Main publications:

• 'Service sector firm death and productivity in urban and rural locations', with Sabine D'Costa and Dalila Ribaudo, Economics Letters, forthcoming.

• 'Spatial Patterns and Drivers of SME Digitalisation', with Ruth Rama, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, forthcoming.

• 'Growth and decline in rural Spain: an exploratory analysis', with Víctor Gómez Valenzuela, European Planning Studies, 32 (2): 430-453, 2024.

• 'Ultrahigh-speed fixed broadband and rural development', with Andrés Arronte Ledo, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 114 (5): 479-500 , 2023.

• 'Local knowledge spillovers and innovation persistence of firms', with Bettina Peters and Christian Rammer, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 32 (6): 826-850, 2023.

• 'An empirical study of drivers for the adoption of logistics innovation', with Ilaria Mariotti,  Industry and Innovation, 29 (6): 760-791, 2022.

• 'The regional environment and firms' commitment to innovation: Empirical evidence from Spain', Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 30 (6): 565-584, 2021.

• 'Local cooperation for innovation in ICT - Domestic groups with collaborations for innovation abroad and foreign subsidiaries', with R. Rama, Science and Public Policy, 46 (4): 599-610, 2019.

• 'Highways and firm performance in the logistics industry' with Ilaria Mariotti, Journal of Transport Geography, 72: 139-150, 2018.

• 'Local employment growth patterns and the Great Recession: the case of Spain' Journal of Regional Science, 58 (4): 837-863, 2018.

• 'Economic crisis and company R&D in Spain: do regional and policy factors matter?' with Laura Cruz-Castro, Luis Sanz-Menéndez, and Ruth Rama, Industry and Innovation, 25 (8): 729-751, 2018.

• 'The geography of logistics firm location: the role of accessibility', with Ilaria Mariotti, Networks and Spatial Economics, 18 (2): 337-361, 2018.

• 'Differences of Corporate Environmental Responsibility in Small and Medium Enterprises: Spain and Norway' with Elisabet Aguado, Sustainability, 10 (6): 1877, 2018.

• 'Persistence of innovative activities in times of crisis: The case of the Basque Country', with Ruth Rama, European Planning Studies, 24 (10): 1863-1883, 2016.

• 'Highways and productivity in manufacturing firms', Journal of Urban Economics, 93: 131-151, 2016.

• 'The spatial distribution of foreign direct investment in R&D within host countries. An empirical examination of foreign subsidiaries in Spain', with Ruth Rama, International Journal of Multinational Corporation Strategy, 1 (1): 65-86, 2016.

• 'Suburbanization and Highways in Spain: When the Romans and the Bourbons Still Shape its Cities', with Miquel-Angel Garcia-López and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal, Journal of Urban Economics, 85: 52-67, 2015.

• 'Foreign subsidiaries and technology sourcing in Spain', with Ruth Rama, Industry and Innovation, 21 (1): 43-64, 2014.

• 'Domestic transport infrastructure and firms' export market participation', with Pedro Albarran and Raquel Carrasco, Small Business Economics,40 (4): 879-898, 2013.

• 'Spatial patterns of adoption of just-in-time manufacturing', with Ruth Rama and Rafael Pardo, Papers in Regional Science, 92 (1): 51-68, 2013.

• 'Market potential and firm-level productivity in Spain', Journal of Economic Geography, 12 (6): 1191–1215, 2012.

• 'Comparing outsourcing patterns in domestic and FDI manufacturing plants: empirical evidence from Spain’, with Ruth Rama and Rafael Pardo, European Planning Studies, 20 (8): 1335-1357, 2012.

• 'Technology Sourcing: Are Biotechnology Firms Different? An Exploratory Study of the Spanish Case' with R. Rama, Science and Public Policy, 39 (3): 304-317, 2012; ISA working paper version: [PDF]

• ‘Factors influencing the location of new motorways: large scale motorway building in Spain’, Journal of Transport Geography, 19(6): 1282-1293, 2011.

• ‘Just-in-time manufacturing systems, subcontracting and geographic proximity’, with Ruth Rama and Rafael Pardo, Regional Studies, 44(5): 519-533, 2010.

• ‘The spatial patterns of networks, hierarchies and subsidiaries’, with Ruth Rama, European Planning Studies,17(9): 1261-1281, 2009.

• ‘Networking and R&D in domestic and FDI plants in Spanish Electronic Clusters’, with Ruth Rama, International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances, 1,(2): 182-204, 2009.

• ‘An exploratory analysis of networking, R&D and innovativeness in the Spanish electronics sector’, with Ruth Rama, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 9(1/2): 68-83, 2009.

• ‘Production subcontracting and location', Regional Science and Urban Economics, 38(3): 299-309, 2008.

• ‘20 years of accessibility improvements. The case of the Spanish motorway building programme’, Journal of Transport Geography, 15:286-297, 2007.

• ‘A review of the firm-level role of transport infrastructure with implications for transport project evaluation’, Journal of Planning Literature, 21 (1): 3-14,2006.

• ‘The role of transport in firms’ spatial organisation: Evidence from the Spanish food processing industry’, European Planning Studies,12(4): 537-550, 2004.

• ‘Transport infrastructure, agglomeration economies, and firm birth. Empirical evidence from Portugal’, Journal of Regional Science, 44(4): 693-712, 2004.

• ‘Start-Ups and relocations: Manufacturing plant location in Portugal’, Papers in Regional Science, 83 (4): 649-668, 2004.

• ‘Manufacturing location and impacts of road transport infrastructure: Empirical evidence from Spain’, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 34(3): 341-363, 2004.

Other publications: book chapters, book reviews, reports and papers in Spanish journals:

• ‘Transport Cost and Location of Firms', in 'International Encyclopedia of Transportation', Roger Vickerman (ed.), Volume 1 - Transport Economics, pp. 291-296 , Elsevier, 2021. previous version[PDF]

• ‘Just-in-time and space’, with Ruth Rama, in 'Handbook on Geographies of Technology', Barny Warf (ed.), Edward Elgar, 2017.

• ‘Applying the OECD functional urban area classification to local employment pattern analysis in Spain', Mapping, 26 (183): 30-35, 2017.

• ‘Location, accessibility and firm-level productivity in Spain’, in 'Accessibility and Spatial Interaction', Ana Condeço-Melhorado, Javier Gutiérrez, and Aura Reggiani (eds.). Edward Elgar Nectar Series, 2015.

• ‘Localización y productividad de la empresa española’, Investigaciones Regionales, 25: 27-42, 2013.

• ‘Subcontracting relationships’, with Ruth Rama, in 'Handbook of Economic Organization', Anna Grandori (ed.), Edward Elgar, 2013. previous version[PDF].

• ‘What drives logistics employment growth? An empirical investigation in the EU’, with Aleid Brouwer and  Ilaria Mariotti,  in: I sistemi di trasporto nell'area del Mediterraneo: infrastrutture e competitività, A. S. Bergantito, F. Carlucci, A. Cirà, E. Marcucci, and E. Musso (eds.). FrancoAngeli, Milan. Italy, 2013.

• ‘Mejoras de accesibilidad viaria: un estudio retrospectivo para la España peninsular’, Papeles de Geografía,  53-54: 171-183, 2011.

• Book review of ‘Production Networks and Industrial Clusters: Integrating Economies in Southeast Asia’ by I. Kuroiwa and T. M. Heng (eds), Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 50 (4) 2010.

• ‘La infraestructura de transporte y la localización de la actividad económica’ in 'Infraestructura de transporte, economía y territorio': 5ª jornada de reflexión y debate” INECO-TIFSA, Madrid, 2009.

• ‘La influencia de la localización y la distancia en las pautas de subcontratación’. Consejo Económico y Social, Comunidad de Madrid (with Ruth Rama), Documento de Trabajo No 8, 2009.

• ‘Transport Network Development and the Location of Economic Activity’ in 'Essays onTransport Economics', Vicente Inglada and Pablo Coto (eds.), 2007: pp 341-362.

• Book review of ‘Principles of Transport Economics’ by E. E. Quinet and R. Vickerman, Papers in Regional Science, Vol. 84 (1) 2005.

• Book review of ‘Public Investment and Regional Economic Development’ by Felsenstein D, McQuaid R, McCann P, Shefer D (Eds), Environment and Planning C, Vol. 20 (4) 2002.

• ‘The SASI Model: Model Implementation’ (with Fürst, F., Hackl, R., Kramar, H., Schürmann, C., Spiekermann, K., Wegener, M.), Report to the European Commission. Dortmund: Institute of Spatial Planning, 1999.

• ‘Data requirements and Model structure’: SASI Deliverable D7 (with Masser, I. and Craglia, M.), Report to the European Commission. Sheffield: Department of Town and Regional Planning, 1997.