Hello, this is Elisenda Paluzie and I’m the coordinator of the program at the University of Barcelona. I received an MA in International and Development Economics from Yale University; a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Barcelona (UB); and I have been a post-doctoral researcher at both the London School of Economics and at CERAS-Paris School of Economics. I was Faculty Dean (Economics and Business) at UB for eight long years (2009-2017). My main research interests are in the areas of Regional and Urban Economics and International Trade. But lately, I have been writing also on the Economics of Catalan independence, a hot topic nowadays…