Each term the Cañada-Blanch Centre at LSE organises a Fellow Lecture in which his visiting fellows (LSE-Miguel Dols and Cañada Blanch-Universitat de Valencia Prize Holders) present their ongoing research.
Meet our speakers
Prof. Pablo De Andrés (Current LSE-Miguel Dols Fellow Michaelmas Term 2022). He is Professor of Finance at the Autonoma University of Madrid (and Head of the Department). His research interests range between corporate governance, corporate finance and real options.
Equity crowdfunding and the democratization of finance
We analyze the present and future of a new way of financing small and medium-sized companies, alternative financing, in recent years. Specifically, we focus our attention on equity crowdfunding, which provides entrepreneurs with a way to finance their business through an online channel (financing platforms) that connects them with crowd-investors. This form of financing allows investors to participate in startups and take advantage of new growth opportunities, normally only available to venture capital and investment banking. On the other hand, this form of financing is very sensitive to the problems of asymmetric information, adverse selection and moral hazard, so it is very important to study how to reduce their negative effects to ensure the viability of this form of financing.
Dr. Paulino Montes-Solla, (Current LSE-Miguel Dols Fellow Michaelmas Term 2022). He is Assistant Professor at the University of A Coruña. He is also a senior researcher at the Jean Monnet Research Group on Competition and Regional Development in the European Union (GCD).
Capital deepening and TFP stagnation in Spain: Analysis for the period 1989-2017
This research focuses on a long-term study of the problem of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in Spain for the period 1989-2017. A descriptive analysis and an accounting exercise of productivity growth will be carried out. This will assess the evolution of TFP at national and regional level and the role of European funds in transforming TFP.
Maria Carro-Pitarch, (Current Cañada-Blanch, Universitat de València - LSE Prize holder). She is currently undertaking her Ph.D. studies in International Law at the Universitat de València, focusing on the protection of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
The BBNJ Agreement: a closer look to the role of the European Union in the current negotiations
The international community has been negotiating, under the auspices of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, an international legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (the BBNJ Agreement). This research focuses on the role and impact of the European Union since the beginning of the negotiations until the latest Intergovernmental Conferences on this matter.
Meet our chair
Prof. Andrés Rodríguez-Pose is the Princesa de Asturias Chair and a Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics. He is the Director of the Cañada Blanch Centre LSE. He is a former Head of the Department of Geography and Environment between 2006 and 2009. He is a past-President of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) (2015-2017) and served as Vice-President of the RSAI in 2014. He was also Vice-President (2012-2013) and Secretary (2001-2005) of the European Regional Science Association.
More about this event
The Cañada-Blanch Centre at LSE is the vehicle to achieve the objective of the Fundación Cañada Blanch: developing and reinforcing the links between the United Kingdom and Spain. This is done by means of fostering cutting-edge knowledge generation and joint research projects between researchers in the United Kingdom, and at the LSE in particular, on the one hand, and Spain, on the other.
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