Margarita Samartín

Margarita Samartín is a Tenured Professor of Financial Economics in the Department of Business Economics at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. She holds a European Doctorate in Quantitative Economics from CORE (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium), the London School of Economics (England), DELTA (France) and the University of Bonn (Germany). She also holds a Master's degree in Economic Sciences from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) and a degree in Economic and Business Sciences from the University of Cantabria. She teaches Financial Economics and Banking at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Margarita has focused her research on the field of banking economics, and in particular has studied the role of banks in the economy, financial crises and banking regulation. Her works have been published in international journals such as 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.

Currently, Margarita is the director of the Master's Degree in Actuarial and Financial Sciences at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. She is also the deputy director of the Specialization Course in Telecommunications Economics, within the Master's Degree in Industrial Economics at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

Hasman, A. & Samartín, M.: “Capital and liquidity in a Dynamic Model of Banking”, Economic Modelling vol. 64, August 2017, 172–177

Samartín, M., Cabrera, M. & Dwyer, G.: “Government finances and bank bailouts: Evidence from European Stock markets”, Journal of Empirical Finance vol. 39, December 2016, 169-179

García-Palacios, J.H., Hasman, A. & Samartín, M. “Banking crises and government intervention”, Journal of Financial Stability vol. 15, December 2014, 32-42

Van Bommel, J., Hasman, A. & Samartín, M.: “Financial Intermediation in an Overlapping Generations Model with Transaction Costs”, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control vol. 45, August 2014, 111-125

Van Bommel, J., Hasman, A. & Samartín, M.: “Financial Contagion and Depositor Monitoring”, Journal of Banking and Finance vol. 37 (8), August 2007, 3076-3084

López, A.L., Hasman, A. & Samartín, M.: “Government, taxes and banking crises”, Journal of Banking and Finance vol. 35 (10), October 2011, 2761-2770

Samartín, M. & Dywer, G. “Why do banks promise to pay par on demand?”, Journal of Financial Stability, vol. 5 (2), June 2009, 147-169

Hasman, A. & Samartín, M.: “Information Acquisition and Financial Contagion”, Journal of Banking and Finance vol. 32 (10), October 2008, 2136-2147

Samartín, M, Cardone, C. & Bustamante, R. “Was the Argentine corralito an efficient measure?: a note”, International Review of Economics and Finance vol. 16 (3), December 2007, 444-453

Samartín, M. “Comment on: Bank Runs, Welfare and Policy Implications”, Journal of Financial Stability, vol. 1 (3), April 2005, 426-432

Samartín, M. “Should bank runs be prevented?”, Journal of Banking and Finance vol. 27 (5), May 2003, 977-1000

Samartín, M., Álvarez, M.J., Cardone, C., Lado, N.: "Financial Service Firms’ Entry-Mode Choice and Cultural Diversity: Spanish Companies in Latin America", International Journal of Bank Marketing vol. 21 (3), June 2003, 109-121

Samartín, M.: “On the optimality of bank runs: a comment on Allen and Gale”, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory vol.28 (1), June 2003, 33-57

Samartín, M.: “Suspension of convertibility versus deposit insurance: a welfare comparison”, Review of Finance (former European Finance Review) vol. 6 (2), 2002, 223-244

Samartín, M. “Banks Increase Welfare”, Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments vol. 10 (5), April 2002, 203-233