Economist Antonio Cabrales, He resigned for personal reasons this Tuesday, appointed by the Government as the new director of the Bank of Spain, sources close to the decision told Europa Press.
The professor, who resigned from his post a few hours after his appointment, did not make an official statement about his departure, but according to the newspaper ‘El Mundo’, behind the decision lies his special support for the former Catalan in the past. minister Clara PonsatiFormer Minister of Economy, who fled Spanish justice after the illegal referendum on 1 October Andreu Mas-Colell He is on trial by the Court of Accounts for allegedly embezzling public money to support ‘procés’ abroad.
Cabrales had the support of the PP, who emphasized his candidacy in his agreement with the Government”flawless“and far from partisan,” says the newspaper. When Cabrales outgrew support for independence leaders, he would decide to step back and step away from his position, which had also received the approval of the Governor of the Bank of Spain. Pablo Hernandez de Cos.
The government, at the Council of Ministers this Tuesday, Judith Arnal and Antonio Cabrales In the statement made by the said department, they were appointed as the new directors of the Bank of Spain upon the proposal of Nadia Calviño, First Vice-President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation.
Cabrales would replace her in her post alongside Judith Arnal. Fernando Eguidazu (timely appointed by the PP) and carmen alonso (selected by the PSOE), the Governor of the Bank of Spain ended earlier this month.
The person who will become the new director of the Bank of Spain is a doctor of Economics from the University of California and a professor in Spain. University of Carlos III. Professor and Head of Economics at University College London, and University of Barcelona Pompeu Fabra.
He is also the Vice Chairman of the Executive Board. European Economic Union and former president of the Spanish Economic Association and honorary member of both associations. He works in social network economics, design and mechanisms, learning games and evolution, experimental and behavioral economics, and industrial organization.
He is associate editor and former editor of the Journal of Economic Theory. Berkeley Electronic Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy and former associate editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association and SERIES, as well as Investigaciones Económicas.