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EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pittsburgh, USA, April 2008.
• M.Sc. in Economics, University of Barcelona, Spain, June 2002.
• B.S. Industrial Engineering with Honors, University of Valparaiso, Chile, 1999.
• B.A. Business Administration with Honors, University of Valparaiso, Chile, 1999.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Environmental Economics, Game Theory and Industrial Organization.

POSITIONS

• Distinguished Researcher, University of Valencia, Spain, August 2026-
• Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, August 2020-
• Associate Director, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, August 2019-January 2024
• Visitor, University of Barcelona, School of Economics. January – June 2023.
• Associate Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, August 2014-2020.
• Visitor, University of Barcelona, School of Economics. January – May 2017.
• Assistant Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, August 2009-2014.
• Visitor, University of California, Berkeley, April 2010.
• Visiting Professor, University of Granada, Spain, Summer 2009.
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Economic Sciences, WSU, 2008-2009.
• Researcher, Barcelona Economics Institute (IEB), Spain, 2001-2002.

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

• Co-Editor-in-Chief, Environmental and Resource Economics, February 2024-
• Co-Editor-in-Chief, International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, May 2022-
• Associate Editor, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, December 2025-
• Co-Editor, Economic Inquiry, 2018-
• Co-Editor, Environmental and Resource Economics, 2021-2024
• Editorial Board, PLOS ONE, 2019-2022.
• Guest Editor, Games (MDPI open access journal), 2020.

ACADEMIC AWARDS

• 2024 Outstanding CJAE Article Award.
• 2017-18 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant.
• The Sylvia Lane Mentor Fellowship. AAEA Foundation, 2010
• Second Place in Research Medal Award of the Global Development Network (sponsored by International Development Research Center, Canada (IDRC) and the World Bank) with the paper “Free-riding and Cooperation in Environmental Games.” Kuwait, February 2009.
• Nominated Outstanding Mentor, Women and Leadership Forum, WSU, 2009.
• Junta de Andalucía Research Fellowship, Spain. Summer 2009.
• Arts & Sciences Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, Summer and Fall 2007.

PUBLICATIONS

• Espinola-Arredondo, A., Ceballos-Santos, S., Fullana-i-Palmer, P. and A. Bala. Can ecolabels survive climate uncertainty? A game-theoretic perspective on fishery certification. Journal of Environmental Management, 2026, 413, 130286.
• Munoz-Garcia, F., Kanjilal, K. and A. Espinola-Arredondo. Demand-driven Mergers: Advertising, Differentiation, and Welfare. Managerial and Decision Economics, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.70139
• Munoz-Garcia, F., Espinola-Arredondo, A. and Dunaway, E. HHI-based Guidelines and Inefficient Merger Approvals. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2026, 26(4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10842-026-00464-1
  • Featured in ProMarket’s newsletter: “The Shortcomings of Merger Policy Based on the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index”
• Bateman, I.J., Espinola-Arredondo, A., Munro, A. and Schumacher I. Understanding the National and International Impacts of Recent Environmental Policy Changes in the US: A Call for Research.  Environmental and Resource Economics. 2025, 88, pp. 2287–2289.
• Choi, P., Espinola-Arredondo, A., Munoz-Garcia F., and E. Diaz-Farina. Optimal Patent Lengths in Polluting Industries. Energy Economics. 2025, 152, 108968.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A., Munoz-Garcia, F. and F. Tomori. Climate events and adaptation: Effects on environmental policy and abatement. Resource and Energy Economics. 2025, 83, 101537.
• Strandholm, J. C., Espinola-Arredondo, A., and Munoz-Garcia, F. Greener or Cheaper: Economies of Scope in Green R&D. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 2025, 130, 103107.
• Surve, A. and A. Espinola-Arredondo. Can abatement efforts in a CPR promote over-exploitation of the resource? Environment and Development Economics. 2025, 1-24.
• Kanjilal, K., Espinola-Arredondo, A., and F. Munoz-Garcia. Strategic Merger Approvals Under Incomplete Information. Review of Industrial Organization. 2024, 65, pp. 759–791.
• Choi, P., Espinola-Arredondo, A., and F. Munoz-Garcia. Environmental Regulation under Sequential Competition. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 2024, 221, pp. 52-72.
• Rosas-Munoz, J., A. Espinola-Arredondo and F. Munoz-Garcia. When Should the Regulator Be Left Alone in the Commons? How Fishing Cooperatives Can Help Ameliorate Inefficiencies. Resource and Energy Economics. 2024, 77, 101434.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A., Munoz-Garcia, F. and Garrido, D. Measuring regulatory errors from environmental policy uncertainty. Journal of Regulatory Economics. 2023, 64, pp. 48–65.
• Strandholm, J. C., Espinola-Arredondo, A., and Munoz-Garcia, F. Asymmetric regulators in polluting mixed oligopolies: Agency problems and second-mover advantage. Journal of Public Economic Theory. 2023, 1–27.
• Strandholm, J., A. Espinola-Arredondo and F. Munoz-Garcia. Being green first: Simultaneous vs. sequential abatement decisions. Economics Letters. 2023, 227, 111123.
• Pardini, C. and A. Espinola-Arredondo. Fungicide resistance and misinformation: A game theoretic approach. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2023, 71, pp. 171– 201. [Outstanding CJAE Article Award for 2024]
• Kanjilal, K., Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Does the Presence of a Public Firm Facilitate Merger Approvals? Economics Letters. 2022, 219, 110841.
• Pardini, C., Espinola-Arredondo, A. and M. Moyer. Cooperation and Compensation to Mitigate Fungicide Resistance. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. 2022, 73 (3), pp. 190-195.
• Choi, P., Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Environmental policy helping antitrust decisions: socially excessive and insufficient merger approvals. Resource and Energy Economics. 2022, 67, 101267.
• Strandholm, J., A. Espinola-Arredondo and F. Munoz-Garcia. Green Alliances: Are They Beneficial when Regulated Firms are Asymmetric? Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade. 2022, 22, pp. 145-178.
• Strandholm, J., A. Espinola-Arredondo and F. Munoz-Garcia. Pollution Abatement with Disruptive R&D Investment. Resource and Energy Economics. 2021, 66, 101258.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A., E. Stathopoulou and F. Munoz-Garcia. Regulators and Environmental Groups: Better Together or Apart? Environment and Development Economics. 2021, 27(1), pp. 40-66.
• Pardini, C. and A. Espinola-Arredondo. Violence, Coercion and Settler Colonialism. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 2021, 33(2), pp. 236-273. [Errata file]
• Garrido, D., A. Espinola-Arredondo and F. Munoz-Garcia. Can Mandatory Certification Promote Greenwashing? A Signaling Approach. Journal of Public Economic Theory. 2020, 22(6), pp. 1801-1851.
• Strandholm, J. and A. Espinola-Arredondo. Investment in Green Technology and Entry Deterrence. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy. 2020, 20 (2), 20180355.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A., F. Munoz-Garcia and A. Jung. Organic Mergers and Acquisitions.  Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade. 2020, 20, pp. 59–91.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A., F. Munoz-Garcia and I. Duah. Anticipatory Effects of Taxation in the Commons: When Do Taxes Work, and When Do They Fail? Ecological Economics. 2019, 166, 106433.
• Bayham, J., F. Munoz-Garcia and A. Espinola-Arredondo. International Coordination of Environmental Policies: Is it Always Worth the Effort? Environment and Development Economics. 2019, 24(3), pp. 294-316.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A., F. Munoz-Garcia and B. Liu. Strategic Emission Fees: Using Green Technology to Deter Entry. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade. 2019, 19, pp. 313-349.
• Choi, P., A. Espinola-Arredondo and F. Munoz-Garcia. Conservation Procurement Auctions with Bidirectional Externalities. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 2018, 92 , pp. 559-579.
• Strandholm, J., A. Espinola-Arredondo and F. Munoz-Garcia. Regulation, Free-Riding Incentives, and R&D investment with Spillover. Resource and Energy Economics. 2018, 53, pp. 133-146.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. F. Munoz-Garcia and P. Tantihkarnchana. Information Transmission During the Trial: The Role of Punitive Damages and Legal Costs. Journal of Public Economic Theory. 2018, 20(2), pp. 136-155.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Profit-Enhancing Environmental Policy: Uninformed Regulation in an Entry-Deterrence Model. Journal of Regulatory Economics. 2016, 50(2), pp. 146-163.
• Tongzhe Li, Espinola-Arredondo, A. and Jill McCluskey. Promoting Residential Recycling: An Alternative Policy Based on a Recycling Reward System. Games. 2016, 7(3), pp. 1-18.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. An Excessive Development of Green Products? Economics of Governance. 2016, 17(2), pp. 101-129.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Can Poorly Informed Regulators Hinder Competition? Environmental and Resource Economics. 2015, 61(3), pp. 433-461.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Why do Firms Oppose Entry-Deterring Regulation? Environmental Regulation and Entry Deterrence. Environment and Development Economics. 2015, 20(2), pp.141-160.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. The Signaling Role of Subsidies. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy. 2015, 15(1), pp. 157-178.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A., Munoz-Garcia, F. and J. Bayham. The Entry-Deterring Effects of Inflexible Regulation. Canadian Journal of Economics, 2014, 47(1), pp. 298-324.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Asymmetric Information May Protect the Commons: The Welfare Benefits of Uninformed Regulators. Economics Letters, 2013, 121(3), pp. 463-467.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Don’t Forget to Protect Abundant Resources. Strategic Behavior and the Environment, 2013, 3(4), pp. 251-278.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. When does Environmental Regulation Facilitate Entry-Deterring Practices? Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2013, 65(1), pp. 133-152.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Uncovering Entry Deterrence in the Presence of Learning-by-Doing. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2013, 13(3), pp. 319-338.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. The Entry-Deterring Effects of Environmental Policy. Review of Environment, Energy and Economics (Re3), January 10, 2013.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and H. Zhao. Environmental Policy in a Linear City Model of Product Differentiation. Environment and Development Economics, 2012, 17(4), pp. 461-47.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. When do Firms Support Environmental Agreements? Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2012, 41(3), pp. 380-401.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Can incomplete information lead to under-exploitation in the commons? Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2011, 62(3), pp. 402-413.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A., E. Gal-Or and F. Munoz-Garcia. When should a firm expand its business? The Signaling Implications of Business Expansion. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2011, 29(6), pp. 729-745.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Free-riding in International Environmental Agreements: A Signaling Approach to Non-Enforceable Treaties. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2011, 23(1), pp. 111-134.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. The Intuitive and Divinity Criterion: Interpretation and Step-by-Step Examples. Journal of Industrial Organization Education, 2010, 5(1), Article 7.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. Free-riding and cooperation in environmental games. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2009, 11(1), pp. 119-158.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A., Yoder, J. and P. Wandschneider. Biofuel policy for the pursuit of multiple goals: The case of Washington State. Western Economics Forum, 2009, 8 (1), pp. 1-9.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. Green Auctions: a biodiversity study of mechanism design with externalities, Ecological Economics, 2008, 67(2), pp. 175-183.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

• Espinola-Arredondo, A., Munoz-Garcia, F. and P. Choi. “Contract Theory.” Forthcoming in Palgrave Macmillan.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A., Munoz-Garcia F. and J. Poyago-Theotoky. “Green Innovation and Industrial Organization: A Guided Tour.” Green Innovation and Industrial Organization, World Scientific. 2026, Chapter 1, pp. 1-33
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. “Common Pool Resources.” Elgar Encyclopedia of Energy Economics, Edward Elgar. 2025, pp. 60-64.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. “Game Theory: An Introduction with Step-by-Step Examples.” Palgrave Macmillan, December 2023.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. “Common Pool Resources: Strategic Behavior, Inefficiencies, and Incomplete Information.” Cambridge University Press, October 2021.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. “Intermediate Economic Theory: Tools and Step-by-Step Examples.” The MIT Press, November 2020.
• Dunaway, E., Strandholm, J., Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. “Practice Exercises for Intermediate Economic Theory.” The MIT Press, November 2020.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia. Editors of the volume dedicated to “Game Theory,” in the WSCP reference of natural resources and environmental policy in the era of global change, World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC)/Imperial College Press (IPC). October 2016.
• Espinola-Arredondo, A. and F. Munoz-Garcia “Environmental Negotiations under Uncertainty,” in the Analyzing Global Environmental Issues: Theoretical and Experimental Applications and their Policy Implications, Ariel Dinar and Amnon Rapoport, eds. Routledge. February 14th, 2013, pp. 53-68.
• F. Munoz-Garcia and Espinola-Arredondo. “The Role of Information in the Tragedy of the Commons,” in the Analyzing Global Environmental Issues: Theoretical and Experimental Applications and their Policy Implications, Ariel Dinar and Amnon Rapoport, eds. Routledge. February 14th, 2013, pp. 29-52.
• Instructor’s Manual to Accompany Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, 8th edition. (Tom Tietenberg and Lynne Lewis), Prentice Hall, 2009.

RESEARCH PAPERS

• Environmental Regulation: A Novel “Booster” of Competition Policy? (with F. Munoz-Garcia).
• Abatement Thresholds: How Merger Prospects Affect Green Investments. (with F. Munoz-Garcia and L. Gautier).
• Greener Merger Guidelines: When Do They Matter? (with F. Munoz-Garcia and K. Kanjilal).

RESEARCH GRANTS

• DEGENT 2026, Comunitat de Valencia, Spain. “Climate Uncertainty and Eco-labels.”
• Moyer, M. (PI), W. Mahaffee, A. Espinola-Arredondo (Co-PI), T. Miles, R. Naegele, R. Stoll, P. Brannen, M. Cooper, M. Lewis- Ivey, I. Stergiopoulos. “Fungicide Resistance Assessment, Mitigation and Extension Network for Wine, Table and Raisin Grapes (FRAME).” The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. $2.4 million. September 2018.
• Yoder, J., C. R. Shumway, P. Wandschneider, D. Young, H. Chouinard, A. Espinola-Arredondo, S. Galinato, C. Frear, D. Holland, E. Jessup, J. LaFrance, K. Lyons, M. McCullough, K. Painter, L. Stodick. Biofuel Economics and Policy for Washington State. A Report to the Washington State Legislature and the Washington State Governor’s Office. December 2008.
• The Sylvia Lane Mentorship Fund. ($2,500)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Washington State University:

Aarhus University, Denmark. Applications of Game Theory to Environmental Problems, July 2025.

University of Barcelona, Spain. Microeconomic Theory I (Graduate Level), January 2023.

University of Loyola, Spain. Applications of Game Theory (Undergraduate Level), Summer 2021.

University of Granada, Spain. Game Theory (Graduate Level), Summer 2009.

University of Pittsburgh. Introduction to Environmental Economics, Summer 2006.