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Pedro Serrano

Associate Professor of Finance

Education

Phd. in Quantitative Finance, Universidad del País Vasco (Bilbao, Spain) – Jan 2008

University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) – Visiting scholar – Jan/Jul 2011

University of Columbia (New York) – Visiting Scholar – Jan/Aug 20

Research Interests

Quantitative finance, Sovereign debt, Credit risk, Liquidity, Fixed income, Financial econometrics

Selected publications

Serrano, P., Lafuente, J.A. & Petit, N.: “Pricing factors in the multiple-term structures from interbank rates”, Journal of International Money and Finance vol. 91, March 2019, 138-159.

Serrano, P., Platania, F. & Tapia, M.: “Modelling the shape of the limit order book”, Quantitative Finance vol. 18 (9), January 2018, 1575-1597.

Serrano, P., Lafuente, J.A. & Petit, N.: “Forecasting multiple-term structures from interbank rates”, International Review of Financial Analysis vol. 57, February 2018, 40-56.

Arakelyan, A., Rubio, G. & Serrano, P.: “The reward for trading illiquid maturities in credit default swap markets”, International Review of Economics and Finance vol. 39 (C), 2015, 376-389.

Serrano, P., Rubia, A. & Sanchís-Marco, L.: “Market illiquidity and pricing errors in the term structure of CDS spreads”, Journal of International Money and Finance vol. 60, February 2016, 223-252.

Serrano, P., Díaz, A. & Groba, J.: “What drives corporate default risk premium? Evidence from the CDS markets ” Journal of International Money and Finance, vol. 37 (C), 2013, 529-563.

Serrano, P., Groba, J. & Lafuente, J.A.: “The impact of distressed economies on the EU sovereign market”, Journal of Banking and Finance vol. 37 (7), 2013, 2520–2532.

Pedro Serrano is a tenured professor of Financial Economics and Accounting in the Business Economics department at Universidad Carlos III since February 2019. He obtained his doctorate in Quantitative Finance from the University of the Basque Country (Bilbao) in 2008. He has held research positions at the Universities of Columbia (NY), California-Los Angeles (UCLA), Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), Carlos III de Madrid (Madrid) and Alicante (Alicante).
He currently teaches in various master's and doctoral programs at UC3M. Specifically, he is responsible for the asset valuation courses (PhD and master's in actuarial and financial sciences), derivatives valuation (master in finance) and risk management (master's in industrial economics). He also coordinates the teaching of Financial Economics for the ADE degree at UC3M. Currently, Pedro is deputy director of the master's degree in Actuarial and Financial Sciences at UC3M.
His interests focus on quantitative finance, especially on modeling and financial econometrics in continuous time. He has also worked on the valuation of derivatives and risk measurement in general. His articles have been presented at numerous national and international conferences. He has also collaborated with various private entities in financial risk consulting.

Groba, J. & Serrano, P. (2020) "Foreign monetary policy and firms' default risk", The European Journal of Finance, 26:11, 1047-1074.

Serrano, P. Lafuente, J.A., Petit, N. & Ruiz, J.: “Dissecting interbank risk”, The World Economy , Vol.43, Issue 3, March 2020, 729-757.


Serrano, P., Lafuente, J.A. & Petit, N.: “Pricing factors in the multiple-term structures from interbank rates”, Journal of International Money and Finance vol. 91, March 2019, 138-159.

Serrano, P., Platania, F. & Tapia, M.: “Modelling the shape of the limit order book”, Quantitative Finance vol. 18 (9), January 2018, 1575-1597.


Serrano, P., Lafuente, J.A. & Petit, N.: “Forecasting multiple-term structures from interbank rates”, International Review of Financial Analysis vol. 57, February 2018, 40-56.


Serrano, P. & Arakelyan, A. “Liquidity in Credit Default Swap Markets”, Journal of Multinational Financial Management vol. 37–38, December 2016, 139-157, (previously entitled “On the effects of illiquidity in CDS spreads”)

Arakelyan, A., Rubio, G. & Serrano, P.: “The reward for trading illiquid maturities in credit default swap markets”, International Review of Economics and Finance vol. 39 (C), 2015, 376-389.

Serrano, P. & Lafuente, J.A.: “Market frictions and the pricing of sovereign credit default swaps”, Journal of International Money and Finance vol. 60, February 2016, 223-252.

Serrano, P. & Lafuente, J.A.: “On the compensation for illiquidity in sovereign credit markets”, Journal of Multinational Financial Management vol. 30, March 2015, 83–100.

Serrano, P., Díaz, A. & Groba, J.: “What drives corporate default risk premium? Evidence from the CDS markets” Journal of International Money and Finance, vol. 37 (C), 2013, 529-563.


Serrano, P., Groba, J. & Lafuente, J.A.: “The impact of distressed economies on the EU sovereign market”, Journal of Banking and Finance vol. 37 (7), 2013, 2520–2532.

Serrano, P., Moreno, M. & Stute, W.: “Statistical properties and economic implications of jump-diffusion processes with shot-noise effects”, European Journal of Operational Research 214, 2011, 656–664.

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