PhD. Economics. Associated Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Oviedo (Spain). Consultant in European Funds, specialized in Next Generation EU. Named Top Voice Linkedin in 2020. He was Director General of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Asturias (2015-2017), expert of Los 100 de COTEC (2018-2021) and member of the Council of Canarias Geo Innovation Program 2030 (2018-2021).

He has published more than thirty papers in indexed journals (WoS and/or Scopus) and has been referee for many international journals.

He has been awarded with Premio Alexandre Pedrós of Círculo Financiero La Caixa (2011), Secondary Award of Premio Jesús María Leizaola (2004) from Instituto Vasco de Administración Pública and Premio Jóvenes Investigadores of the Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional (2002).

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• WoS: h-index = 14; i10-index = 18

• Scopus: h-index = 14; i10-index = 19

• google scholar: h-index = 22; i10-index = 30

Last papers

• Cárcaba, A., F.J. Delgado, E. González and M.J. Presno (2025): Convergence in social well-being: are Spanish regions closing the gap? Investigaciones Regionales – Journal of Regional Research, forthcoming.

• Delgado, F. J. and M. Landajo (2025): Determinants of fiscal decentralization: a neural network approach for OECD countries. Policy Studies, forthcoming. 

• Apergis, N., F.J. Delgado and C. Suárez-Arbesú (2024): Inequality and poverty in Spain: insights from a regional convergence analysis, International Journal of Finance & Economics, forthcoming

• Delgado, F.J., M. Mayor and M.J. Presno (2024): Heterogeneity of R&D expenditure: a convergence analysis for the Spanish regions, International Regional Science Review, 47(1), 67-99 

• Costantini, V., F.J. Delgado and M.J. Presno (2023): Environmental innovations in the EU: a club convergence analysis of the eco-innovation index and driving factors of the clusters, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 46, 100698  

• Delgado, F.J., E. Fernández-Rodríguez, R. García-Fernández, M. Landajo and A. Martínez-Arias (2023): Tax avoidance and earnings management: A neural network approach for the biggest European economies, Financial Innovation, 9, 19 

• Delgado, F.J. and M.J. Presno (2023): Evolution of fiscal decentralization in OECD: a club convergence analysis, Amfiteatru Economic, 63, 558-574 

• Suárez-Arbesú, C., N. Apergis and F.J. Delgado (2023): Club convergence and factors of income inequality in the EU, International Journal of Finance & Economics, 28(4), 3654-3666 

• Delgado, F.J., J. Freire and M.J. Presno (2022): Environmental taxation in the European Union: are really common trends? Economic Analysis and Policy, 73, 670-682 

Referee

Academia, Annals of Regional Science, Applied Economics, Applied Economics Letters, Area Development and Policy, Atmospheric Pollution Review, Baltic Journal of Economics, CEPAL, Cogent Business & Management, Constitutional Political Economy, Contemporary Economic Policy, Economía Mexicana, Economic Analysis and Policy, Economic Inquiry, Economic Modelling, Economic Research, Economic Systems, Economic Systems Research, Economics of Transition, Economies, Emerging Finance Markets and Trade, Energy Policy, Engineering Economics, European Review of Economics and Finance, Finanzarchiv, Future Business Journal, Hacienda Pública Española/Review of Public Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Innovar, International Journal of Finance and Ecomomics, International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, Investigaciones Económicas, iScience, Journal of Applied Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Journal of Open Innovation Technology, Market, and Complexity, Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Latin American Research Review, Lex Localis - Journal of Local Self-Government, Local Government Studies, National Tax Journal, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Panoeconomicus, Papers in Regional Science, Plos One, Policy Studies, Public Transport, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Regional Studies, Research Policy, Revista de Economía Aplicada, Revista de Economía Mundial, Sustainability, Scientometrics, Socio Economic Planning Sciences, Spatial Economic Analysis, The World Economy, Technology in Society 

In recent years, he has been actively involved in providing support to companies and public institutions within the realm of European funds, with a specialized focus on the Next Generation EU. Primarily, he has concentrated efforts on identifying opportunities, both in the form of calls and tenders, as well as in the processes of Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI).

During his tenure at the Directorate General of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Asturias (2015-2017), he served on the Board of Directors of several public companies. Additionally, he was a member of the Advisory Board for the Canarias Geo Innovation Program 2030 (2018-2021).

He has published articles in media as El País, Expansión, El Economista, Cinco Días, Capital, La Nueva España and El Comercio, alongside his activity in Linkedin.

He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Economics and Business Letters (2012-), and currently holds a position on the Editorial Board of the journals Amfiteatru Economic, Engineering Economics, Evaluation Review, Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, and Lex Localis.

He has published three books to date, in Spanish:

• Impuestos para Todos los Públicos

• Principios de Hacienda Pública. Teoría de los Impuestos

• Cuadernos de Hacienda Pública

With nearly 30 years of teaching experience in his university academic activities, he teaches public economics courses in various undergraduate programs, as well as in the Interuniversity Master's in Economics at the University of Oviedo. Furthermore, he holds a position as a professor in the Master's in Tax Advisory and Professional Practice at the College of Economists of Asturias.