Dr Sebastian Cortes Corrales

Dr Sebastian Cortes Corrales

The Department of Economics
Assistant Professor in Economics
Admissions Tutor of BSc Mathematical Economics and Statistics Programme

Contact details

Address
Birmingham Business School
Department of Economics
University House
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Prior to his current appointment, Dr Cortes Corrales was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy at Chapman University. Sebastian also held Senior Teaching Associate position at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge.

Before starting his graduate studies, Sebastian was an Associate Researcher in Health Economics at the Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia. There, he was involved in numerous research projects in public health.

Sebastian's primary research interest is focused on understanding how underlying network structures influence behaviour using game theory, incentivised experiments, and empirical tools. He is working on topics involving Networks of Conflict, Industrial Organisation and Political Economy.

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Economics, University of Leicester (UK)
  • M.A. in Economics, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
  • B.A. in Economics, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Teaching

  • Advanced Microeconomics
  • Mathematical Methods for Statistics and Econometrics
  • Decision Theory and Games

Research

  • Social and Economic Networks
  • Experimental Economics
  • Behavioural Economics and Health Economics

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Paez, DC, Cortes Corrales, S, Jimenez-Mora, MA, Gutiérrez, A, Arango-Paternina, CM & Duperly, J 2024, 'Health-related fitness in medical students: a curricular intervention in Bogota, Colombia', BMC Public Health, vol. 24, no. 1, 320. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17748-y

Cortes-Corrales, S & Gorny, PM 2024, 'How strength asymmetries shape multi-sided conflicts', Economic Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-024-01569-6

Alfonso-Sierra, E, Basso, C, Beltrán-Ayala, E, Mitchell-Foster, K, Quintero, J, Cortés, S, Manrique-Saide, P, Guillermo-May, G, Caprara, A, Carvalho de Lima, E & Kroeger, A 2016, 'Innovative dengue vector control interventions in Latin America: what do they cost?', Pathogens and Global Health, vol. 110, no. 1, pp. 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/20477724.2016.1142057

Higuera-Mendieta, DR, Cortés-Corrales, S, Quintero, J & González-Uribe, C 2016, 'KAP Surveys and Dengue Control in Colombia: Disentangling the Effect of Sociodemographic Factors Using Multiple Correspondence Analysis', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 10, no. 9, e0005016. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005016

Arciniegas Calle, MC, Lobelo, F, Jiménez, MA, Páez, DC, Cortés, S, De Lima, A & Duperly, J 2016, 'One-day workshop-based training improves physical activity prescription knowledge in Latin American physicians: A pre-test post-test study', BMC Public Health, vol. 16, no. 1, 1224. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3883-2

Quintero, J, García-Betancourt, T, Cortés, S, García, D, Alcalá, L, González-Uribe, C, Brochero, H & Carrasquilla, G 2015, 'Effectiveness and feasibility of long-lasting insecticide-treated curtains and water container covers for dengue vector control in Colombia: A cluster randomised trial', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 109, no. 2, pp. 116-125. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/tru208

García-Betancourt, T, Higuera-Mendieta, DR, González-Uribe, C, Cortés, S & Quintero, J 2015, 'Understanding water storage practices of urban residents of an endemic dengue area in Colombia: Perceptions, rationale and socio-demographic characteristics', PLoS ONE, vol. 10, no. 6, e0129054. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129054

Working paper

Cortes Corrales, S & Gorny, PM 2022 'How strength asymmetries shape multi-sided conflicts' SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4103411

Cortes Corrales, S & Rojo Arjona, D 2022 'The curse of centrality in weighted networks'.

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