Maria Llop Llop

Maria Llop Llop is a Full Professor at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). She has held significant leadership positions including Secretary of the Department of Economics (2003-2006), Director of the Centre de Recerca en Economia Industrial i Economia Pública (CREIP) (2010-2013), and currently serves as the Director of the Department of Economics (since July 2022). Her office is located at S3.4a and she can be reached at 977759898.

Professor Llop specializes in Public Economics, Environmental Economics, and Applied General Equilibrium. Her research primarily focuses on input-output analysis, environmental economics, and regional economic modeling. She has extensively studied water economics, energy economics, CO2 emissions, and environmental policy impacts. Her work often applies quantitative methods to analyze sustainability issues, resource allocation, and environmental policy effectiveness.

Her publications demonstrate a consistent research trajectory analyzing environmental and economic interactions, particularly through input-output and general equilibrium models. The most recent works focus on water intensity, energy price formation, CO2 taxation effects, and carbon footprint analysis. Her research has increasingly incorporated multi-objective approaches to address complex environmental challenges, with significant attention to Mediterranean and European contexts.

Professor Llop has led numerous competitive research projects funded by Spanish and Catalan governmental institutions including the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Ministry of Science and Innovation, and the Generalitat de Catalunya. Her projects span from 2000 to 2019, demonstrating sustained research activity over two decades.

She has taught a wide range of courses including Microeconomics, Public Sector Theory, Environmental and Energy Economics, and Economic Analysis of Markets across various undergraduate and master's programs at URV from 2000 to 2020. She is affiliated with the Quantitative, Urban and Regional Economics (QURE) research group.