Miguel Espinosa
Assistant Professor

Biography
Miguel Espinosa is an Assistant Professor of the Management Department at Università Bocconi. Before coming to Bocconi, he was Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at UPompeu Fabra in Barcelona and Affiliated Professor at Barcelona GSE.
Miguel’s research focuses on organizational and development economics. He is an organizational economist primarily interested in understanding how skill heterogeneity impact organizational performance. He is the author of numerous books and articles on his topics of interest. His works have been published in the B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Econometrica, and Management Science, among others.
He got a MRes in Economics and a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Recent Publications
- 2025
Talent Poaching and Job Rotation
BATTISTON, D., M. ESPINOSA, S. LIU, "Talent Poaching and Job Rotation", Management Science, 2025, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 2975–2992 - 2024
Sleeping with the Enemy? Politicians’ Stakeholders and the Lobbying Strategies of Foreign Firms
ESPINOSA, M., G. ZANARONE, A. ILANGO, "Sleeping with the Enemy? Politicians’ Stakeholders and the Lobbying Strategies of Foreign Firms" in 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 9-13, 2024, Chicago, IL, United States of America - 2024
Value Dissonance at the Workplace
ESPINOSA, M., A. DELFINO, "Value Dissonance at the Workplace" in 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 9-13, 2024, Chicago, IL, United States of America - 2022
Unwilling to Train?—Firm Responses to the Colombian Apprenticeship Regulation
CAICEDO, S., M. ESPINOSA, A. SEIBOLD, "Unwilling to Train?—Firm Responses to the Colombian Apprenticeship Regulation", Econometrica, 2022, vol. 90, no. 2, pp. 507-550 - 2021
Labor Boundaries and Skills: The Case of Lobbyists
ESPINOSA, M., "Labor Boundaries and Skills: The Case of Lobbyists", Management Science, 2021, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 1586-1607 - 2014
Jewish economies: development and migration in America and beyond. Volume 1. The economic life of American Jewry; Volume 2. Comparative perspectives on Jewish migration
ESPINOSA, M., "Jewish economies: development and migration in America and beyond. Volume 1. The economic life of American Jewry; Volume 2. Comparative perspectives on Jewish migration", Scandinavian Economic History Review, vol. 62, chap. 1, pp. 103-105, 2014 - 2012
Identities for Homogeneous Utility Functions
ESPINOSA, M., J. D. PRADA, "Identities for Homogeneous Utility Functions", Economics Bulletin, 2012, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 2026-2034 - 2009
Representations and Identities for Homogeneous Technologies
ESPINOSA, M., P. BONALDI, H. VALLEJO, "Representations and Identities for Homogeneous Technologies", The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2009, vol. 9, no. 1
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Grants & Honors
Bocconi Teaching Award per l'anno accademico 2023-2024 - “Innovation in Teaching”, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2025
Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2022

