I am a Senior Research Economist at Banco de España.
I am also an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Economics of CUNEF.
My research interests are in the broad fields of macroeconomics, growth, and
finance.
I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Edinburgh (2024).
You can contact me at [email protected].
Working Papers
- "Monetary policy, bank leverage and systemic risk-taking"
(with K. Aoki and K. Nikolov) [SSRN]
- "The nexus between the deposit and risk-taking channels of monetary policy"
(with J. E. Gutiérrez and M. Melnychuk) [Draft]
Work in Progress
- "The irony of automation and the mediocrity trap"
[Draft coming soon!]
- "Transfer progressivity and aggregate development"
(with L. de Magalhaes and R. Santaeulalia-Llopis) [Slides]
- "Energy prices, credit risk and bank lending dynamics"
(with J. E. Gutiérrez and A. Sy)
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Garcia-Villegas, S., & Martorell, E. (2024). "Climate transition risk and the role of bank capital
requirements". Economic Modelling, 135, 106724. [Journal] [SSRN]
Policy Reports
- "A literature review on ex-ante and ex-post analysis of the implications of borrower-based
measures". [BdE OP 2524]
- "Analysis of cyclical systemic risks and their mitigation through countercyclical bank capital
requirements". [BdE OP 2414]
- "Towards macroprudential frameworks for managing climate risk". [ESRB
Report]
Teaching
- Economic Growth - CUNEF (2025-present)