Felipe Brugués

Welcome. I'm an Assistant Professor working on industrial organization, finance, development economics, and political economy: how firms behave in weak institutional environments.

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Felipe Brugués
Role
Assistant Professor
Institution
ITAM Business School
Ph.D.
Brown University, 2021
Fields
IO · Development · Finance · Political Economy
01 · About

I am an Assistant Professor at the Business School of the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Before joining ITAM, I spent a year as a postdoctoral researcher at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Starting July 2027, I will be an Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Toronto.

I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University in 2021. My research sits at the intersection of industrial organization, finance, development economics, and political economy, with a focus on firm behavior and agency frictions in weak institutional environments.

Alongside economics, I keep an active studio practice as an amateur visual artist.

NextUniversity of Toronto · Canada Assistant Professor, from 2027
NowITAM · Mexico Assistant Professor, 2022 – 2027
BeforeUniversitat Pompeu Fabra · Spain Postdoctoral Researcher, 2021 – 2022
TrainingBrown University · USA · Ph.D. Economics, 2021 Advisors: Jesse Shapiro, Rafael La Porta, Neil Thakral

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