Dr Pau Balart Castro
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- Despatx DB007planta baixaGaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
Curriculum
Brief CV
Pau Balart received his PhD in Economics from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Business Economics at Universitat de les Illes Balears. Previously he did a postdoc in the Economics department at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. His main fields of research are Applied Micoreconomic Theory and Education Economics. His works have been published in international academic journals as well as in book chapters. He has presented his research in several national and international conferences.
Selected publications:
Balart, P., Casas, A., & Troumpounis, O. (2022). Technological change, campaign spending and polarization. Journal of Public Economics, 211, 104666
Balart, Pau. 'Semiorder preferences and price-oriented buyers in a Hotelling model.' Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 188 (2021): 394-407
Balart, Pau, Lara Ezquerra, and Iñigo Hernandez-Arenaz. 'Framing effects on risk-taking behavior: evidence from a field experiment in multiple-choice tests.' Experimental Economics 25.4 (2022): 1268-1297
Balart, P., & Oosterveen, M. (2019). Females show more sustained performance during test-taking than males. Nature communications, 10(1), 3798.
Balart, P., Oosterveen, M., & Webbink, D. (2018). Test scores, noncognitive skills and economic growth. Economics of Education Review, 63, 134-153
Balart, Pau, Sabine Flamand, and Orestis Troumpounis. 'Strategic choice of sharing rules in collective contests.' Social Choice and Welfare 46 (2016): 239-262
Anghel, B., & Balart, P. (2017). Non-cognitive skills and individual earnings: new evidence from PIAAC. SERIEs, 8(4), 417-473
Balart, P., Chowdhury, S. M., & Troumpounis, O. (2017). Linking individual and collective contests through noise level and sharing rules. Economics Letters, 155, 126-130.
Balart, P. (2016). The increase in college premium and the decline in low‐skill wages: A signaling story. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 18(3), 363-384
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Teaching
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You need to book a date with the professor in order to attend a tutoring sessionSubjects taught. Academic Year 2024-25
- 21222 - Final Degree Project in Business Administration. Double degree in Business Administration and Law - Majorca.
- 21222 - Final Degree Project in Business Administration. Degree in Business Administration - Ibiza.
- 21222 - Final Degree Project in Business Administration. Degree in Business Administration - Minorca.
- 21222 - Final Degree Project in Business Administration. Degree in Business Administration - Majorca.
- 21222 - Final Degree Project in Business Administration. Double Degree in Business Administration and Tourism - Majorca.
- 20629 - Final Degree Project in Economics. Degree in Economics - Majorca.
- 20629 - Final Degree Project in Economics. Double degree in Economics and Tourism - Majorca.
- 20628 - Management and Incentives in Organisations. Degree in Economics - Majorca.
- 21223 - Practical Placements on the Degree in Business Administration. Degree in Business Administration - Ibiza.
- 21223 - Practical Placements on the Degree in Business Administration. Degree in Business Administration - Minorca.
- 21223 - Practical Placements on the Degree in Business Administration. Degree in Business Administration - Majorca.
- 20630 - Practical Placements on the Degree in Economics. Degree in Economics - Majorca.
- 20630 - Practical Placements on the Degree in Economics. Double degree in Economics and Tourism - Majorca.
- 20491 - Practicum. Double degree in Business Administration and Law - Majorca.
- 11653 - Human Resources Management. Master's Degree in Big Data Analysis in Economics and Business.
Subjects taught. Academic Year 2023-24
- 21222 - Final Degree Project in Business Administration. Double degree in Business Administration and Law - Majorca.
- 21222 - Final Degree Project in Business Administration. Degree in Business Administration - Ibiza.
- 21222 - Final Degree Project in Business Administration. Degree in Business Administration - Minorca.
- 21222 - Final Degree Project in Business Administration. Degree in Business Administration - Majorca.
- 21222 - Final Degree Project in Business Administration. Double Degree in Business Administration and Tourism - Majorca.
- 20629 - Final Degree Project in Economics. Degree in Economics - Majorca.
- 20629 - Final Degree Project in Economics. Double degree in Economics and Tourism - Majorca.
- 20628 - Management and Incentives in Organisations. Degree in Economics - Majorca.
- 21223 - Practical Placements on the Degree in Business Administration. Degree in Business Administration - Majorca.
- 20630 - Practical Placements on the Degree in Economics. Degree in Economics - Majorca.
- 20630 - Practical Placements on the Degree in Economics. Double degree in Economics and Tourism - Majorca.
- 20491 - Practicum. Double degree in Business Administration and Law - Majorca.
- 20491 - Practicum. Double degree in Business Administration and Law (2013 syllabus) - Majorca.
- 11653 - Human Resources Management. Master's Degree in Big Data Analysis in Economics and Business.
Teaching, 5 previous years
| Subject | Information |
|---|---|
| 11653 - Human Resources Management | |
| 20490 - End of Degree Project | |
| 20491 - Practicum | |
| 20628 - Management and Incentives in Organisations | |
| 20629 - Final Degree Project in Economics | |
| 20630 - Practical Placements on the Degree in Economics | |
| 20660 - Practical Placements |
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| 21208 - Design of Organisations | |
| 21222 - Final Degree Project in Business Administration | |
| 21223 - Practical Placements on the Degree in Business Administration | |
| 22523 - Strategic and Economic Management of Human Resources |
Research
Research groups
| Group | Membership type |
|---|---|
| Decision Science | Collaborator |
| Research group on Economics of organisations (GREO) | Member |