

Hisenda Pública (Bachelor's degree) - Economía(1) - Universidad de Barcelona.

Economia Pública I: Despesa Pública i Economia Política (University Master's Degree) - Economía - Universidad de Barcelona.

Economia Política (University Master's Degree) - Economía - Universidad de Barcelona.

Participation in Projects (last 6 years)

La Economía Política de los Gobiernos Locales: Calidad de Gobierno, Instituciones, y Finanzas Públicas . 2016 - 2018 . Ref.ECO2015-68311-R . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Alberto Sole Olle

What Works for Urban Development: Evaluating the impact of place‐based policies . 2015 - 2017 . Ref.2014ACUP00026 . Fundació Caixa de Pensions 'La Caixa' . PI: Alberto Sole Olle

GRUP DE RECERCA EN FEDERALISME FISCAL I ECONOMIA URBANA . 2014 - 2016 . Ref.2014SGR420 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Alberto Sole Olle

Fiscal Governance and Adjustment under Crisis Conditions . 2014 - 2015 . Ref.308171 . Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW) Mannheim . PI: Alberto Sole Olle; Dirk Foremny

Funcionamiento de los gobiernos locales: gobernanza, financiación, presupuestos y organización . 2013 - 2015 . Ref.ECO2012-37131 . Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad . PI: Alberto Sole Olle

Relevant publications (Journal Publications and Other publications - last 6 years)

Marta Curto-Grau; Albert Solé‐Ollé; Pilar Sorribas‐Navarro (2018). Does Electoral Competition Curb Party Favoritism?, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, En prensa . https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.20160618&&from=f . ISSN: 1945-7782

Solé-Ollé, A.; Sorribas-Navarro, P. (2018). Trust no more?. On the lasting effects of corruption scandals, European Journal of Political Economy. European Journal of Political Economy, En prensa . https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0176268017306122 . ISSN: 0176-2680

Foremny, D.; Jofre-Monseny, J.; Solé-Ollé, A. (2017). 'Ghost citizens': Using notches to identify manipulation of population-based grants, Journal of Public Economics. Journal of Public Economics, 154, pp. 49 - 66 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.08.011 . ISSN: 0047-2727

Solé-Ollé, A.; Viladecans-Marsal, E. (2013). Do political parties matter for local land use policies?. Journal of Urban Economics, 78, pp. 42 - 56 . ISSN: 0094-1190

Solé Ollé, A.; Viladecans Marsal, E. (2012). Lobbying, political competition and local land supply: recent evidence from Spain. Journal of Public Economics, 96, pp. 10 - 19 . ISSN: 0047-2727

Conferences and Participations in Congresses (last 6 years)

Foremny, D.; Solé-Ollé, A. (2017). Who's coming to the rescue? Revenue-sharing slumps and implicit bailouts during the Great Recession (ponencia aceptada). (Speech) . 72th Conference of the International Institute of Public Finance, 18-20/08/2017 . Tokyo, Japon . JAPAN

Solé-Ollé, A.; Viladecans-Marsal, E. (2017). Housing Booms and Busts and Local Fiscal Policy. (Speech) . CESifo Area Conference on Public Sector Economics . Munich . GERMANY

Foremny, D.; Solé-Ollé, A. (2017). 'Citizen ghosts': using notches to identify manipulation of population-based transfers (ponencia aceptada). (Speech) . 7th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Copenhagen, 25-27/05/2017 . Copenhagen . DENMARK

Puigmulé, M.; Solé-Ollé, A.; Sorribas-Navarro, P. (2017). Government fragmentation and political corruption (ponencia aceptada). (Speech) . APSA (American Political Science Association) Conference, 31/08 a 3/09/2016 . San Francisco, US . UNITED STATES

Solé-Ollé, A.; Viladecans-Marsal, E. (2016). Housing booms, local spending, and government quality. (Speech) . 71th Conference of the International Institute of Public Finance, 9-11/08/2016 . Lake Tahoe, Nevada . UNITED STATES

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports (last 6 years)

Francisco Cavalcanti . (2018) . The political economy of aid relief: evidence from Brazilian droughts (en curso: lectura prevista 2018) (Ph.D. Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.

Marta Curto Grau . (2013) . Partisan alignment and intergovernmental transfers: Electoral productivity, clientelism and political preferences (Ph.D. Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.

Paula Salinas Peña . (2013) . Essays on education decentralization (Ph.D. Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.