Jose Apesteguia

Jose Apesteguia is an ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, affiliated with the Department of Economics and Business. He received his PhD in Economics from the Public University of Navarra in 2001, followed by postdoctoral work at the University of Bonn and a Ramón y Cajal fellowship at UPF. His research integrates behavioral economics, decision theory, and political economy, with a focus on modeling human choice anomalies and stochastic behavior.

Apesteguia's work spans:

• Behavioral adaptations in economic decisions
• Random utility models for heterogeneous preferences
• Language-driven moral cognition in cross-cultural contexts

His publications emphasize quantitative rigor, employing field experiments and theoretical frameworks to dissect irrationality in human behavior.

Honors include the competitive Ramón y Cajal Fellowship and the prestigious ICREA Research Professorship. He teaches courses like 'Bounded Rationality in Choice' (PhD) and 'Behavioral Decision Theory' (BSc), and mentors students through CREi-Fundacio Catalunya La Pedrera's economics outreach program.