ESSEC:

Associate Professor

Departments of Economics and Finance

B.P. 105, Av. Bernard Hirsch

95021 Cergy Pontoise Cedex

Tel: (+33)-1-34433339

Fax: (+33)-1-34433212

E-Mail: valderrama@essec.fr

Researcher

ENS, 48 Bd Jourdan, 75014 Paris.

Tel: (+33)-1-43136304

E-Mail : valderrama@delta.ens.fr

Date of birth: 4^th October 1970 Nationality: Spanish Sex: Female

London School of Economics (U.K.), 1995-2000

• MPhil and Ph.D. in Economics; expected date of completion Dec 2000
• Master of Science in Economics

University of Valladolid (Spain), 1988-1993 and 1994-1996.

• MPhil in The Organization of the Firm 1994-1996
• Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance 1988-1993

Applied Microeconomics

Corporate Governance

Political Economy

• Institutional Inertia in a Model of Dynamic Voting. (ESEM, EEA 1999).

• Privatization and Incomplete Contracts: A Political Economy Approach. Thesis Chapter.
• Sequential Voting in a Cooperative. Thesis Chapter.
• Promoting the Stable Expansion of Banking (1998). Joint with Philippe Aghion, Patrick Bolton and Simon Commander. Transition Report 1998 –Financial Sector in Transition-. EBRD.

• Sep 2000-2001 Lecturer on Contract Theory and International Finance; ESSEC
• Jan-April 2000, Temporary Lecturer in The Theory of the Firm, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona).

• 1999-2000, T.A in Mathematical Economics, London School of Economics.

• 1997-1998, T.A in Basic Mathematics for Economists, London School of Economics.
• Fall 1997, T.A in Statistics for MSc in Economics, London School of Economics.
• 1994-1995, Temporary Lecturer in The Theory of the Firm, University of Valladolid.

• 1999, Referee for the American Economic Review.

• 1998, Internship in the Chief Economist Office, EBRD.
• 1996-1999, Research Assistant for the Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics.
• 1993-1994, Auditor and Consultant for the Financial Sector, Arthur Andersen & Co, Madrid (Spain).

• Premio Extraordinario de Licenciatura (Prize for the top first-degree student) awarded by University of Valladolid, 1996.
• London School of Economics, Dep. of Economics Scholarship, 1999.
• Royal Economic Society Easter School, 1997.
• Spanish Ministry of Education Scholarship FPI, 1996-1998.
• British Council and La Caixa Scholarship, 1995.
• European Union, Erasmus Grant (University of Stirling, U.K.), 1994-95.
• European Union, Erasmus Grant (University of York, U.K.), Summer 1991.

• Pre-MSc Session in Economics and Quantitative Methods, University of York, Summer 1991 (Distinction).
• Diploma in Economics, Law and Translation, University of Le Havre (France), Spring 1990.
• Fluency in English and Spanish (mother tongue). French (fair).