Salvador Torra Porras

Associate professor

Researcher ID: A-3601-2015

Knowledge area: Mètodes Quantitatius per a l'Economia i l'Empresa

Research group:

RISC EN FINANCES I ASSEGURANCES (RISKcenter)
Técnicas Estadísticas Multivariantes y Optimización en Economía

Teaching Innovation Groups: Estadística en el món Empresarial

Contact Information
Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics
Tinent Coronel Valenzuela, 1-11 (T4, P2, D 4204)
934024318
storra(a)ub.edu

Academic training

Licenciatura en Ciencias Económicas . Universidad de Barcelona . 01/10/1991 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Doctor en C Económicas . Universidad de Barcelona . 05/04/2004 . (Ph.D.)

Teaching imparted (last 5 years)

Mètodes Estadístics per a Finances i Assegurances (Bachelor's degree) - Estadística - Universidad de Barcelona.

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

Claveria, O.; Monte, E.; Torra, S. (2017). Data pre-processing for neural network-based forecasting: does it really matter?. Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 23(5), pp. 709 - 725 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2029-4913

Claveria, O.; Monte, E.; Torra, S. (2017). Using survey data to forecast real activity with evolutionary algorithms. A cross-country analysis. Journal Of Applied Economics, 20(2), pp. 329 - 349 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1514-0326

Claveria, O.; Monte, E.; Torra, S. (2017). A new approach for the quantification of qualitative measures of economic expectations. Quality & Quantity, 51(6), pp. 2685 - 2706 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0033-5177

Claveria, O.; Monte, E.; Torra, S. (2017). Assessment of the effect of the financial crisis on agents' expectations through symbolic regression. Applied Economics Letters, 24(9), pp. 648 - 652 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1350-4851

Conferences and Participations in Congresses (last 6 years)

Claveria, O; Monte, E.; Torra, S. (2017). Empirical modelling of survey-based expectations for the design of economic indicators. (Presentation of communication) . CIRET/KOF/WIFO Workshop (13-14 October 2017) . Viena . AUSTRIA