Background
Torrents, Xavier Vives was born on January 23, 1955 in Barcelona, Spain. Son of Santiago Vives and Rosa Torrents.
Torrents, Xavier Vives was born on January 23, 1955 in Barcelona, Spain. Son of Santiago Vives and Rosa Torrents.
Licence in economics, University Autonoma Barcelona, 1978. Master of Arts in Economics, University California, Berkeley, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University California, Berkeley, 1983.
Assistant professor University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1983-1986. Senior researcher Fundacion de Estudios de Economia Aplicada, Madrid, 1988-1989. Vice director Institute Anàlisi Econòmica, Barcelona, 1990-1991, director, since 1991.
Visiting assistant professor University California, Berkeley, 1984. Research fellow Center Economic Policy Research, London, since 1988, program director, 1991-1997. Member council European Economic Association, Brussels, 1991-1995.
Visiting professor Harvard University, 1997-1998. King Juan Carlos I of Spain chair Spanish culture and civilization New York University, 1999.
Fellow Econometric Society. Member American Economics Association.
Married Aurora Bastida, February 11, 1995. 1 child, Jaume Vives, Marti Vives.