2. Working papers (selected)

"Law incentives for juvenile recruiting by drug trafficking gangs: empirical evidence from Rio de Janeiro" with Cristiano Oliveira. Documento de Trabajo 2020/10 Instituto de Economía de Barcelona (IEB). 2020

"Modeling the U.S. Firearms Market: The Effects of Civilian Stocks, Crime, Legislation, and Armed Conflict" with Topher L. McDougal and Jurgen Brauer. Documento de Trabajo 2020/06 Instituto de Economía de Barcelona (IEB). 2020

"Bolstering community ties as a means of reducing crime" with Magdalena Domínguez. Documento de Trabajo 2019/06 Instituto de Economía de Barcelona (IEB). 2019

Preventing criminal minds: Early education access and adult offending behavior” with Zelda Brutti. Documento de Trabajo 2019/02 Instituto de Economía de Barcelona (IEB). 2019

"Long-Lasting Social Capital and its Impact on Economic Development: The Legacy of the Commons", with Ana Tur-Prats. Documento de Trabajo 2018/16 Instituto de Economía de Barcelona (IEB). 2018

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"Gender differences under test pressure and their impact on academic performance: a quasi-experimental design" with Pere A. Taberner (KSNET). Documento de Trabajo 2018/21 Instituto de Economía de Barcelona (IEB). 2018

"The Unintended Consequences on Crime of "Pennies from Heaven"" IDB working paper. IDB-WP-666. Forthcoming in Labour Economics with the tilte "The Effects of Local Infrastructure Investment on Crime"

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Measuring the Negative Externalities of a Private Leisure Activity: Hooligans and Pickpockets around the Stadium” with Simón Planells-Struse. Documento de Trabajo 2015/15 Instituto de Economía de Barcelona (IEB). 2015. (published at the Journal of Economic Geography)

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How time shapes crime: the temporal impacts of football matches on crime” with Simón Planells-Struse. Documento de Trabajo 2015/10 Instituto de Economía de Barcelona (IEB). 2015. (published at the Regional Science and Urban Economics)

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Do U.S. State Firearms Laws Affect Firearms Manufacturing Location?“ with Jurgen Brauer (Georgia Regents University) and Elisa Trujillo (UB-IEB) SADO-WP. 2014, (published at the Journal of Economic Geography)

Fiscal Decentralisation, Private School Funding, and Students’ Achievements. A Tale From Two Roman Catholic Countries” with Massimiliano Piazenza (University of Turin) and Gilberto Turati (University of Turin) Documento de Trabajo 2011/44 Instituto de Economía de Barcelona (IEB). 2011. (published at Fiscal Studies)

What drives investment in telecommunications? The role of regulation, firms’ internationalization and market knowledge” conjuntamente con E. Trujillo (UB_IEB). Documento de Trabajo 2012/01 Instituto de Economía de Barcelona (IEB). 2012.

Financing public education when altruistic agents have retirement concerns” with Amedeo Piolatto (UB-IEB). Documento de Trabajo 2011/30 Instituto de Economía de Barcelona (IEB). Documento de Trabajo Facultat Economia i Empresa 268, 2011.