Elena Casanovas

Elena Casanovas

PhD Student in Economics

University College London

Welcome!

I am a PhD student in Economics at University College London and a PhD Scholar at the Stone Centre. My advisors are Vincent Sterk and Morten Ravn.

In Spring 2026 I visited the Department of Economics at New York University.

My research interests are in macroeconomics, in particular in firm dynamics and labor markets.

You can email me at elena.casanovas.21@ucl.ac.uk.

Research

Work in progress

Multi-Market Firms and the Margins of Firm Growth (JMP)

Labor Force Growth and Firm Dynamics in Europe

Teaching

Economics of Growth, University College London (Undergraduate)

TA for Lukasz Rachel, Fall 2025 and 2026

Macroeconomics, University College London (MSc)

TA for Vincent Sterk, Fall 2023 and 2024

Advanced Macroeconomic Theory, University College London (MSc)

TA for Alan Olivi, Spring 2023 and 2024

Macroeconomics, New York University in London (Undergraduate)

TA for Julen Esteban-Pretel, Fall 2022

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