Leonardo Sánchez-Aragón
Leonardo Sánchez-Aragón

Associate Professor

About Me

I am Associate Professor at the ESPOL University. My research interests include estimating agricultural productivity, evaluating the effectiveness of agricultural insurance and weather derivatives, and the impact of social networks. I have served ESPOL as Associate Dean and as Dean of the Faculty of Social and Humanistic Sciences, and Viceminsitry of Economy in Ecuador. Currently, I am associated researcher of Center of Economic Research at ESPOL.

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Interests
  • Network economics
  • Absorptive capacity and Organizational Learning
  • Agricultural Economics
Education
  • PhD in Agricultural Economics

    Texas A&M University, USA

  • MSc in Economics

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

  • BSc in Economics

    ESPOL University, Ecuador

Awards

Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award

Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award

The First Place Winners of the Banamex Prize

Recent News

El Modelo de Equidad Territorial

El MET es una herramienta clave para distribuir los recursos de manera equitativa entre los municipios, sin embargo, las diferencias regionales en los ingresos y gastos sugieren que aún hay margen para mejora, de modo que todas las regiones puedan alcanzar niveles de desarrollo más equitativos.