Pablo Serra is a Full Professor in the Department of Economics, where he has been a faculty member since 2007. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University and a degree in Mathematical Engineering from the University of Chile.

He has extensive experience in public policy and regulation. He served on Chile’s Preventive Antitrust Commission from 1992 to 2000, on the National Fisheries Council from 2001 to 2003, and as a judge on the Chilean Competition Court (TDLC) from 2004 to 2006. Serra was also the Executive Secretary of the National Energy Commission in 2006 and a member of the Electrical Panel of Experts from 2007 to 2019. He has also consulted for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank, the OECD, and the UNDP, and served on the International Monetary Fund’s panel of fiscal experts.

His research focuses on energy economics. His work has been published in academic journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the International Economic Review, the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Development Economics, World Development, Energy Economics, Economics Letters, Energy Policy, and Energy Strategy Reviews.