Dolores Tirado (Palma de Mallorca, 1969) is professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of the Balearic Islands, UIB. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Business Studies (1992) from the UIB and a PhD in Economics (2003) from the same university. Her teaching field is environmental economics and natural resources management and economic appraisal of projects. Her principal research interests include Water Economics and Policy, Applied General Equilibrium Models and Water and Tourism. She has provided technical assistance to various administrations responsible for hydrological planning and has participated in several competitive research projects (national and autonomous) related to water management. She has been vice-dean of the Faculty of Economics and is currently vice-dean of the Faculty of Tourism.
Articles:
Gómez, C.; Tirado, D.; Rey-Maquieira, J. (2004): Water Exchanges vs. Water Works: Insights from a Computable General Equilibrium Model for the Balearic Islands, Water Resources Research, 40(10), 1-11.
Tirado Bennasar, D.; Gómez Gómez, C.M.; Lozano Ibáñez, J. (2006): Efficiency Improvements and Water Policy in the Balearic Islands: A General Equilibrium Approach, Investigaciones Económicas, XXX (3), 441-463.
Tirado Bennasar, D.; Gómez Gómez, C.M.; Lozano Ibáñez, J. (2006): Un modelo de equilibrio general aplicado a Baleares: análisis económico de la reasignación intra-sectorial del agua para uso agrícola, Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros, 209, 75- 109.
Tirado, D.; Lozano, J.; Gómez, C.M. (2010): Economic Regional Impacts of the Water Transfers: the Role of the Factor Mobility in a Case Study of the Agricultural Sector in the Balearic Islands. Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales, 10 (2), 41-59.
Deyà-Tortella, B.; Tirado, D. (2011) Hotel water consumption at a seasonal mass tourist destination. The case of the island of Mallorca, Journal of Environmental Management,92, 2568- 2579.
Deyá Tortella, B.; Tirado Bennasar, D. (2012): El consum d’aigua del sector turístic en les destinacions costeres. Una aplicació a la planta hotelera de les Illes Balears, Estudis d’Història Agrària, 23, 195-208.
Books:
Tirado, D. (2003): La economía del agua en Baleares. Serie de estudios regionales del BBVA, Islas Baleares, 265- 287.
Tirado, D.; Aguiló, P. (2004): Una aproximación a la economía del medio ambiente. Col·lecció materials didàctics. Universitat de les Illes Balears Editorial.
Gomez, C. y Tirado, D. (2006): Un modelo de equilibrio general aplicado al análisis de los usos del agua en la agricultura. Hacia las cuentas económicas del agua en España. Consejo General de Colegios de Economistas. Ecos 11, 357-383.
Tirado, D.; Blanco, E. (2011): Guía metodológica para el análisis de la implementación de la Directiva Marco del Agua en las Islas Baleares. Institut Balear d’Economia.
Tirado, D. (2015): Water consumption, tourism. Encyclopedia of Tourism, Springer, 1-2.