Dr. Juan Carlos Peña

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E-Mail: juancarlos.penamendez(at)bnetza.de

Brief Biography

Dr. Juan Carlos Peña graduated his Bachelor's Degree in Business Science with focus on International Trade and Financial Accounting at the Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil in Ecuador. Then, he studied at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg the master program Economics where he received his degree in April 2016. He wrote his Master Thesis about the topic „Dollarization in Ecuador: Performance, Problems and Alternatives". In 2021 Juan Carlos Peña completed his PhD at the Professorship of Prof. Dr. Christian Proaño with the topic „Essays on Inequality, Economic Growth and Political Polarization“ within the graduate programme PK 045 of the Hans-Böckler Foundation. Since January 2023 he works for the "Bundesnetzagentur" and is lecturer at the Professorship for Macroeconomics and International Finance, Prof. Dr. Christian Proaño.  

Fields of Research

Time series econometrics, applied macroeconomics, monetary policy, financial markets

Selected Publications:

Proaño, C. R., Peña, J. C. and Schnellbacher, S. (2023),
How Does Financial Development Affect the Growth-Inequality Nexus? Evidence from a PCHVAR Analysis,
Industrial and Corporate Change

Proaño, C. R., Peña, J. C. and Saalfeld, T. (2022),
Inequality, Macroeconomic Performance and Political Polarization: A Panel Analysis of 20 Advanced Democracies,
Review of Social Economy

Lustenhouwer, J., Makarewicz, T. Peña, J. C. and Proaño, C.R. (2021),
Are Some People More Equal than Others? Experimental Evidence on Group Identity and Income Inequality,
BERG Working Paper 168(942.1 KB) University of Bamberg

Proaño C.R., Peña J.C. und Saalfeld T. (2019),
Inequality, Macroeconomic Performance and Political Polarization: An Empirical Analysis.
BERG Working Paper 157(648.9 KB, 48 pages) Universität Bamberg