Veronica Gombau Bertomeu

Veronica Gombau Bertomeu is a Researcher at the Department of Economics of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). She is affiliated with the Industry and Territory Research Group (GRIT) and earned her doctorate in 2012 under the supervision of Agustí Segarra. Her academic work focuses on innovation, productivity, and regional economic development.

• Education: PhD in Economics (URV, 2012)

Research interests include:

• Innovation and technological frontier
• Absorptive capacity and knowledge externalities
• Business dynamics and productivity
• Regional development and public policy evaluation
• Immigration’s economic impacts

Recent projects span topics like:

• Cost-benefit analysis of the Mediterranean Corridor
• Productivity effects of immigration in Catalonia
• Knowledge economy in Tarragona regions
• Internationalization of services
• Strategic planning for Camp de Tarragona