Web CV

Current position

• Contract Agent: Economic Analyst - General equilibrium modeller, TEDAM team. JRC Seville, unit B7, European Commission. From 03/2022.

Professional experience

• Research Officer. The Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland. 11/2018-02/2022. Previously, Postdoctoral Fellow, 09/2015-10/2018

• External consultant, International Labour Organization. 04/2014-11/2014

• Economist, Confederación Canaria de Empresarios (Employer's Association of the Canary Islands). 01/2007-07/2008

• Economist (intern), Consejería de Economía del Gobierno de Canarias (Canary Islands' Department of Economics). 01/2005-07/2006

Education

• PhD in Economics. 2010-2015

  • European University Institute, Department of Economics, Florence, Italy

  • Supervisor: Evi Pappa

  • Dissertation title: Essays on Fiscal and Monetary Unions

• MSc in Economics. 2008-2010

  • Universitat de Barcelona, Departament d'Economía, Barcelona, Spain

  • Supervisor: Fernando Sánchez Losada

  • Dissertation title: Moral Hazard and Growth

• Bachelor's degree in Economics. 2000-2004

  • Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Gran Canaria, Spain.

Peer-reviewed publications

• Fiscal federalism and Cohesion Policy in the European Union NUTS-2 regions (2025), with with P. Casas, T. Christou, P. D'Apice, N. Lazarou, and S. Salotti. European Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming.

• The impact of innovation policy on the regional economies of Europe (2025), with with P. Casas, T. Christou, N. Lazarou, P. Lecca, P. Monfort, and S. Salotti. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society: special issue " Mission-Oriented Policy: Innovation and Regional Development", forthcoming.

• A spatial general equilibrium analysis of local public spending multipliers in the European Union regions (2025), with P. Casas, T. Christou, T. Heidelk, N. Lazarou, P. Monfort, and S. Salotti. Open Economies Review, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11079-025-09803-x

• Economic growth and environmental objectives: a study using 2021-2027 cohesion policy regional data (2025), with  T. Christou, T. Heidelk, N. Lazarou, P. Monfort, and S. Salotti. Journal of Policy Modeling, in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2025.04.003

• Determinants of Incumbent Electoral Success: Evidence from 30 Years of Irish Elections (2025), with V.  Munley, and P. Redmond. The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 56, No. 2, Summer 2025, pp. 285-305 (web)

• Constructing interregional social accounting matrices for the EU: Unfolding trade patterns and wages by education level (2025), with N.J. Lazarou, G. Mandras, S. Salotti, M. Thiessen and E. Kalwelagen.  Spatial Economic Analysis, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2025.2461051

• A spatial macroeconomic analysis of the equity-efficiency trade-off of the European cohesion policy (2024), with J. Barbero, T. Christou, F. Crucitti, N.J. Lazarou, P. Monfort and S. Salotti.  Spatial Economic Analysis 19(3), 394-410.  https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2024.2306948

• The impact of voter turnout on referendum outcomes: evidence from Ireland (2023), with V.  Munley, and P. Redmond. Public Choice, Vol. 194, pp. 369-393 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-023-01045-0

• Universal Primary Care in Ireland: Cost and Workforce Implications (2022), with S. Connolly, M. Wren, and C. Keegan. The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 53, No. 4, Winter 2022, pp. 281-298 (web)

• Rainfall, population density and voter turnout (2020), with P. Redmond. Electoral Studies, Vol. 64 (April), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2020.102128

• Modelling the Medium to Long Term Potential Macroeconomic Impact of Brexit on Ireland (2017), with A. Bergin, N. McInerney, E. Morgenroth, and D. Smith. The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 48 No. 3 Autumn, pp. 305-316 (article)

• Baseline: Methodology, Assumptions and Projections (2016), with A. Bergin, N. McInerney, E. Morgenroth. In Ireland’s Economic Outlook: Perspectives and Policy Challenges, A. Bergin, E. Morgenroth and K. McQuinn (Eds.) (web pdf)

• ¿Ha mejorado la competitividad exterior gracias a la devaluación interna? (2016), with A. Crespo. Papeles de economía española, 150, pp. 114-126 (web)

• Labour Market Measures in United Kingdom 2008–13: The Crisis and Beyond (2015). International Labour Office, Research Department. – Geneva: ILO . ISBN 978-92-2-129760-4 (web pdf)

• A model for competitiveness level analysis in sports competitions: Application to basketball (2012), with Y. de Saa Guerra, J.M. Martin, S. Sarmiento, D. Rodriguez and J.M. Garcia-Manso. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Vol. 391(10), pp. 2997-3004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2012.01.014