Senior Research Economist at Banco de España.
PhD in Economics (University of Edinburgh, 2024).
Research Interests: macroeconomics, growth, and finance.
News: I will be visiting Dartmouth College during the academic year 2026-2027.
Contact: [email protected]
Work in Progress
- "The nexus between the deposit and risk-taking channels of monetary policy"
R&R at Journal of Financial Economics
(with J. E. Gutiérrez and M. Melnychuk) [Preprint]
- "Monetary policy, bank leverage and systemic risk-taking"
(with K. Aoki and K. Nikolov) [Preprint]
- "Energy prices, credit risk, and bank lending dynamics"
(with M. Giometti, J. E. Gutiérrez and A. Sy)
- "The Ironies of Automation: A growth theory perspective" [Preprint]
- "Transfer progressivity and aggregate development"
(with L. de Magalhaes and R. Santaeulalia-Llopis) [Slides]
Publications
- Garcia-Villegas, S., & Martorell, E. (2024). "Climate transition risk and the role of bank capital
requirements". Economic Modelling, 135, 106724. [Journal] [Preprint]
Policy Reports
- "A literature review on ex-ante and ex-post analysis of the implications of borrower-based
measures". [BdE OP 2524]
- "Analysis of cyclical systemic risks and their mitigation through countercyclical bank capital
requirements". [BdE OP 2414]
- "Towards macroprudential frameworks for managing climate risk". [ESRB
Report]
Teaching
- International Finance - Dartmouth College (Fall 2026)
- Economic Growth - CUNEF (Spring 2025, 2026)