annual report - Ivie

4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The effort made by the Ivie in all the directions mentioned has been acknowledged both in academic circles
and on a social level. During the two decades of its existence the Institute and its researchers have received the
following awards:
— In 2012, Ivie associate researcher Belén Gill de Albornoz received a prize from the Fundación de Estudios
Financieros for her research work Income smoothing and idiosyncratic volatility.
— On November 24, 2010, the President of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Salvador Giner, awarded the Ivie
Research Director, Francisco Pérez, the VIII Societat Catalana d’Economia 2010 Prize for the study carried
out at the Ivie El Desarrollo del Arco Mediterráneo Español. Trayectoria y perspectivas, published in 2010.
— The Andalusian Regional Government awarded the Ivie researcher and professor at the Pablo de Olavide
University, Antonio Villar, the XVI Premio Andalucía de Investigación Ibn al Jatib (Prize in Research of
Andalusia) in the areas of humanities, law and social sciences on March 22, 2010. This prize aims to
acknowledge and encourage outstanding researchers in science, as well as organizations, institutions or
firms which have distinguished themselves by their commitment to promoting scientific research. The award
recognized the theoretical relevance of Antonio Villar’s research, in addition to his institutional involvement
in the development of economics in Andalusia.
— In July 2010, Ivie research professor José María Peiró was awarded an Honorary Degree by the Metodista
de São Paulo University.
— On February 18, 2009 the Ivie researcher and professor at the Pompeu Fabra University, José García-
Montalvo, received the ICREA Acadèmia Prize for his research work.
— On May 21, 2008 José María Peiró, Ivie researcher and professor at the Universitat de València, was given
the Research and Development Award by the Universitat de València Social Council. This recognition values
Peiró’s long line of research in human resources management and work climate.
— The Ivie was awarded the Research and Development Prize Premio Universidad-Sociedad a la
Investigación y el Desarrollo 2005 by the Universitat de València Social Council on June 20, 2005. This
prize distinguishes those institutions and members of the university community whose work and efforts have
helped to strengthen ties between the Universitat de València and its cultural, social and economic
environment.
— The journal Economía 3 presented the Ivie with the Premio Centro Investigador (Research Centre Award)
on December 11, 2003.
— In 1997 Ivie research professor Ernest Reig received the Premio d’Economia de Catalunya (Prize in
Economics of Catalonia) from the Societat Catalana d’Economia for the study Capitalización y Crecimiento
de la Economía Catalana 1955-1995.
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