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&#8220;Financial health: definition, influencing factors and development of a diagnostic model&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> June 10, 2025<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Eduardo Fern\u00e1ndez Lui\u00f1a, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira and Estrella Trincado<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Doctor: Willians Rafael Ruiz Regalado<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Hyperinflation in Venezuela (1999-2023): An Analysis in Light of the Austrian School of Economics&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> May 20, 2025<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira and Luis Perdices de Blas<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Emilio Eiranova Encinas<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Descriptive Theory of Power and Wealth&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> April 26, 2023<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Pilar Grau, Philipp Bagus and Jos\u00e9 Luis Cendejas Bueno<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Crist\u00f3bal Matar\u00e1n L\u00f3pez<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;The Madrid Austrian School in the context of economic doctrines&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> May 27, 2021<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira and Luis Perdices de Blas<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> V\u00edctor Espinosa Loyola<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;The theory of economic development: an inquiry into the essence of economic development with a proposal for state reform in Chile&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> April 27, 2021<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Jos\u00e9 Antonio Pe\u00f1a Ramos, Philipp Bagus and Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>18:41Claude responded: <strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Fernando Nogales Lozano<strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Fernando Nogales Lozano<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Education from the perspective of the Austrian School of Economics&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto, Le\u00f3n Mar\u00eda G\u00f3mez Rivas<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> October 22, 2020<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Jos\u00e9 Antonio Pe\u00f1a Ramos, Philipp Bagus and Francisco Javier Tirado Su\u00e1rez<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Gonzalo Meli\u00e1n Marrero<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;The Political Economy of Urban Planning: The Spanish Case&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto, Gabriel Calzada \u00c1lvarez, Peter Boettke<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> February 17, 2020<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Pedro Schwartz Gir\u00f3n, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, and Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> DISTINCTION by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Christian Schneider<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Bastiat&#8217;s Mission. The Nature, Scope and Value of Crusoe Economics&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> May 28, 2019<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Francisco Cabrillo Rodr\u00edguez, Philipp Bagus, Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira and Jos\u00e9 Antonio Pe\u00f1a Ramos<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Olav Dirkmaat<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Capital Theory Capital Markets and Q&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> October 9, 2018<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Francisco Cabrillo Rodr\u00edguez, Philipp Bagus, Luis Pires Jim\u00e9nez, Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas and Jan Vis<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Jos\u00e9 Francisco Hern\u00e1ndez Cabrera<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Private production of defense and security as an alternative to the state monopoly&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> May 22, 2018<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Philipp Bagus, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Pedro Julio Tenorio S\u00e1nchez and Jos\u00e9 Antonio Pe\u00f1a Ramos<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> DISTINCTION by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Daniel Fern\u00e1ndez M\u00e9ndez<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;The Cyprus Collapse: The Island that Shook the Foundations of Eurozone&#8217;s Economy&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> September 27, 2017<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Philipp Bagus, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Luis Pires Jim\u00e9nez and Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> DISTINCTION by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Rafael Garc\u00eda Iborra<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Principles of Financial Economics: An Austrian approach&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> July 5, 2017<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Philipp Bagus, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas and Pedro Julio Tenorio S\u00e1nchez.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> DISTINCTION by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Luis Alfonso L\u00f3pez Garc\u00eda<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Capital requirements model for Banking: Austrian Critique of Basel I and Basel II&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date: <\/strong>June 6, 2017<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Philipp Bagus, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Prosper Lamothe Fern\u00e1ndez and Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> DISTINCTION by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Antonio Moar Mart\u00ednez<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Entrepreneurial spirit in Spain: An Austrian perspective&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> May 11, 2017<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Luis Pires Jim\u00e9nez, Pedro Julio Tenorio S\u00e1nchez, Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas and Francisco Javier Tirado Su\u00e1rez.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> DISTINCTION by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Miguel \u00c1ngel Echarte Fern\u00e1ndez<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;The impact of dollarization in Latin America: An analysis from the perspective of the Austrian School&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> April 5, 2017<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Luis Pires Jim\u00e9nez, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Pedro Julio Tenorio S\u00e1nchez and Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Carlos Arenas Laorga<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;The Spanish education system: an Austrian approach&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> July 8, 2016<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Octavio U\u00f1a Ju\u00e1rez, Philipp Bagus, Valent\u00edn Azofra Palenzuela, Javier Fern\u00e1ndez del Moral and F\u00e9lix Javier L\u00f3pez Iturriaga.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Brian Gerard Canny<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;The Theory of Optimum Currencies and a Critique of the Theory of Optimum Currency Areas&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> January 27, 2016<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Philipp Bagus, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Armando Torrent Ruiz and Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> DISTINCTION by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Cristina Lozano Gonz\u00e1lez<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;The reciprocal interest of economic liberalism and feminist theory: towards a market feminism&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> January 20, 2016<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Octavio U\u00f1a Ju\u00e1rez, Philipp Bagus, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Pedro Julio Tenorio S\u00e1nchez and Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> DISTINCTION by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Leonardo Esteban Ravier Rodr\u00edguez<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Historical approach to the principles of a praxeological theory of the firm from the perspective of the Austrian School of Economics&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> July 14, 2015<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Philipp Bagus, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Pedro Julio Tenorio S\u00e1nchez and Armando Torrent Ruiz.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> DISTINCTION by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Carlos Villaescusa Garc\u00eda<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Autoliberalism in Ibn Khaldun: explanation and solution to economic crises&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> June 2, 2015<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Philipp Bagus, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Pedro Julio Tenorio S\u00e1nchez and Salvador Cruz Rambaud.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Rub\u00e9n Carlos M\u00e9ndez Re\u00e1tegui<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Institutions, entrepreneurship and public policies: an analysis from institutional coordination&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> March 11, 2015<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Armando Torrent Ruiz, Philipp Bagus, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Pedro Julio Tenorio S\u00e1nchez and Alberto Ruiz Ojeda.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Jaime Hern\u00e1n-P\u00e9rez Aguilera<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;The Spanish decline of the 17th century: monarchy, interventionism and inflation. An interpretation from the perspective of the Austrian School of Economics&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> July 10, 2014<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Philipp Bagus, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Pedro Julio Tenorio S\u00e1nchez and Armando Torrent Ruiz.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity. Extraordinary award.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Alejandro P\u00e9rez y Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Hijacked information: The model of servitude in Thomas Hobbes and its Austrian liberal alternative in Friedrich August von Hayek&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> February 19, 2014<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Dalmacio Negro Pav\u00f3n, Armando Torrent Ruiz, Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda and Pedro Julio Tenorio S\u00e1nchez.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Marc Schilling<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Mergers and Acquisitions within the Austrian Business Cycle Theory&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> December 19, 2013<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Luis Pires Jim\u00e9nez, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Jer\u00f3nimo Molina Cano and Pedro Julio Tenorio S\u00e1nchez.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Juan Morillo Bentu\u00e9<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Critique of Milton Friedman&#8217;s positivism from Ludwig von Mises&#8217;s Praxeology&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> May 28, 2013<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Armando Torrent Ruiz, Octavio U\u00f1a Ju\u00e1rez, Santiago Garc\u00eda Echevarr\u00eda, Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun and Pedro Julio Tenorio S\u00e1nchez.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Massimiliano Neri<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;The Economics of the Knowledge Structure&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> June 1, 2011<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, C\u00e9sar Mart\u00ednez Meseguer, Mar\u00eda Blanco Gonz\u00e1lez and Nicola Ianello<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Juan Ram\u00f3n Rallo<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;An application of the business cycle theory from the perspective of the Austrian School to the great recession&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> March 9, 2011<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Gabriel Calzada \u00c1lvarez, \u00d3scar Vara Crespo, Joaqu\u00edn Trigo Portela and Juan Luis Mart\u00ednez S\u00e1nchez.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> David Sanz Bas<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Hayek&#8217;s critique of The General Theory. A review of the debate between Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> December 16, 2010<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, Rafael Rubio de Urqu\u00eda, Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas and Mar\u00eda Blanco Gonz\u00e1lez<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Pablo Guido<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;\u00c1lvaro Alsogaray: fifty years of economic thought and political action. 1955-2005&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> June 22, 2010<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, Rogelio P\u00e9rez-Bustamante Gonz\u00e1lez, C\u00e9sar Mart\u00ednez Meseguer and Mar\u00eda Blanco Gonz\u00e1lez<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> David Howden<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;The Efficient Market Hypothesis and the Capital Asset Pricing Model&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> April 7, 2010<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas, Philipp Bagus, C\u00e9sar Mart\u00ednez Meseguer, Mar\u00eda Blanco Gonz\u00e1lez and Gabriel Calzada \u00c1lvarez.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Jorge Franch Parella<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Fundamentals of Economics. Curricular application of the Economics subject to high school&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> March 3, 2010<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Juan Francisco Corona Ram\u00f3n, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, Ram\u00f3n Tremosa i Barcells, Le\u00f3n G\u00f3mez Rivas and Gabriel Calzada \u00c1lvarez.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Antonio Pancorbo de Rato<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Financial stability seen from the perspective of the Austrian School of Economics&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> October 1, 2009<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Fernando Becker Zuazua, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, \u00d3scar Vara Crespo, Javier Aranzadi del Cerro and Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Jos\u00e9 Carlos Herr\u00e1n Alonso<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Hayek and the Law: tacit knowledge, spontaneous orders and rules of mere conduct&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> April 15, 2009<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Armando Torrent Ruiz, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, C\u00e9sar Mart\u00ednez Meseguer, Jos\u00e9 Juan Franch Meneu and Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Adri\u00e1n Osvaldo Ravier<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;A possible solution to Friedman&#8217;s observation within the framework of the study of the Phillips curve&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> January 13, 2009<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Fernando Becker Zuazua, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, \u00d3scar Vara Crespo, Javier Aranzadi del Cerro and Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Philipp Bagus<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Deflation \u2013 Is it Really Harmful? Theoretical Analysis of Deflation with Two Historical Examples&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> December 18, 2007<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, \u00d3scar Vara Crespo, Gabriel Calzada \u00c1lvarez and Javier Aranzadi del Cerro.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> David P\u00e9rez-Bustamante Yabar<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Bank Deposit Contract and economic and financial crises&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> July 10, 2007<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Armando Torrent Ruiz, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, \u00d3scar Vara Crespo, Jos\u00e9 M\u00aa de la Cuesta Rute and Jos\u00e9 M\u00aa Casado Raig\u00f3n.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Juan Antonio D\u00edaz Cano<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Spanish Merchant Marine (1868 &#8211; 1995). Study on the collateral effects of induced protection&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> November 28, 2006<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Armando Torrent Ruiz, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, \u00d3scar Vara Crespo, Javier Aranzadi del Cerro and Jos\u00e9 Juan Franch Meneu.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Mario Fern\u00e1ndez Mart\u00edn<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Chambers of Commerce in the European Union&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> June 21, 2006<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Applied Economics I<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Armando Torrent Ruiz, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, \u00d3scar Vara Crespo, Javier Aranzadi del Cerro and Jos\u00e9 Juan Franch Meneu.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Jorge Bola\u00f1os Mart\u00ednez<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Disability models through laws and Social Institutions&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> January 12, 2005<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Private Law<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Armando Torrent Ruiz, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, \u00d3scar Vara Crespo, Javier Aranzadi del Cerro and Jos\u00e9 Juan Franch Meneu.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> C\u00e9sar Mart\u00ednez Meseguer<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;The evolutionary theory of Economic and Legal Institutions in the Austrian School of Economics&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> September 30, 2004<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Economics<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Armando Torrent Ruiz, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, Jos\u00e9 Juan Franch Meneu, Javier Aranzadi del Cerro and Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Gabriel Calzada \u00c1lvarez<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Economic and Institutional Analysis of the Theory of Private Defense through Insurance Companies&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> June 7, 2004<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Economics<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Armando Torrent Ruiz, Carlos Rodr\u00edguez Braun, Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira, Jos\u00e9 Juan Franch Meneu and Juan Iranzo<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Miguel \u00c1ngel Alonso Neira<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Capital controls, financial variables and economic policy&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> December 18, 2001<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Economics<br \/>\nFaculty of Legal and Social Sciences<br \/>\nRey Juan Carlos University<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Fernando B\u00e9cker, Jaime Requeijo, Juan Iranzo and Rafael Rubio de Urqu\u00eda.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> SUMMA CUM LAUDE by unanimity<br \/>\nV\u00edctor Mendoza Award for the best doctoral thesis defended in 2001<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> \u00c1ngel Rodr\u00edguez Garc\u00eda-Brazales<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;Intrinsically unfeasible action plans. An analysis of the limits of the Austrian school&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> July 4, 1997<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Economic Analysis: Economic Theory and History.<br \/>\nFaculty of Economic Sciences<br \/>\nAutonomous University of Madrid<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Lasu\u00e9n, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Garc\u00eda Dur\u00e1n, Rafael Rubio de Urqu\u00eda, Jos\u00e9 Juan Franch and Enrique Men\u00e9ndez Ure\u00f1a.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> APTO CUM LAUDE by unanimity<br \/>\nExtraordinary Doctoral Thesis Award from the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences of the Autonomous University of Madrid.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Doctor:<\/strong> Javier Aranzadi del Cerro<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis title:<\/strong> &#8220;The economic approach to human behavior: comparative analysis of Ludwig von Mises&#8217;s praxeology and Gary Becker&#8217;s generalization of homo economicus&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Thesis supervisor:<\/strong> Jes\u00fas Huerta de Soto<br \/>\n<strong>Defense date:<\/strong> December 18, 1997<br \/>\n<strong>Department:<\/strong> Economic Analysis: Economic Theory and History.<br \/>\nFaculty of Economic Sciences<br \/>\nAutonomous University of Madrid<br \/>\n<strong>Committee:<\/strong> Professors Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Lasu\u00e9n, Antonio Argando\u00f1a, Juan Iranzo, Enrique Men\u00e9ndez Ure\u00f1a and Jos\u00e9 Juan Franch.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade:<\/strong> APTO CUM LAUDE by unanimity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home Curr\u00edculum VitaePersonal DataAcademic DegreesTeaching ActivitiesResearch Activities: Publications (I)Research Activities: Publications (II)Other PublicationsEditorial ActivitiesQuotes and References on Prof. Huerta de 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