Ángeles Pla holds a PhD in Economics and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Valencia. She is a member of the Chair of Regional Taxation, of the Commission for the Study of Tax Reform in the Valencian Community and of the Commission of Experts appointed by the Valencian Parliament to review the regional funding model. Her area of research focuses on Public Economics, highlighting the following lines: economics of taxation, fiscal federalism and economics of education.