Antonio Cabrales Goitia
Economics 2021Professor in the Department of Economics, Carlos III University of Madrid.
(Madrid, aged 56) He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California. He was a professor at University College London and at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. He is executive vice-president of the European Economic Association and a former president of the Spanish Economic Association.
His specialism is game theory, with a particular focus on behavioural and experimental economics, and the analysis of social networks. He has also made some contributions to the economics of education and health. Whilst this latter area is of lesser scientific significance, it has yielded notable results because he has been able to communicate it to the general public through a very popular blog (‘Nothing is Free’) and frequent media appearances.
His research has resulted in 54 publications in scientific journals of general and specialist interest, both within economics and in other disciplines, including the *American Economic Review*, the *Journal of Political Economy*, the *Review of Economic Studies*, the *Journal of the European Economic Association*, the *Journal of Economic Theory*, *Management Science*, the *Review of Financial Studies*, the *Economic Journal*, *Games and Economic Behaviour*, the *International Economic Review*, *PLoS One*, *Physical Review Letters* and *Scientific Reports*.
He is a frequent contributor to the Spanish media and to public debate. Many of his works are widely cited, with around 3,419 citations on Google Scholar.
He is an associate editor of the *Journal of Economic Theory*, and was previously an editor of the *Berkeley Electronic Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy* and *Investigaciones Económicas*, as well as an associate editor of the *Journal of the European Economic Association* and *SERIEs*.
Jury rulingThe jury for the Rei Jaume I Prize in Economics, meeting in Valencia, has decided by a majority to award the 2021 prize to Mr Antonio Cabrales Goitia.
For his contributions in the fields of game theory, behavioural and experimental economics, and the analysis of social networks. His early work focused on analysing the dynamics of economic environments. Building on this, his most recent contributions centre on adaptive dynamics, or, if you prefer, dynamics of bounded rationality. His interest extends beyond this to a wide range of public policy areas – such as education, health and labour – for the analysis of which he utilises a varied arsenal of techniques rooted in economic theory. To this must be added his regular presence in the media, guiding and contributing to the discussion of the main issues facing the Spanish economy.
