Carlos Sunyer

I am an applied economist and a PhD Candidate in Finance at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. My research interests lie in how the financial system and the real economy shape each other.

Outside of work, you will usually find me playing football, up a mountain, photographing nature, or reading essays on all sorts of subjects.

I am on the job market in 2026-27.

Upcoming visit. In the fall semester of 2026 I will be visiting Columbia Business School. If you are around, I am always happy to meet.

Research

Working papers

State Income Taxation and the Allocation of Bank Credit Supply

Job Market Paper · 2026

Draft available upon request.

Political Polarization and Human Capital Allocation (SSRN, CEPR)

with David Martínez-Miera · 2025

Columns: El Mundo · VoxEU

Media coverage: El Mundo · ABC · El Confidencial · El Periódico · La Razón · The Objective · El Debate · El Catalán

Brick Booms, Brain Drains

with David Martínez-Miera and Di Zhang · 2026

Draft available upon request.

Attracting Talent to General Practice through Financial Incentives (SSRN)

with Lucía Cobreros and Judit Vall · 2025

Publications

Paying for Parity: Incentivizing Men in Feminized Occupations

with Lucía Cobreros and Judit Vall · Economics Letters, 2026

Technology Catch-up in Agriculture among Advanced Economies

with Yu Sheng, Eldon V. Ball, Kennet Ericson and Carlos San Juan Mesonada · The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 67(1), 2023

Book chapters

Propuestas para reducir la presión asistencial sobre la atención primaria [Proposals to Reduce Workload Pressure in Primary Care]

with Lucía Cobreros · in Un País Posible: Manual de Reformas Políticamente Viables, Deusto, 2023

Contact

Feel free to reach out via email: csunyer@eco.uc3m.es