José
Azar

Visiting Professor of Economics

• Ph.D. in Economics, Princeton University
• B.A. in Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

José Azar is an Assistant professor at the University of Navarra and a Research Associate at IESE Business School. José is an economist specializing in antitrust and corporate governance. His work studies the implications for competition of the rise of common ownership of companies by large and diversified asset managers. More recently, he has done research on labor market concentration and power.

He is a Research Affiliate at the CEPR, and a member of Economics for Inclusive Prosperity (EfIP). Before joining the University of Navarra, he worked at IESE Business School and at Charles River Associates in the Antitrust and Competition Practice. He received his BA from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina, and his PhD from Princeton University.

Areas of interest.

* Industrial Organization
* Antitrust
* Corporate Finance

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

AZAR, J., MARINESCU, I. (2024). Monopsony power in the labor market. From theory to policy. Annual Review of Economics, 16 (1), 491-518. doi:10.1146/annurev-economics-072823-030431. AZAR, J., HUET-VAUGHN, E., MARINESCU, I., TASKA, B., VON WACHTER, T. (2024). Minimum wage employment effects and labour market concentration. Review of Economic Studies, 91 (4), 1843-1883. doi:10.1093/restud/rdad091. AZAR, J., BARRIOLA, X. (2022). Did the MillerCoors joint venture strengthen the craft beer revolution? International Journal of Industrial Organization, 85, article 102890. doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2022.102890. ANTÓN, M., AZAR, J., GINÉ, M., LIN, L. X. (2022). Beyond the target: M&A decisions and rival ownership. Journal of Financial Economics, 144 (1), 44-66. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.01.002. AZAR, J., MARINESCU, I., STEINBAUM, M. (2022). Labor Market Concentration. JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES, 57 (S), S167-S199. doi:10.3368/jhr.monopsony.1218-9914R1. AZAR, J., RAINA, S., SCHMALZ, M. (2022). Ultimate ownership and bank competition. Financial Management, 51 (1), 227-269. doi:10.1111/fima.12368. AZAR, J., DURO, M., KADACH, I., ORMAZABAL, G. (2021). The Big three and corporate carbon emissions around the world. Journal of Financial Economics, 142 (2), 674-696. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2021.05.007. ALEKSEEVA, L., AZAR, J., GINÉ, M., SAMILA, S., TASKA, B. (2021). The Demand for AI skills in the labor market. LABOUR ECONOMICS, 71, Article 102002. doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102002. VIVES, X., AZAR, J. (2021). General equilibrium oligopoly and ownership structure. Econometrica, 89 (3), 999-1048. doi:10.3982/ECTA17906. AZAR, J., SCHMALZ, M. C., TECU, I. (2021). Research on the competitive consequences of common ownership. A Methodological critique. The Antitrust Bulletin, 66 (1), 113-122. doi:10.1177/0003603X20985799.

Working Papers

ANTÓN, M., AZAR, J., GINÉ, M., XIANRAN LIN, L. (2019). Acquisitions, Common Ownership, and the Cournot Merger Paradox (WP-1219-E). AZAR, J., VIVES, X. (2018). Oligopoly, Macroeconomic Performance, and Competition Policy (WP-1220-E). AZAR, J., MARINESCU, I., STEINBAUM, M., TASKA, B. (2018). Concentration in US Labor Markets: Evidence from Online Vacancy Data (WP-1221-E). AZAR, J., MARINESCU, I., STEINBAUM, M. (2017). Labor Market Concentration (WP-1198-E). AZAR, J. (2017). Portfolio Diversification, Market Power, and the Theory of the Firm (WP-1170-E). Barcelona: IESE.

Proceedings

AZAR, J., VIVES, X. (2019). Common Ownership and the Secular Stagnation Hypothesis. AEA Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 109 (pp. 322 - 326). American Economic Association.

Articles in other publications

AZAR, J. (2022). Lo que la propiedad común esconde. Implicaciones de compartir accionistas. IESE Business School Insight (162), pp. 68-75. ANTÓN, M., AZAR, J., GINÉ, M., LIN, L. X. (2019). Does Common Ownership Increase Incentives for Mergers and Acquisitions? Competition Policy International, 2 (2). AZAR, J., SCHMALZ, M. C., TECU, I. (2017). Why Common Ownership Creates Antitrust Risks. Competition Policy International, 1 (3).