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Ariadna Dumitrescu


    Associate Professor in the Department of Financial Management and Control
    URL Associate Professor
Coordinator, GREF
Av.Pedralbes, 60-62
E-08034 Barcelona
ariadna.dumitrescu@esade.edu
Phone: +34 932 806 162
Ext. 2311
Fax: +34 932 048 105

Academic training
  • Máster en Economía. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Doctor en Economía. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Licenciada en Matemáticas. Universidad de Bucarest
Interest Areas
  • Asset pricing
  • Market microstructure
Biography
Ariadna Dumitrescu holds a PhD in Economics from IDEA, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and a BA in Mathematics from the University of Bucharest.

She teaches Corporate Finance, Fixed Income and Futures and Options at Undergraduate, Master and Executive level. She has also taught Mathematics for Economists and Mathematical Models for Economists at Undergraduate level. Her collaboration with private companies includes Citibank Romania, Banc Sabadell and BBVA.

Her research interests are asset pricing and strategic behaviour in financial markets, with applications to market microstructure and valuation of corporate debt. She has presented her work at prestigious conferences and has been invited as a seminar speaker by the Financial Markets Group/LSE, the Bank of England, HEC Montreal, ESADE Business School, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, IESE Business School, Said Business School, Haskayne School of Business, University College London, among others.

She has also belonged to the Scientific Committees of the Annual Meeting of the American Financial Management Association 2007, the European Meeting of the American Financial Management Association 2007, the Annual Meeting of the European Finance Association 2006, the Annual Meeting of the European Financial Management Association 2006, the 10th Meeting of Young Economists 2005, and the Annual Meeting of the Spanish Finance Association 2004.

Ariadna Dumitrescu joined ESADE in September 2003.
Teaching experience

Teaching activity at ESADE
  • Financial Modelling, Master in Finance
  • Introductory Week, Master of Research in Management Sciences

Investigation

Specialised publications

Reviewed publications

  • Dumitrescu, A. (2010). The strategic specialist and imperfect competition in a limit order market. Journal of Banking and Finance, 34( 1), 255-266.

  • Dumitrescu, A. (2010). Liquidity and optimal market transparency. European Financial Management, 16(4), 599-623.

  • Dumitrescu, A. (2007). Valuation of defaultable bonds and debt restructuring. Journal of Corporate Finance, 13(1), 94-111.

Other scientific / technical papers

Monographs

  • Dumitrescu, A.. . A Decomposition Analysis of Income and Expenditure Inequalities and Changes in Relative Poverty in Bulgaria during Transition - Analysis of HBS Data: 1989, 1993. CERGE.European Community PHARE.

  • Dumitrescu, A.. . The Determinants of Emerging Markets Bond Spread.Banc Sabadell.

Conference proceedings (reviewed & published)

Published books and chapters

Book chapters
  • Dumitrescu, A. (2010). Correlated-asset trading and disclosure of private information. In G. N. Gregoriou (ed.) (Ed.). The handbook of trading: Strategies for navigating and profiting from currency, bond, and stock markets (pp. 429-442). New York: McGraw-Hill .[ISBN: 978-0-07-174353-2]

Working papers

Participation in conferences, congresses, semanay and workshops

  • Dumitrescu, A. (2007). Corporate governance and market liquidity.
    Tel-Aviv University. Invited Seminar. Tel Aviv (Israel), 20/11/2007


  • Dumitrescu, A. (2007). Asset pricing and liquidity.
    Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Research Workshop on Asset Pricing. Madrid, 19/10/2007


  • Dumitrescu, A. (2011). Corporate governance and market liquidity.
    ESADE. 2010-2011 GREF Seminar. Barcelona, 15/01/2011


  • Dumitrescu, A. (2007). Corporate governance and market liquidity.
    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Invited Seminar. Leuven (Belgium), 03/12/2007


  • Dumitrescu, A. (2007). Financial Risk Management.
    Romanian Stock Exchange and Romanian Brokers Association. Capital Markets in Romania. Bucarest, Rumania, 22/05/2007


  • Dumitrescu, A. (2011). Liquidez de mercado, estructura de propiedad y gobierno corporativo, una comparativa entre España e Italia.
    Fundación de la Universidad de Cantabria para el Estudio de la Investigación del Sector Financiero (UCEIF). Entrega de los Premios de la Fundación UCEIF. Santander, 24/01/2011


  • Dumitrescu, A. (2007). Corporate governance and market liquidity.
    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Invited Seminar. Jerusalem (Israel), 21/11/2007


  • Dumitrescu, A. (2008). Liquidity and optimal market transparency.
    ESADE. Financial Seminar Series. Barcelona, 26/09/2008


External activity and representation

Participation in committees for accreditation assessment and doctoral theses

Participate incommittee
  • Evaluador (referee) de revista científica (academic journal)
    Moneda y Crédito.2008


  • Evaluador (referee) de revista científica (academic journal)
    Journal of Banking and Finance.


  • Evaluador (referee) de revista científica (academic journal)
    SERIES.2010


  • Evaluador (referee) de revista científica (academic journal)
    European Finance Association Annual Meeting.


  • Evaluador (referee) de revista científica (academic journal)
    Journal of Corporate Finance.


  • Evaluador (referee) de revista científica (academic journal)
    Journal of Banking and Finance.2010


Dissertation
  • Tesinas . Valoración de la Flexibilidad en la Exploracion y el Desarrollo de un Yacimiento Petrolifero. ESADE. 2006

  • Tesinas . La Regulación Bancaria Internacional: Basilea I y Basilea II. ESADE. 2005

  • Tesinas . Warrants: Valoración-Utilización. ESADE. 2005

  • Tesinas . Eficiencia del Mercado de Capitales. ESADE. 2006

Participation in conferences, congresses, semanay and workshops

  • Liquidity and Asset Pricing, Madrid Finance Workshop. Madrid, 02/2010

  • Pricing and Competition in the Mutual Fund Industry, Bocconi University. Milan, Italy, 10/2009

  • VI International Symposium of Generalized Convexity. Samos, Grecia, 03/1999

  • The European Banking and Financial Forum. Praga, República Checa, 03/1998

External activity and representation

  • Romanian Ministry of Education and Science. External Examiner

Additional information

Prizes, grants and subsidies

Grants and subsidies
  • Marie Curie Fellowship. 2002

  • Research Project ECO2008-05218, Financial Reporting, Ownership Structure and Quotes on the Spanish Stock Exchange, Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia.

  • Fundación UCEIF. 2010

  • IDEA Fellowship, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 2001

  • USAID Grant, Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education, Charles University. 1997

  • PHARE ACE Fellowship, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 1998