Victor Emilio Troster

Dr. Victor Emilio Troster is an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), a position he has held since 2015. He earned his PhD in Economics from the Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain in 2015.

His teaching portfolio spans undergraduate and graduate programs across multiple disciplines, including Business Administration, Economics, Law, and Tourism. For the 2025-26 academic year, he teaches Survey Analysis and Multivariate Techniques across various dual degree programs, Econometrics across multiple Business Administration programs on different Balearic Islands campuses, and Data Reduction Techniques in the Master's in Tourism Economics.

Dr. Troster's research focuses on financial, theoretical and time series econometrics, with special emphasis on causality tests, specification tests of quantile regression models, and financial asset forecasting models. His work demonstrates a consistent pattern of high-quality publications in leading journals across econometrics and financial economics, showing particular strength in methodological innovation applied to real-world financial problems. The research spans theoretical econometrics, financial market analysis, risk management, and energy economics applications.

He has participated in competitive national research projects funded by Spain's Ministry of Science and Innovation and is an active member of the Econometría y Ciencia de Datos (ECD) research group at UIB.

Dr. Troster supervises final degree projects for Economics and Business Administration students and has taught specialized courses including Big Data Econometrics in the Master's Degree in Big Data Analysis. His international collaborations span multiple continents, reflecting the global relevance of his research contributions to econometric methodology and financial applications.