Natalia Fabra

Bio

Natalia Fabra is Professor at the Economics Department of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. She obtained her PhD in Economics in 2001 at the European University Institute (Florence).

Natalia works in the field of Industrial Organization, with emphasis on Energy and Environmental Economics, and Regulation and Competition Policy issues. She has received the 2014 Sabadell-Herrero Prize for Best Young Spanish Economist, and the 2014 Julián Marías Prize for best young researcher in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Madrid region.

Natalia is Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Associate Editor of the Journal of Industrial Economics, and editor of the RePEc's New Economic Papers on Regulation.

She is the Founder and Director of EnergyEcoLab and Principal Investigator of the ERC Advanced project (2025-2030) ENERGY-IN-TRANSITION.

Main Publications

• Fabra, N., Gutiérrez, E., Lacuesta, A,, Ramos, R. (2023) “Do renewable energy investments create local jobs?” Journal of Public Economics.
• Fabra, N. y Llobet, G. (2023) “Auctions with Privately Known Capacities” The Economic Journal.
• Fabra, N., y Montero, J. P. (2023) “Technology Neutral versus Technology Specific Procurement“, The Economic Journal. 
• Fabra, N., y Andrés-Cerezo, A. (2023) “Storing Power: Markets Structure Matters“, RAND Journal of Economics. 
• Fabra, N., y Reguant, M. (2014) “Pass-through of Emissions Costs in Electricity Markets”. American Economic Review.

Recent Research

• Fabra, N. y Llobet, G. (2024) “The costs of counterparty risk in long-term conctracts”
• Fabra, N., y Andrés-Cerezo, A. (2024) “Storage and renewable energies: friends or foes?"+
• Cahana, M., Fabra, N. Reguant, M. y Wang, J. (2024) "Assessing the Distributional Impacts of Electricity Pricing: A Novel Approach to Estimating Household Income"

Teaching

Regulation and Competition Policy Energy Economics Industrial Organization