Degree ('Licenciado') in Economics and Business Administration from the UIB (1995).

Doctor in Economics from the UIB (2000) with an extraordinary award (2004).

Teaching experience in studies of Business Administration, Economy and Tourism, teaching financial economics subjects. He has been the Director of the Department of Business Economics at the UIB (2016-2024). He has been co-director of the Master 'Asesoría Financiera y Gestión Patrimonial' at the UIB. Secretary of the Department of Business Economics of the UIB from 2007 to 2016.

Researcher specialized in financial economics with publications in international journals of finance and business.

Award for the best work on equities at the 2009 Finance Forum (AEFIN), and for the best work on regulatory issues at the 2013 Finance Forum (AEFIN).Researcher in Competitive Research Projects since 2001, principal investigator in the 2017 call.

Speaker of the Corporate Governance Observatory of the Financial Studies Foundation, dependent on the 'Instituto de Analistas Financieros' (2006-2010). Associate Editor of the Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting since 2020.

Main Publications

Aguilera, R. V., Federo, R., Justo, R., Merida, A. L., & Pascual-Fuster, B. (2025) The Corporate Governance of Business Groups Around the World: A Review and Agenda for Future Research. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 33 (2), 298-325. https://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12603

Pascual-Fuster, B., Federo, R., Crespí-Cladera, R., Gabaldón P., (2024) The second glass ceiling: The dark side of women recategorization in corporate boards. Gender, Work & Organization, forthcoming. DOI: 10.1111/gwao.13185

Aguilera, R. V, Crespí-Cladera, R., Martín-Oliver, A., & Pascual-Fuster, B. (2024) Ownership, Control and Productivity: Family Firms in Comparative Perspective. Journal of Management, forthcoming. DOI: 10.1177/01492063241259964

Aguilera, R. V., Federo, R, Pascual-Fuster, R., & Crespi-Cladera, R., (2023) The Corporate Governance of Business Groups: What We Know and What Lies Ahead. Annals of Corporate Governance: Vol. 7: No. 3, pp 152-251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/109.00000040

Pascual-Fuster, B., & Crespí-Cladera, R. (2022) Optimal board independence with gray independent directors. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 25(2), 193-209. https://doi.org/10.1177/2340944420940313

Crespí-Cladera, R., Martín-Oliver, A., & Pascual-Fuster, B. (2021) Financial distress in the hospitality industry during the Covid-19 disaster. Tourism Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2021.104301

Aguilera, R. V, Crespí-Cladera, R., Infantes, P. M., & Pascual-Fuster, B. (2020). Business groups and internationalization : Effective identification and future agenda. Journal of World Business, 55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2019.101050

Pascual-Fuster, Bartolomé, & Crespí-Cladera, R. (2018). Politicians in the boardroom: Is it a convenient burden? Corporate Governance: An International Review, 26, 448-470. https://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12261

Crespí-Cladera, R., & Pascual-Fuster, B. (2015). Executive directors' pay, networks and operating performance: The influence of ownership structure. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 34(2), 175-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2014.09.004

Crespí-Cladera, R., & Pascual-Fuster, B. (2014). Does the independence of independent directors matter? Journal of Corporate Finance, 28, 116-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.12.009

Pascual, R., & Pascual-Fuster, B. (2014). The relative contribution of ask and bid quotes to price discovery. Journal of Financial Markets, 20, 129-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finmar.2014.07.001

Pascual-Fuster, Bartolomé, & Pérez-Rodríguez, J. V. (2007). Volatility transmission for cross-listed firms and the role of international exposure. Japan and the World Economy, 19(3), 303-328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japwor.2006.05.004

Pascual, R., Pascual-Fuster, B., & Climent, F. (2006). Cross-listing, price discovery and the informativeness of the trading process. Journal of Financial Markets, 9(2), 144-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finmar.2006.01.002

Pascual-Fuster, B., Climent, F., & Pascual, R. (2004). The contributon of the New York Stock Exchange in the price discovery process of the main ADRs. Revista Espanola de Financiacion y Contabilidad, 33(120).