Jose Maria Da-Rocha Álvarez

Jose Maria Da Rocha is a Full Professor in Economics and Economic Fellow of the Spanish Economic Association. He was born in 1963 in Barcelona. After graduating in Economics at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, he joined the Universidade de Vigo where he was awarded his PhD in 1993. He was also professor at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (1994, 2012, 2013), la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2003, 2004) and the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (several years between 2004 and 2018). He joined the Facultade de Ciencias Empresariais e Turismo in 2021, where he teaches classes using core economics. José María's research (40+ JCR papers) applies the methodology found in dynamic macroeconomics to the analysis of the economic problems that capture his interest. His research topics include the study of differences in GDP per capita between countries, sovereign debt crisis and environmental regulation issues (such as fishing subsidies). Currently, José María is working on the analysis of productivity and firms size distributions, the impact of pandemics on wealth and climate during the last 2000 years and the use of emissions markets for CO2 to regulate oceans's fisheries. José María has published his research in economic journals such as the Review of Economic Dynamics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economic Theory, Economic Theory, International Economic Review and Environmental Resource Economics and in other journals such as Marine Policy and ICES Journal of Marine Science. He was awarded by the CNEAI with 6 sexenios (5 research and 1 R + D + i).