Abertis Chair of Regulation, Competition and Public Policy

The Abertis Chair of Regulation, Competition and Public Policy, created in 2006, is dedicated to researching, generating ideas and increasing knowledge in the fields of regulation, competition and public policy. The research findings contribute to the inspiration and education of employers and managers.

The Chair fosters the exchange of ideas between businesses and academic institutions. To this end, it organizes a wide range of activities, such as international symposia and congresses, regular meetings of experts from all over the world, keynote lectures, sessions for IESE’s Alumni Learning Program and courses in collaboration with the Public-Private Sector Research Center.

Research areas.

  • Business mergers, regulation and competition in Europe
  • Regulatory mechanisms in network industries
  • Regulation of the banking sector and financial markets
  • Market structure and innovation

Sponsor.

Abertis

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

VIVES, X., YE, Z. (2025). Information technology and lender competition. Journal of Financial Economics, 163, Article 103957. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2024.103957. MONDRIA, J., VIVES, X., YANG, L. (2022). Costly interpretation of asset prices. Management Science, 68 (1), 52-74. doi:10.1287/mnsc.2020.3871. MANZANO, C., VIVES, X. (2021). Market power and welfare in asymmetric divisible good auctions. Theoretical Economics, 16 (3), 1095-1137. doi:10.3982/TE3675.

Working Papers

VIVES, X. (2024). La competencia en los mercados digitales. CESPA, G., VIVES, X. (2017). High Frequency Trading and Fragility (WP-1161-E). Barcelona: IESE.

Proceedings

FERRANDO, A., MCADAM, P., PETROULAKIS, F., VIVES, X. (2023). Monetary policy, market power, and SMEs. (pp. 105–109). AEA Papers and Proceedings. VIVES, X., BANAL-ESTAÑOL, A., SELDESLACHTS, J. (2020). Diversification, common ownership, and strategic incentives. (pp. 561 - 564). AEA Papers and Proceedings.

Non-refereed articles

VIVES, X., RIVERO, D. (2023). Open Banking. Promise and trade-offs. European Economy. Banks, Regulation, and the Real Sector, pp. 45-56. VIVES, X. (2020). La banca frente a la disrupción digital. Papeles de Economía Española (162), pp. 2 - 13.

Studies

COHEN, J., GABÁS, C., ACEITUNO, S., RIBERA, J., RIBERA, J. (2022). Proyecto Thinking Big. Análisis de las necesidades más urgentes y sus posibles soluciones en el manejo del paciente con artritis reumatoide. IESE. SALVADOR, J., RICART, J. E., TRILLAS, F., RODRÍGUEZ PLANAS, M. (2019). Planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales y emisor submarino La Chira (Perú). IESE. SALVADOR, J., RICART, J. E., TRILLAS, F., RODRÍGUEZ PLANAS, M. (2018). Acueducto El Realito (México). Case de estudio PPP for cities. IESE.