Research

Publications and accepted papers


Breaking News: A Model of Media Competition, Fact-Checking, and Political Accountability (joint with Giovanni Andreottola

Journal of Politics, Tentatively Accepted


Judicial Decisions, Backlash and Secessionism: The Spanish Constitutional Court and Catalonia (appendix)   (joint with Agustín Casas and Federico Curci

The Economic Journal, Forthcoming

Preprint version  and online appendix


Disclosing Decision Makers Private Interests  🎵

European Economic Review,  November 2022

Preprint version

Media coverage: Nadaesgratis.


Intergroup Contact and Nation Building: Evidence from the Military Service in Spain  (joint with Julio Cáceres, Gabriel Facchini and Ignacio González🎵

Journal of  Public Economics,  September 2021  

Prepint version and online appendix

Media coverage: Eldiario.es, Nadaesgratis, 5 cèntims.


Stories beat experts: A survey experiment on political persuasiveness  (joint with Berta Barbet and Guillem Vidal)

European Journal of Political Research ,  January 2024

Preprint version

Media coverage: Nació Digital


The Crown: A Survey About the Spanish Monarchy (joint with Enrique Hernández and Marga Torre🎵

Political Research Exchange, June 2021 

Media coverage: Reuters, France 24, Huffington Post Italia, Agencia EFE, Süddeutsche Zeitung, El Periódico, La VanguardiaHuffington Post España, Eldiario.esEl Nacional.catThe Independent, CGTNVanity Fair, La Razón, RNE, RAC 1, Radio Euskadi, Cadena Ser, TV3, ETB. 


Book Chapters


Building Nations through internal mobility: Evidence from Spanish conscripts (joint with Julio Cáceres, Gabriel Facchini and Ignacio González)

in Nation-Building: Big Lessons from Successes and Failures. CEPR/VOXEU E-book, edited by D.Rohner and E.Zhuravskaya


Working papers


When consensus hurts: experts' advice and electoral support 


Geographical Mobility as a Bridge to Opportunity: Evidence from the Spanish Military Service (joint with Julio Cáceres, Gabriel Facchini and Ignacio González)


Work in progress