Maria Petrova is a Professor of Economics and ICREA Research Professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Political Economy and Governance (IPEG), and Affiliate Professor at Barcelona School of Economics. Maria was a Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Economics in 2016-2023 and is a member of the Editorial Board (2016-) and the Board of Directors (2022-) of the Review of Economic Studies. She received PhD from Harvard University in 2008. She spent 2012 - 2013 as a Visiting Associate Research Scholar at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University. In 2012-2013, she was also the Research Director at the Center for New Media and Society. Her research interests include mass media economics, political economy, and corporate governance.