Mikel Tapia

Mikel Tapia is a full-time Professor of Financial Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). He holds a PhD in Economics (1996) and a Bachelor's degree (1990) from the University of the Basque Country.

• Research focuses on market microstructure, liquidity, algorithmic trading, and high-frequency trading
• Published extensively in journals like Journal of Banking and Finance, Quantitative Finance, and International Review of Economics & Finance
• Key research themes include market design, systematic liquidity risk, and trading activity impacts on market quality

His articles analyze topics spanning from voluntary pre-trade anonymity mechanisms to high-frequency trading impacts on market quality, with methodological approaches covering empirical analyses of Spanish and NYSE markets, computational intelligence models, and theoretical frameworks connecting globalization and reputational economics.