Pau Roldan-Blanco
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​​Associate Professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Affiliated Professor, Barcelona School of Economics
Associated Faculty, CEMFI
Research Affiliate, 
CEPR (Macroeconomics and Growth)
Associate Editor, SERIEs


Ph.D. in Economics, New York University.

CV { pdf }
​Emails {
[email protected] | [email protected] }
Interests { Macroeconomics | Economic Growth | Innovation | Firm Dynamics | Labor }
​Profiles { Google Scholar | IDEAS/RePEc | ORCID | ResearcherID | Scopus }

Contact Information
Department of Economics and Economic History - Economic Analysis Unit (UFAE)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB Campus, Edifici B
08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain 


Workshops I co-organize the following workshops: 
  • Bellaterra Growth Workshop (BGW)
    • 1st edition (March 2025): Program, Photo 
    • 2nd edition (March 2026): Program NEW!!
  • ​BSE Summer Forum: "Growth and Productivity" (GRP)
    • 1st edition (June 2025): Program, Photo
    • 2nd edition (June 2026): Call for papers NEW!!

WORKING PAPERS


The Effects of Startup Acquisitions on Innovation and Economic Growth (February 2026)
   with Christian Fons-Rosen and Tom Schmitz

   Review of Economic Studies, Revise and Resubmit
   { working paper | VoxEU column | slides } 

Dual Labor Markets and the Equilibrium Distribution of Firms (November 2025)
   with Josep Pijoan-Mas
   
{ working paper }

​Consumer Price Stickiness in the Euro Area During an Inflation Surge (December 2025)
   with Erwan Gautier, Cristina Conflitti, Daniel Enderle, Ludmila Fadejeva, Alex Grimaud, Eduardo Gutiérrez, Valentin Jouvanceau, Jan-Oliver Menz, Alari Paulus, Pavlos Petroulas and Elisabeth Wieland
   { working paper | slides }

Industry Life Cycles in General Equilibrium (February 2024)
   with Laurent Cavenaile, Ruben Gaetani and Tom Schmitz
   { slides | draft coming soon }

A Theory of Dynamic Product Awareness and Targeted Advertising (August 2023)
   with Laurent Cavenaile, Murat Alp Celik and Jesse Perla
   Journal of Political Economy, Revise and Resubmit
   { working paper | slides }

PUBLICATIONS


​[6] Style Over Substance? Advertising, Innovation and Endogenous Market Structure
    with Laurent Cavenaile, Murat Alp Celik and Xu Tian
    Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 149, 103683, January 2025


​​[5] ​​New Facts on Consumer Price Rigidity in the Euro Area  { replication files }
    with Erwan Gautier, Cristina Conflitti, Riemer P. Faber, Brian Fabo, Ludmila Fadejeva, Valentin Jouvanceau, Jan-Oliver Menz, Teresa Messner, Pavlos Petroulas, Fabio Rumler, Sergio Santoro, Elisabeth Wieland and Hélène Zimmer
    American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 386-431, October 2024

​​​[4] International Trade and Innovation Dynamics with Endogenous Markups  { online appendix }
    with Laurent Cavenaile and Tom Schmitz
    Economic Journal,
Vol. 133, No. 651, pp. 971-1004, April 2023

​​​[3] ​​​Markups and Cost Structure: Small Spanish Firms During the Great Recession
    with Pilar Garcia-Perea and Aitor Lacuesta
​
​    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 192, pp. 137-158, December 2021

​​​[2] Advertising, Innovation and Economic Growth
    with Laurent Cavenaile
    American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 251-303, July 2021

​​​[1] Firm Dynamics and Pricing under Customer Capital Accumulation  { online appendix }
    with Sonia Gilbukh
    Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 118, pp. 99-119, March 2021​​
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