Fernando del Rio Iglesias

Fernando del Rio Iglesias serves as Professor in the Department of Fundamentals of Economic Analysis at the University of Santiago de Compostela's Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences. He maintains dual affiliations with the Interuniversity Research Center in Economics and Business for Society (ECOBAS) and the AEMI Economic Analysis of Markets and Institutions research group, positioning him at the intersection of theoretical and applied macroeconomics.

Academic Background:

• PhD in Economics from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2000)
• Thesis: "Monopolistic competition in models of overlapping generations and technical progress incorporated in models of capital generation"
• Supervisors: Dr. Omar Licandro and Dr. Raouf Boucekkine

Research Focus: Professor del Rio's work bridges macroeconomic theory and empirical analysis, initially examining technical change impacts on productivity and employment before pivoting to income distribution dynamics. His recent scholarship investigates technological bias in labor income share decline across OECD nations and the structural forces driving global income distribution over seven decades. Through vintage capital modeling and growth accounting techniques, he reveals how capital obsolescence, regulatory frameworks, and institutional quality shape economic outcomes.

Publication Trends: Analysis of his 25-year output shows distinct evolution: early work (1999-2010) established foundations in productivity cycles and technical change, the middle period (2010-2019) integrated institutional analysis of regulatory policies and rent-seeking, while current research (2020-2025) delivers sophisticated distributional analyses using advanced econometric and accounting methods. This progression reflects macroeconomics' broader disciplinary shift toward inequality questions while maintaining technical rigor.

Research Environment: As core faculty in USC's economics department and active member of ECOBAS, Professor del Rio operates within Spain's robust academic economics network. His leadership in the AEMI research group fosters collaborative investigation of market institutions, with particular emphasis on how political economy factors influence economic performance. The group's focus on empirical validation of theoretical models creates a dynamic environment for graduate researchers.