Eduard
Talamàs

Assistant Professor of Economics

• Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University
• MSc. in Economics, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
• B.A. in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Eduard Talamàs does research on Organizational Economics, Bargaining and Networks. He joined IESE Business School as an Assistant Professor of Economics in 2019. Eduard teaches Global Economics in various programs at IESE, including the MBA and Executive MBA. In 2022, Poets&Quants selected him to be one of the best 40 under 40 MBA professors.

Eduard obtained his Ph.D. in economics at Harvard University under the supervision of Benjamin Golub. Before joining IESE, he was a Warren Center postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, hosted by Rakesh Vohra. Since 2020, Eduard is a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research.

Areas of interest.

• Economics
• Social and economic networks
• Investment and bargaining in markets

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

TALAMÀS VILARDAGA, E., VOHRA, R. (2020). Free and perfectly safe but only partially effective vaccines can harm everyone. Games and Economic Behavior, 122, 277 - 289. doi:10.1016/j.geb.2020.05.001. TALAMÀS VILARDAGA, E. (2019). Price Dispersion In Stationary Networked Markets. Games and Economic Behavior, 115 (1), 247 - 264. doi:10.1016/j.geb.2019.03.005. TALAMÀS VILARDAGA, E. (2018). Fair Stable Sets of Simple Games. Games and Economic Behavior, 108 (1), 574 - 584. doi:10.1016/j.geb.2017.08.004.

Working Papers

IDE, E., TALAMÀS, E. (2024). The Turing Valley. How AI capabilities shape labor income. IDE, E., TALAMÀS, E. (2024). Artificial intelligence in the knowledge economy.

Outreach Articles

TALAMAS, E. (2020). ¿Qué podemos perder? Compensación de riesgos en una pandemia. IESEconomics. TALAMAS, E. (2020). What do we have to lose? Risk compensation during a pandemic. IESEconomics.

Cases

IDE, E., TALAMÀS, E. (2024). Plan Colombia. The Unintended Consequences of Drug Enforcement. IESE, ECON-433-E. TALAMÀS, E. (2023). Trump, Powell y la cuenta corriente de Estados Unidos. IESE, ECON-432. TALAMÀS, E. (2023). Trump, Powell, and the US Current Account. IESE, ECON-432-E.

Outputs in other media

TALAMÀS VILARDAGA, E. (2020). The Great Shutdown: Challenges And Opportunities. Forbes. TALAMAS, E. (2020). The Missing Link? Leaders Who Can Balance Economic And Health Concerns. Forbes.