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MIQUEL-ÀNGEL GARCIA-LÓPEZ
CURRICULUM VITAE
December 2014
Department of Applied Economics
Edifici B Campus Bellaterra
School of Economics and Business
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès (SPAIN)
Phone: + 34 93 581 45 84
Fax: + 34 93 581 22 92
website: http://gent.uab.cat/miquelangelgarcialopez/
e-mail: [email protected]
CURRENT AND PAST POSITIONS
Department of Applied Economics. Autonomous University of Barcelona
 Associate Professor (Agregat interí), January 2013 – present.
 Assistant Professor, October 2003 – December 2012.
Member of the Applied Economic Analysis Group (Grup d’Anàlisi Econòmica Aplicada –
GEAP).
Member of the Barcelona Institute of Economics (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona IEB).
Accredited Professor (Titular de Universidad) by ANECA.
Accredited Professor (Agregat) by AQU.
EDUCATION
2006: Ph.D. in Economics. Autonomous University of Barcelona. Ph.D. dissertation:
“Employment Spatial Structure and Agglomeration Economies: The Manufacture Industry
Case in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region”. (Abstract in English).
2002: M.Sc. in Applied Economics. Autonomous University of Barcelona.
1998: B.Sc. in Economics. Autonomous University of Barcelona.
VISITING RESEARCH
University of Southern California (USC). USA. March 2009 – February 2010.
University of Southern California (USC). USA. October 2008 – January 2009.
PAPERS IN REFEREED PUBLICATIONS, IN ENGLISH
2015 Suburbanization and highways in Spain when the Romans and the Bourbons still
shape its cities, Journal of Urban Economics, 85, pp. 52-67. (With E. Viladecans-Marsal
and A. Holl). The most recent working paper version is available for download as PDF file.
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2013 Urban spatial structure, agglomeration economies and economic growth in Barcelona:
An intra-metropolitan perspective, Papers in Regional Science, 92, pp. 515-534. (With I.
Muñiz).
2012 Urban spatial structure, suburbanization and transportation in Barcelona, Journal of
Urban Economics, 72, pp. 176-190.
2010 Employment Decentralisation: Polycentricity or Scatteration? The Case of Barcelona,
Urban Studies, 47, pp. 3035-3056. (With I. Muñiz).
2010 The Polycentric Knowledge Economy in Barcelona, Urban Geography, 31, pp. 774799. (With I. Muñiz).
2010 Population Suburbanization in Barcelona, 1991-2005: Is Its Spatial Structure
Changing?, Journal of Housing Economics, 19, pp. 131-144.
2008 The Effect of Employment Subcentres on Population Density in Barcelona, Urban
Studies, 45, pp. 627-649. (With I. Muñiz and A. Galindo).
2003 Cubic Spline Population Density Functions and Satellite City Delimitation: The Case
of Barcelona, Urban Studies, 40, pp. 1303-1321. (With I. Muñiz and A. Galindo).
PAPERS IN REFEREED PUBLICATIONS, IN SPANISH
2015 Estructura espacial y densidad de población en la ZMVM 1995-2010: Evolución de
un sistema urbano policéntrico, EURE Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Urbano
Regionales, 122, pp. 75-102. (With Vania Sánchez and I. Muñiz).
2013 Anatomía de la dispersión urbana en Barcelona, EURE Revista Latinoamericana de
Estudios Urbano Regionales, 116, pp. 189-219. (With I. Muñiz).
2012 Policentrismo y suburbanización en Barcelona, ACE: Architecture, City,
Environment, 18, pp. 55-68.
2010 El impacto espacial de las economías de aglomeración y su efecto sobre la estructura
espacial del empleo. El caso de la industria en Barcelona, 1986-1996, Revista de Economía
Aplicada, 52, pp. 91-119. (With I. Muñiz).
2009 Estructura urbana y policentrismo en el Área Metropolitana de Concepción, EURE
Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Urbano Regionales, 105, pp. 47-70. (With C.A. Rojas
and I. Muñiz).
2009 Policentrismo y sectores intensivos en información y conocimiento, Ciudad y
Territorio, 160, pp. 263-289. (With I. Muñiz).
2008 Manufacturas y servicios en la RMB, cambios en la estructura espacial de su empleo,
Revista de Estudios Regionales, 83, pp. 197-224.
2008 Economías de aglomeración y cambios en la localización del empleo en Barcelona,
Urban Public Economics Review, 8, pp. 47-68.
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2008 Quince años de suburbanización en la Barcelona metropolitana, ¿se está dispersando
la población?, Investigaciones Económicas, 32, pp. 53-86.
2007 ¿Policentrismo o dispersión? Una aproximación desde la Nueva Economía Urbana,
Investigaciones Regionales, 11, pp. 25-43. (With I. Muñiz).
2007 Estructura espacial del empleo y economías de aglomeración: El caso de la industria
en la Región Metropolitana de Barcelona, ACE: Architecture, City, Environment, 4, pp.
519-553.
BOOKS OR BOOK CHAPTERS
2015 Estructura espacial de la población e infraestructuras de transporte en Barcelona: el
caso catalán, in C. Garrocho and G.D. Buzai (eds.), “Geografía aplicada en Iberoamérica:
avances, retos y perspectivas”, El Colegio Mexiquense, México, Forthcoming. (With I.
Muñiz).
2014 Los nuevos elementos estructuradores del espacio metropolitano: subcentros y ejes de
transporte en Barcelona, Bogotá y México, in R. Montaño Salazar and C. Marmolejo
Duarte (eds.), “Perspectivas de anàlisis de la concentración y dispersión demogràfica. Un
enfoque metropolitano en Iberoamérica”, El Colegio del Estado de Hidalgo, pp. 53-83.
(With I. Muñiz, A. Avendaño and V. Sánchez).
2007 Sprawl. Causas y efectos de la dispersión urbana, in F. Indovina (coord.), "La ciudad
de baja densidad: lógicas, gestión y contención", Diputació de Barcelona, pp. 307-347.
(With I. Muñiz and D. Calatayud).
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
Urban spatial structure dynamics in three world large cities: Dissolution or deestructuration? (With I. Muñiz, A. Avendaño, and V. Sánchez). Submitted.
Do land use policies follow road construction? (With A. Solé-Ollé and E. ViladecansMarsal). Revised and resubmitted.
Organization of land surrounding airports: the case of aerotropolis. (With R. Flores and R.
Nicolini). Revise and resubmit.
Order and disorder in the contemporary city. (With I. Muñiz). Submitted.
Cities that contribute to global sustainability. (With I. Muñiz, R. Masjuan, and P. Morera).
Submitted.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Urban spatial structure and transportation in Paris: The effects of the Regional Express
Rail. (with C. Hémet and E. Viladecans-Marsal).
Express delivery to the suburbs. Transport infrastructure and European cities. (with I.
Pasidis and E. Viladecans-Marsal).
High speed train and cities in Europe: Why and what for? (With E. Viladecans-Marsal).
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All roads lead to Rome, and to urban sprawl? Evidence from European cities.
Infrastructures and congestion: Are new roads’ investments reducing or fostering
congestion? (with E. Viladecans-Marsal).
FOUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
2014-1016 SGR2014-1326 Grup de recerca de Catalunya d’Economia Aplicada. AGAUR.
Generalitat de Catalunya. Main researcher: A. Matas Prats.
2012-2013 Research grant (2012 call), Construcció de carreteres i polítiques urbanístiques.
Pasqual Maragall Chair. (With A. Solé-Ollé and E. Viladecans-Marsal).
2011-2013 CICYT ECO2010-20718, Infraestructuras y capital humano como factores de
crecimiento. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Main researcher: J.L. Raymond Bara.
2010 CICYT ECO2009-12234 Factores de crecimiento: Capital humano, transporte, forma
urbana y regulación. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Main researcher: J.L. Raymond
Bara.
2009-2013 SGR2009-00478 Grup de recerca de Catalunya d’Economia Aplicada. AGAUR.
Generalitat de Catalunya. Main researcher: J.L. Raymond Bara.
2005-2007 TRA2005-122496 La huella ecológica del transporte en la ciudad dispersa.
Ministerio de Fomento. Main researcher: I. Muñiz Olivera.
2001-2005 SGR2001-00160 Grup de recerca d’economia i polítiques públicas. Direcció
General de Recerca. Generalitat de Catalunya. Main researcher: M.A. López García.
2000-2003 BEC2000-0415 Análisis de política públicas, redistribución y crecimiento.
Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. Main researcher: M.A. López García.
CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS
2014 Express delivery to the suburbs. Transport infrastructure and European cities.
NARSC. Washington (USA).
2013 Do land use policies follow road construction? SAEe 2013. Santander (Spain).
2013 Do land use policies follow road construction? NARSC. Atlanta (USA).
2012 Suburbanization and highways: Evidence from Spanish cities. SAEe 2012. Vigo
(Spain).
2012 Suburbanization and highways when the Romans, the Bourbons, and first cars still
shape Spanish cities. NARSC. Ottawa (Canada).
2012 Suburbanization and highway improvements: Evidence from Spanish cities. Rimini
Conference in Economics and Finance (RCEF) 2012: Cities, Open Economies, and Public
Policy. Toronto (Canada).
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2012 Suburbanization and highway improvements: Evidence from Spanish cities. II
Workshop on Urban Economics IEB. Barcelona (Spain).
2011 Urban spatial structure when transportation infrastructure matters. SAEe 2011.
Málaga (Spain).
2011 The effects of building a highway system on Barcelona’s urban spatial structure.
NARSC. Miami (USA).
2011 Access to highways and suburbanization in urban agglomerations. ERSA. Barcelona
(Spain).
2011 Chaos and order in the contemporary city. Population density and commuting
distance in Barcelona 1986 and 2001. ERSA. Barcelona (Spain).
2010 The Accessibility city. When transport infrastructure matters in urban spatial
structure. SAEe 2010. Madrid (Spain).
2010 Building a highway system in Barcelona, 1986-2001: Its impact on urban spatial
structure. NARSC. Denver (USA). (With J.L. Roig Sabaté).
2010 Monitoring urban sprawl through the lens of a non-parametric method. The case of
Barcelona, 1986-2001. ERSA. Jönköping (Sweden).
2010 The Accessibility city. When transport infrastructure matters in urban spatial
structure. ERSA. Jönköping (Sweden).
2010 Dynamic agglomeration economies and spatial structure in Barcelona: An intrametropolitan perspective. EUNIP International Conference. Reus (Spain). (With I. Muñiz).
2010 All polycentricity is local: The spatial organization of employment and population in
Barcelona and Los Angeles. WRSA. Sedona (USA). (With C.L. Redfearn).
2009 Beyond policentricity and dispersion: The Accessibility city. Changes in population
location, Barcelona 1991-2006. NARSC. San Francisco (USA).
2009 Whither monocentricity? The location of employment and population in Los Angeles
and Barcelona. AsRES-AREUEA International Conference. Los Angeles (USA). (With
C.L. Redfearn).
2009 Population location choice in Barcelona and Los Angeles: A comparison. AREUEA
Mid-Year meeting. Washington DC (USA). (With C.L. Redfearn).
2008 Population suburbanisation in Barcelona, 1991-2005: Is its spatial structure changing?
Encuentro de Economía Aplicada. Salamanca (Spain).
2008 Anatomía de la dispersión en Barcelona. Encuentro de Economía Aplicada.
Salamanca (Spain). (With I. Muñiz).
2004 Economías de aglomeración y cambios en la estructura espacial del empleo:
Barcelona, 1986-1996. Reunión de Estudios Regionales. Barcelona (Spain). (With I. Muñiz).
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2003 Estructura espacial de la Barcelona metropolitana: Una estimación no paramétrica.
Reunión de Estudios Regionales. Santander (Spain).
2003 ¿Es Barcelona una ciudad policéntrica? Reunión de Estudios Regionales. Santander
(Spain). (With A. Galindo).
2003 Population suburbanisation and employment decentralisation in metropolitan
Barcelona. Encuentro de Economía Aplicada. Granada (Spain). (With I. Muñiz and A.
Galindo).
2003 Estructura espacial de la Barcelona metropolitana: Una estimación no paramétrica.
Encuentro de Economía Aplicada. Granada (Spain).
2003 Cubic spline population density functions and satellite city delimitation. Workshop on
Spatial Networks and Clusters. Reus (Spain). (With I. Muñiz and A. Galindo).
2003 El impuesto sobre bienes inmuebles (IBI) y el sprawl urbano. Encuentro de
Economía Pública. Tenerife (Spain).
2001 Estructura metropolitana y funciones de densidad residencial y del empleo: El caso de
la Región Metropolitana de Barcelona. Reunión de Estudios Regionales. Madrid (Spain).
(With I. Muñiz and A. Galindo).
SEMINARS
2014 Infrastructures’ improvement and urban structure: the case of Paris. Colloque Etudes
Economiques de la Société du Grand Paris.
2014 Suburbanization and highways in Spain when the Romans and the Bourbons still
shape its cities. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
2014 Suburbanization and highways in Spain when the Romans and the Bourbons still
shape its cities. Universidad de Zaragoza.
2012 Suburbanization and highways when the Romans, the Bourbons, and first cars still
shape Spanish cities. Institut d’Economia de Barcelona. Universitat de Barcelona.
2010 The Accessibility city. When transport infrastructure matters in urban spatial
structure. Institut d’Economia de Barcelona. Universitat de Barcelona.
2009 Beyond polycentricity and dispersion: The Accessibility city. Changes in population
location, Barcelona 1991-2006. METRANS Transportation Center. University of Southern
California.
2009 The evolution of the spatial organization of population: The cases of Barcelona and
Los Angeles. LUSK Center for Real Estate. University of Southern California.
WORKING PAPERS
2014 Do land use policies follow road construction?, 4672, Center for Economic Studies
and Ifo Institute. (With A. Solé-Ollé and E. Viladecans-Marsal).
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2014 Do land use policies follow road construction?, 2014/2, Institut d’Economia de
Barcelona. (With A. Solé-Ollé and E. Viladecans-Marsal).
2013 Do land use policies follow road construction?, 2013/5, Càtedra Pasqual Maragall
d’Economia i Territori. (With A. Solé-Ollé and E. Viladecans-Marsal).
2013 Suburbanization and highways: when the Romans, the Bourbons and the first cars
still shape Spanish cities, 2013/5, Institut d’Economia de Barcelona. (With E. ViladecansMarsal and A. Holl). Submitted.
2012 Chaos and order in the contemporary city. The impact of urban spatial structure on
population density and commuting distance in Barcelona, 1986-2001, 12.07, Department of
Applied Economics. (With I. Muñiz). Submitted.
2012 Urban spatial structure, suburbanization and transportation in Barcelona, 2012/11,
Institut d’Economia de Barcelona. Published: Journal of Urban Economics, 2012.
2011 Ciudades que contribuyen a la sostenibilidad global, 11.03, Department of Applied
Economics. (With I. Muñiz, R. Masjuan, and P. Morera). Submitted.
2010 The accessibility city. When transport infrastructure matters in urban spatial structure.
2010-1. Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada. Published as Urban spatial structure,
suburbanization and transportation in Barcelona, Journal of Urban Economics, 2012.
2010 Dynamic agglomeration economies and spatial structure in Barcelona: An intrametropolitan perspective. Mimeo. (With I. Muñiz). Published as Urban spatial structure,
agglomeration economies and economic growth in Barcelona: An intra-metropolitan
perspective, Papers in Regional Science, Forthcoming.
2006 Sprawl. Definición, causas y efectos, 06.03, Department of Applied Economics. (With
I. Muñiz and D. Calatayud). Published as book chapter in F. Indovina (coord.), "La ciudad
de baja densidad: lógicas, gestión y contención", 2007.
2005 The spatial effect of intra-metropolitan agglomeration economies, 05.13, Department
of Applied Economics. (With I. Muñiz). Published as Urban spatial structure,
agglomeration economies and economic growth in Barcelona: An intra-metropolitan
perspective, Papers in Regional Science, Forthcoming.
2005 Decentralisation, integration, and polycentrism in Barcelona, 05.12, Department of
Applied Economics. (With I. Muñiz and A. Galindo). Published as The Effect of
Employment Subcentres on Population Density in Barcelona, Urban Studies, 2008.
2005 Employment decentralisation: polycentric compaction or sprawl? The case of the
Barcelona Metropolitan Region 1986-1996, 05.11, Department of Applied Economics.
(With I. Muñiz). Published as Employment Decentralisation: Polycentricity or Scatteration?
The Case of Barcelona, Urban Studies, 2010.
2005 El impacto espacial de las economías de aglomeración y su efecto sobre la estructura
urbana. El caso de la industria en Barcelona 1986-1996, 05.09, Department of Applied
Economics. (With I. Muñiz). Published: Revista de Economía Aplicada, 2010.
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2005 Descentralización del empleo: ¿compactación policéntrica o dispersión? El caso de la
Región Metropolitana de Barcelona 1986-1996, 05.06, Department of Applied Economics.
(With I. Muñiz). Published as Employment Decentralisation: Polycentricity or Scatteration?
The Case of Barcelona, Urban Studies, 2010.
2005 Descentralización, integración y policentrismo en Barcelona, 05.05, Department of
Applied Economics. (With I. Muñiz and A. Galindo). Published as The Effect of
Employment Subcentres on Population Density in Barcelona, Urban Studies, 2008.
2003 ¿Es Barcelona una ciudad policéntrica?, 03.09, Department of Applied Economics.
(With I. Muñiz and A. Galindo).
2002 Cubic spline density functions and subcentre delimitation. The case of Barcelona,
02.09, Department of Applied Economics. (With I. Muñiz and A. Galindo). Published:
Urban Studies, 2003.
2002 Urban Spatial Structure and Suburbanisation. The Case of the Barcelona Metropolitan
Region, 02.02, Department of Applied Economics. (With I. Muñiz and A. Galindo).
2001 Distribución de la actividad económica y estructura urbana: el caso de la Región
Metropolitana de Barcelona, 01.19, Department of Applied Economics.
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