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Ocaña Pérez de Tudela, Carlos
Economics
PhD: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Office E6.8
Biography
Carlos Ocaña is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Economics at CUNEF Universidad. Carlos Ocaña has been the CEO of Funcas since 2011. Previously, he was the Secretary of State for Finance and the Budget (2006-11), Secretary General for Budget (2004-6), senior economist at the International Energy Agency (1998-2002) and, during the 1990s, held other positions of responsibility at the Competition Court and the Electricity System Commission. He is a tenured professor on leave from Carlos III University. An economist by training, he studied at the universities of Zaragoza, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he obtained his Ph.D. Fulbright Fellow. He has been a member of the boards of directors of SEPI, RENFE, and Expoagua.
Education
Ph.D. in Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University (1989)
Graduated Program in Economic Theory and Quantitative Methods, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (1984)
Bachelor of Economics and Business Administration, Universidad de Zaragoza (1982)
Research Interests
Public Economics, Energy, Industrial Organisation, Game Theory
Professional Career
General Director, Foundation of Savings Banks (Funcas), September 2011-Present
Secretary of State for Finance and the Budget (March 2006-June 2011) and Secretary General of the Budget (April 2004-February 2006). The mentioned positions were carried out at the Ministerio De Economia y Hacienda
Principal Administrator, International Energy Agency (OECD, Paris), March 1998-September 2002
Deputy Director of Regulatory Development, Electricity System Commission, July 1995-February 1998
Deputy Director General of Studies, Competition Tribunal, 1993-1994
Most relevant publications
Mendiluce, María; Pérez-Arriaga, Ignacio; Ocaña, Carlos: "Comparison of the evolution of energy intensity in Spain and in the EU15. Why is Spain different?", Energy Policy 38(1), 639-645, 2010.
Ocaña, Carlos: "Trends in the Management of regulation", International Journal of Regulation and Governance, 3(1), 13-32, 2003.
Ocaña, Carlos; Hariton, Aurelie: "Security of Supply in Electricity Markets", Utilities Journal, 2002.
García Marco, Teresa; Ocaña, Carlos: "The Effect of Bank Monitoring on the Investment Behavior of Spanish Firms", Journal of Banking and Finance, 23(11), 1579-1603, 1999.
Ocaña, Carlos; Zemel, Eitan: "Learning From Mistakes: the Dynamics of JIT Systems", Operations Research, 44(1), 206-214, 1996.
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