Miguel Angel Iraola Guzman
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice
Undergraduate Director in Economics

Biography
Miguel Iraola is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Miami. He holds a PhD and MSc in economics from Universidad Carloss III de Madrid and a BA in economics from Universidad Pública de Navarra. He currently teaches International Trade (ECO 441) and Microeconomic Theory (ECO 302) for undergraduate students. His research focuses on the interrelation between the real and financial sides of the economy from theoretical and empirical perspectives.Education
2009 | Ph.D. Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |
2002 | Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |
2000 | Business Administration and Quantitative Methods, Universidad Pública de Navarra |
1999 | B.A. Economics, Universidad Pública de Navarra |
Macroeconomics | Financial economics
Professional Experience
1998 - 1998 | Traineeship, Banco Central Hispanoamericano |
1998 - 1999 | Research Assistant, Universidad Pública de Navarra |
2003 - 2003 | Visiting Scholar, Arizona State University |
2000 - 2007 | Teaching Assistant, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |
2007 - 2013 | Assistant Professor, Centro de Investigación Económica (ITAM) |
2011 - 2013 | Visiting Professor, University of Miami School of Business Administration |
2013 - | Lecturer, Economics, Miami Herbert Business School |
2015 - | Undergraduate Director, Economics, Miami Herbert Business School |
Honors & Acknowledgements
Mexico’s Nacional Research System, level C, 2010 - 2013
Short Stay Visit Grant, Fundación Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2004
Award for The Second Best Undergraduate Academic Record in Economics, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 1999
Research Assistant Grant, Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deportes, Spanish Government, 1998 - 1999
Macroeconomics; financial economics; monetary economics; and technological change
Publications
With Favian Sepulveda and Juan Pablo Torres-Martinez Financial Segmentation and Collateralized Debt in Infinite-Horizon Economies 56-69 (80 Journal of Mathematical Economics. 2019). [Link]
With Manuel S. Santos Asset Price Volatility, Price Markups, and Macroeconomic Fluctuations 84-98 (90 Journal of Monetary Economics. 2017).
Iraola M.A., Santos M.S. Speculative Bubbles. In: Jones G. (eds) Banking Crises (London, Palgrave Macmillan. 2016).
With Juan Pablo Torres-Martinez Equilibrium in Collateralized Asset Markets: Credit Contractions and Negative Equity Loans 113-122 (55 Journal of Mathematical Economics. 2014).
With Manuel S. Santos Speculative Bubbles (The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. 2008).
With Manuel S. Santos Market Fundamentals (The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2008).