Ana Serrano
Ana Serrano holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Zaragoza, where she serves as an Associate Professor in the Fundamentals of Economic Analysis area. She is also an active member of the Aragón Agri-Food Institute (IA2). Her main research interests lie at the intersection of economics and the environment, with a particular focus on water resource management and usage.
In recent years, her work has centered on analyzing the economic and demographic impacts of agricultural and water management policies over time. She has an extensive scientific output, including more than 30 publications, many of which appear in journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports, such as Ecological Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Journal of Rural Studies, and Economic Systems Research, among others. Additionally, she has participated in numerous competitive research projects funded by institutions such as the European Commission, the Ministry of Science and Innovation, and the Government of Aragón.
Publications (selection)
- Ortuzar, Iban, Ana Serrano, Angels Xabadia, and Roy Brouwer. 2025. “Balancing Efficiency and Inequality in a Non-Linear Multi-Regional Water Allocation Optimization Model.” Environmental and Resource Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-024-00948-w.
- Serrano, Ana, Ignacio Cazcarro, Miguel Martín-Retortillo, and Guillermo Rodríguez-López. 2024. “Europe’s Orchard: The Role of Irrigation on the Spanish Agricultural Production.” Journal of Rural Studies 110 (August): 103376. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JRURSTUD.2024.103376.
- Ortuzar, Iban, Ana Serrano, and Àngels Xabadia. 2023. “Macroeconomic Impacts of Water Allocation under Droughts. Accounting for Global Supply Chains in a Multiregional Context.” Ecological Economics 211 (September): 107904. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ECOLECON.2023.107904.
- Duarte, Rosa, and Ana Serrano. 2021. “Environmental analysis of structural and technological change in a context of trade expansion: Lessons from the EU enlargement.” Energy Policy 150, 112142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112142.
- Duarte, Rosa, Vicente Pinilla, and Ana Serrano. 2019. “Long term drivers of global virtual water trade: A trade gravity approach for 1965–2010.” Ecological Economics 156, 318-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.10.012.
- Duarte, Rosa, Vicente Pinilla, and Ana Serrano. 2018. “Factors driving embodied carbon in international trade: a multiregional input–output gravity model.” Economic Systems Research 30:4, 545-566. https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2018.1450226
- Duarte, Rosa, Vicente Pinilla, and Ana Serrano. 2013. “Is there an environmental Kuznets curve for water use? A panel smooth transition regression approach-” Economic Modelling 13, 518-527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2012.12.010.
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