Laura Ballester Miquel

Laura Ballester Miquel is an Associate Professor at the Universitat de València, affiliated with the Faculty of Economics and the Department of Financial and Accounting Studies. She is a member of the EFEN (Financial Economics and Energy Finance) research group, contributing to advanced research in financial risk, credit markets, and sustainability finance.

Research Interests: Her work spans financial economics, with a focus on sovereign credit default swaps (CDS), interest rate risk in banking, green finance, and corporate governance. She also investigates pedagogical methods in finance and accounting education, particularly the impact of self-assessment on student performance.

The recent publications indicate a strong trend toward integrating sustainability and environmental performance into financial risk models, alongside continued work on systemic risk, credit scoring using machine learning, and volatility spillovers in global markets. Her interdisciplinary approach combines econometric modeling, empirical finance, and educational innovation.

Scientific Contributions:

• Extensive research on sovereign CDS and stock market volatility linkages
• Studies on green bond issuance and credit risk
• Development of credit scoring models using random forests
• Analysis of corporate governance and default risk
• Innovative work in finance and accounting pedagogy

Advising and Grants: While specific grant details are not listed, her sustained publication record and PhD supervision suggest active involvement in research projects and academic mentoring. She supervised her doctoral thesis on interest rate exposure in Spanish banks and continues to contribute to the academic training of future economists.

Labs and Teams: She is actively involved in the EFEN research group, which focuses on financial economics and energy finance, promoting collaborative research and international scholarly engagement.