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Ocaña Pérez de Tudela, Carlos
Economics
PhD: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Office E6.8
Biography
Carlos Ocaña is Funcas Director General since 2011. Previously he was the Secretary of State for Finance and the Budget (2006-11), Secretary General of the Budget (2004-6), senior economist of the OECD´s International Energy Agency (1998- 2002) and, during the 1990s, he held other managerial positions in the Competition Defense Tribunal and in the Electricity System Commission. He is a tenured professor on leave of absence from Carlos III University. He studied economics at the universities of Zaragoza, Autónoma de 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 board 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.
Bachelor of Economics and Business Administration, Universidad de Zaragoza (1982).
Research Interests
Economics of competition and regulation. Fiscal policy.
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 General Secretary of the Budget (April 2004-February 2006). The mentioned positions were carried out at the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Senior Economist, International Energy Agency (OECD, Paris), March 1998 -September 2002.
Associate Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (1990-1993).
Associate Professor, Universidad de Zaragoza (1989-1990).
Publications in Scientific Journals
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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