Pedro Rey Biel

Pedro Rey Biel is an Associate Professor at Esade School of Business Administration and Management, affiliated with the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting. He leads the Research Group on Leadership and Innovation in Public Management and maintains active collaborations with institutions like AGAUR and Fundació La Caixa.

• Focus areas: Public Policy, Gender Differences, Social Welfare, Experimental Economics
• Supervised PhD project: Aplicaciones de la Economía Experimental (2024-2027)
• Key projects: POLICONSTRAINTS (Evidence-Based Policy Making), GLIGP (Public Management Innovation)

His research explores how competitive pressure affects gender disparities, the efficiency of incentive structures, and behavioral responses in game theory contexts. Recent projects examine barriers to evidence-based policy implementation in Spain through field experiments.

Active in experimental economic research with over 37 publications and 1737 citations on Scopus. Collaborates with international researchers on topics like affirmative action and decision-making under constraints. Current work includes the ICREA Academy 2024 grant (2025-2029) and AGAUR-funded public management research (2022-2025).