XXI ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SPANISH ASSOCIATION FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS
Program
XXI ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SPANISH ASSOCIATION FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS
“Sustainable Energy Development: Socio-economic, Environmental and Geopolitical Implications”
Pamplona, 27–29 May 2026
Wednesday, 27 May 2026 |
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Conference Room - Jerónimo de Ayanz Building (Research Institutes) Public University of Navarre (UPNA) |
15:30-17:00 |
Red Mentes Meeting |
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17:15-18:00 |
Informal Participants' Welcome |
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18:00-19:30 |
Round Table – Women in the Energy Sector |
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19:45-21:00 |
Pinchos & Welcome Cocktail |
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Thursday, 28 May 2026 |
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8:30-9:00 |
Registration & Document Collection |
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9:00-10:30 |
Parallel Sessions (I)
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00-12:30 |
Opening Ceremony |
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12:30-13:45 |
Plenary Lecture – Peter Hartley (Rice University) |
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13:45-15:15 |
Lunch |
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15:15-16:45 |
Parallel Sessions (II)
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16:45-17:30 |
AEEE Members' Assembly |
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17:30-18:45 |
Break |
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18:45-20:15 |
Guided Tour – UNAV Museum |
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20:15-22:00 |
Gala Dinner – MUN UNAV Restaurant |
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Friday, 29 May 2026 |
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9:15-10:45 |
Parallel Sessions (III)
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10:45-11:15 |
Coffee Break |
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11:15-12:30 |
Plenary Lecture – Monica Giulietti (University of Nottingham) |
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12:30-13:45 |
Parallel Sessions (IV)
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13:45-14:15 |
Closing Ceremony – REE Awards Presentation |
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14:15-15:30 |
Lunch |
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Sesiones paralelas I | 28 de mayo, 9:00–10:30
| Topic | Room | Chair | ||
| 1.1. Socioeconomic and Distributional Impacts I | Aula 31 (Edificio CENTRAL) | Xaquín García-Muros | Atlas de la Pobreza Energética de España | Manuel Tomás, Iñaki Arto, Xaquín García-Muros, Mikel González-Eguino Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) |
| Distributional and Socioeconomic Impacts of Fiscal Instruments for Climate Neutrality: A Microsimulation Analysis for the Basque Country | Nerea Urrutia, Cristina Pizarro-Irizar, Mikel Erkoreka, Iñaki Arto Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) | |||
| Green Investment, Inequality and Misallocation | Louis-Marie Harpedanne Banque de France | |||
| 1.2. Electricity Markets, Storage and Regulation | Aula 32 (Edificio CENTRAL) | María Cristina Pizarro Irizar | Más allá del arbitraje: Impacto económico y efectos redistributivos del almacenamiento masivo de electricidad | Angel Arcos-Vargas, Javier Alonso-Perez Universidad de Sevilla |
| Más allá del litio: el rol del bombeo y las baterías en la descarbonización | Javier Alonso-Perez, Angel Arcos-Vargas Universidad de Sevilla | |||
| Electricity System Service Costs on the Rise: Is Spain's Cost Allocation Mechanism Still Fit for Purpose? | Pedro Avello Gorostidi, José Pablo Chaves Ávila Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI) | |||
| Annual Cost Recovery of Electricity Storage Under Day-Ahead Arbitrage: A Technology-Comparable Benchmark for MIBEL (2021–2024) | Manuel Abeledo, Miguel Rodriguez GEN Research Group, Universidade de Vigo | |||
| 1.3. Energy and Climate Policy Instruments | Aula 33 (Edificio CENTRAL) | Sara Cano Rodríguez | Trump the Greenium? Evidence about the US Withdrawal from the Paris Accord | David Echeverry Universidad de Navarra |
| Economic and Environmental Efficiency in Europe: A By-Production DEA Across Industry Sectors | Rodrigo Cestau, Pablo Arocena Universidad Pública de Navarra | |||
| Carbon Burden: US vs. EU27. Does the ETS System Work? | Mireia Giné, José Azar, Juan Antonio Abello Universidad de Navarra | |||
| Are Demand Management Policies Useless in Future Carbon-Free Energy Systems? An Assessment of the 2050 Spanish Long-Term Decarbonisation Strategy | Miguel Rodríguez, Jorge Domínguez, Francisco de Asís López Universidade de Vigo |
Sesiones paralelas II | 28 de mayo, 15:15–16:45
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| 2.1. Financial Markets and Climate Policy | Aula 11 (Edificio CENTRAL) | Jacinto Balaguer Coll | Pricing Plain Vanilla Options on Henry Hub Futures: Introducing a Hump-Shaped Volatility Model | Luis Berruguete, Carme Frau, Ma. Dolores Robles Universitat de les Illes Balears |
| Carbon Pricing and the Distribution of Business Vulnerability: Evidence on Microenterprises under ETS2 in Spain | María Moyano-Reina, Xaquín García-Muros, Mikel González-Eguino Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) | |||
| Impact of the EU ETS on Sectoral Emissions | Alex Sanz Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | |||
| Integración energética y cooperación climática en un modelo RICE ampliado: implicaciones climáticas y económicas a largo plazo | Iago Gomes Gonçalves, Ian Michael Trotter, María Rosa Duarte Pac Universidade Federal de Viçosa / Universidad de Zaragoza | |||
| 2.2. Mitigation and Adaptation | Aula 31 (Edificio CENTRAL) | Mar Rubio Varas | From Least-Cost Plans to Implementable Electrification: An Iterative Convergence Procedure for Electrification Planning, Regulation, and Finance | Santos J. Díaz-Pastor, Ignacio J. Pérez-Arriaga IIT Comillas & MIT Energy Initiative |
| Hydro-Climatic Constraints and Nuclear Power in Spain: A Historical Economic Perspective (1968–2025) | Diego Sesma-Martín Universidad de La Rioja | |||
| From Snowpack to Power Supply: Evaluating Climate Sensitivity in a Hydro-Economic Framework | Guillermo Rodríguez-López, Ignacio Cazcarro, Miguel Ángel Almazán-Gómez, et al. University of Zaragoza / Agri-food Institute for Aragon (IA2) | |||
| From Least-Cost to SDG-Optimal Sectoral Allocation of Paris Agreement-Compatible Mitigation Efforts | Dirk-Jan Van de Ven, Clàudia Rodés-Bachs, et al. Basque Center for Climate Change | |||
| 2.3. Electricity Markets: Models and Regulation | Aula 32 (Edificio CENTRAL) | Maria Cristina Pizarro | Estimating Preferences Under Attribute Subsetting: Partial-Profile Design Effects in Italy's Electricity Mix Choices | Peio Alcorta, Petr Mariel, Jürgen Meyerhoff, Giovanni Signorello, Maria De Salvo University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) |
| Optimal Regulation of Natural Monopolies: An Application to the Electricity Distribution Grid | Maria Paz Espinosa, Rakel Murillo-Rivas, Cristina Pizarro-Irizar Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) | |||
| Single Price vs Profit Sharing Capacity Auctions in Power Markets | Fulvio Fontini, Michele Moretto University of Salento | |||
| Predicción del precio spot en el Mercado Ibérico mediante modelos autorregresivos con selección de variables | Bernardo Pennacchio, Diego García-Gusano, Lara Mabe, Íñigo Muñoz, et al. Tecnalia Research & Innovation / UPV/EHU | |||
| 2.4. Socioeconomic and Distributional Impacts II | Aula 33 (Edificio CENTRAL) | Xaquín García-Muros | Huella de carbono en el extremo occidental de Europa durante la invasión de Ucrania | David Echeverry, Oscar Barba Universidad de Navarra |
| Evaluating Inter- and Intra-Regional Air Pollution Inequalities in a Decarbonized World | Jon Sampedro, Clàudia Rodés-Bachs, Dirk-Jan Van de Ven, et al. Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) | |||
| Heat-Related Mortality in Europe under Mitigation and Adaptation Scenarios | Clàudia Rodés-Bachs, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Jon Sampedro, Dirk-Jan Van de Ven Basque Centre for Climate Change | |||
| An Across and Within Country Analysis of Who Bears to Cost of EU Decarbonization | Eva Alonso-Epelde, Xaquín Garcia-Muros, Jon Sampedro, Clàudia Rodés-Bachs, et al. Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) |
Sesiones paralelas III | 29 de mayo, 9:15–10:45
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| 3.1. Energy Poverty | Aula 4 (Edificio AMIGOS) | Itzel De Haro López | Is Spain's Energy Voucher Lighting the Way for the Poor? A Microeconomic Evaluation of the Bono Social Eléctrico | Manuel Llorca, Ana Rodriguez-Álvarez Universidad de Oviedo |
| Extreme Weather, Electricity Prices and Energy Affordability: Interpretable AI Evidence from Spain | Elisa Trujillo-Baute Universitat de Lleida | |||
| Quantifying the Effect of Oil Spills on Agricultural Production in Nigeria | Beatriz Manotas Hidalgo Universidad Internacional de La Rioja | |||
| 3.2. Decarbonisation Policy and Mitigation | Aula 7 (Edificio AMIGOS) | Amaya de Ayala | Household Retrofitting Decisions: Heterogeneous Drivers and Latent Household Profiles | Mercè Amich, Petr Mariel, Iñaki Arto Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) / UPV/EHU |
| La relevancia de la metodología Q en la transición energética. Una revisión de la literatura. | Iván Medina, Francisco Javier Ramos Real Universidad de La Laguna | |||
| What Drives Firms' Mitigation or Adaptation to Climate Change? Close the Loop Between the Do List and the Wish List | Jose García-Quevedo, Elisenda Jové-Llopis, Ester Martínez-Ros Universitat de Barcelona | |||
| 3.3. Energy Prices, Mobility and Behavior | Aula 8 (Edificio AMIGOS) | Pablo Arocena | Fast & Furious: Higher Gasoline Prices Reduce Speeding Fatalities | Raúl Bajo-Buenestado, Miguel Ángel Borrella-Mas, Antonio Rocamora Universidad de Alicante |
| Dynamic and Asymmetric Price Effects of Gas Station Entry: Evidence from Heterogeneity-Robust Intertemporal DiD | Jordi Ripollés, Jacint Balaguer Universitat Jaume I | |||
| Demand elasticity under congestion pricing: Evidence from managed lanes in California | Natalia Collado, Pedro Linares, Jose M. Labeaga IIT – Universidad Pontificia Comillas | |||
| 3.4. Research Projects Session | Aula 9 (Edificio AMIGOS) | Jacinto Belaguer Coll | Flexibilidad operativa y de planificación de los sistemas eléctricos para la reducción de costes (POWERFLEX2COST) | Angel Arcos-Vargas, Alejandro Marano Marcolini Universidad de Sevilla |
| Sobre la traslación de los objetivos del PNIEC 2030 a niveles subnacionales: retos y oportunidades | Diego García-Gusano, Lara Mabe, Íñigo Muñoz, Eneko Arrizabalaga, Patxi Hernández TECNALIA Research & Innovation | |||
| Conectividad energética y ODS: Hacia una metodología participativa para la gobernanza de la transición energética transfronteriza | Daniel del Barrio Alvarez Universidad de Tokio | |||
| Achieving Universal Electricity Access in Zambia under the Integrated Framework for Electrification (IFE) | Santos J. Díaz-Pastor, Ignacio J. Pérez-Arriaga IIT Comillas & MIT Energy Initiative | |||
| Energy Inertia and the Effects of Capital Stocks in the Transition to Cleaner Sources | Cristian Ducoing, Mar Rubio Varas, Daniel Morales, Aleksandra Parshina, Yelitza Castillo Universidad Pública de Navarra | |||
| Analysis of Alternative Fuel Deployment Using General Equilibrium Modeling | Pedro Gerber Machado, Tesfaldet Gebreegziabher, Diego Iribarren, et al. IMDEA Energy |
Sesiones paralelas IV | 29 de mayo, 12:30–13:45
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| 4.1. Energy and Economics Outside Europe | Aula 4 (Edificio AMIGOS) | Sara Cano Rodríguez | Explosive Diversification: Organized Crime Adaptation to Mexico's Crackdown on Fuel Theft | Itzel De Haro Lopez, Erik Katovich Universidad de Navarra |
| Beneath the Surface: Tracing the Historical Roots of Russia's Resource Dependence (1880–2022) | Aleksandra Parshina, Cristián Ducoing Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA) | |||
| The Impact of Chilean Copper Mining on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Long Term (1840–2024) | Daniel Morales-Campos, Mar Rubio-Varas Universidad Pública de Navarra | |||
| Don't Waste the Opportunity: A Transaction Costs Analysis in the Argentinean Biogas Value Chain | Federico M. Accursi Universidad Austral | |||
| 4.2. Oil Markets and Energy Shocks | Aula 7 (Edificio AMIGOS) | Antonio J. Garzón | Oil Supply Shocks and the Labor Share: Evidence from the Euro Area | Antonio J. Garzón Universidad de Cádiz |
| Effects of Oil Price Uncertainty on Oil and Gas Companies | Elena Maria Diaz, Juncal Cunado, Fernando Perez de Gracia Universidad de Navarra | |||
| Oil Price Uncertainty and Euro Area Inflation | César Castro, Rebeza Jiménez-Rodríguez Universidad de Navarra | |||
| Reserves, Firm Size, Financial Stability and Financial Analyst Forecast Errors of U.S. Oil and Gas Companies | Diana Castro, Juncal Cuñado, Juan Equiza-Goñi, Fernando Pérez de Gracia Universidad de Navarra | |||
| 4.3. Electromobility and Energy Demand | Aula 8 (Edificio AMIGOS) | Pablo Arocena | The Lithium Bubble in the Aftermath of COVID and the Energy Transition Hype | Pablo Agnese, Francisco Rios UIC Barcelona / IZA@LISER Luxembourg |
| Understanding the Dual Path to Household Energy-Conservation: Appliance Purchases and Energy-Saving Behaviour in Spain | Amaia de Ayala, Alaitz Artabe Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) / Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) | |||
| Too Many or Too Few? Evaluating AFIR's Distance Rule Against Demand-Driven Hydrogen Refuelling Networks | Manuel Pérez-Bravo, Santiago Serna, Rafael Cossent, Pedro Linares IIT – Universidad Pontificia Comillas | |||
| 4.4. Renewable Energy Deployment and Infrastructure | Aula 9 (Edificio AMIGOS) | Aitor Ciarreta Antuñano | The Green-on-Green Debate Around Renewable Energy Siting: Resource Productivity, Population Density and Environmental Trade-offs in Wind and Solar Plants | Patxi Elizande, Enrique San-Martín UNED, Departamento de Economía Aplicada |
| Spatial Determinants of Onshore Wind Energy Deployment: A Grid-Level Spatial Econometric Analysis of Aragón (Spain) | Álvaro García Riazuelo, Rosa Duarte, Cristina Sarasa, Sol María Halleck Vega Universidad de La Rioja | |||
| Renewable Energy Deployment: Do Fiscal Rules Matter? | Daniela Filip, Jonne Lehtimäki, Cristina Pizarro-Irizar Universidad del País Vasco / Banco de España |