Margarita Samartín is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Department of Business Administration at CarlosIII University. She holds an European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics from CORE (Belgium), the London School of Economics (Great Britain), DELTA (France) and the University of Bonn (Germany). She holds a Masters degree in Economics from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) and a Licentiate degree in business and economics from the University of Cantabria (Spain). She teaches financial economics and banking theory to undergrads and doctoral students.
Margarita's research interests center on the microeconomic theory of banking. Her research examines the role of banks in the economy, the causes of banking crises and optimal regulatory policies. She has published in journals, such as the Review of Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory, Journal of Financial Stability and Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments.
Margarita is currently in charge of the Finance area, of the Doctoral Program in Business and Quantitative Methods at the Department of Business Administration