Research

Working Papers

• “Classical Right, New Right, and Voting Behavior: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment.”
  With Jesús Fernández-Villaverde.

• “Family-Friendly Policies and Fertility: What Firms Have to Do With It?”
  With Olympia Bover, Nezih Guner, Yuliya Kulikova, and Alessandro Ruggieri.
  
  

Publications

• "Dynamic Effects of Persistent Shocks."
  With Mario Alloza and Jesús Gonzalo.
  Journal of Applied Econometrics, Volume 40, Issue 4, June/July 2025, pp. 380-394.

• “Trust and Accountability in Times of Crisis.”
  With Monica Martinez-Bravo.
  Economica, Volume 92, Issue 365, January 2025, pp. 230-258. 

• “Economic Uncertainty and Divisive Politics: Evidence from the Dos Españas.”
  With Sandra García-Uribe and Hannes Mueller.
  The Journal of Economic History, Volume 84, Issue 1, March 2024, pp. 40-73.

    Media coverage: Central Banking, Nada es Gratis (in Spanish).

• “Betrayed by the Elites: How Corruption Amplifies the Political Effects of Recessions.”
  With Albert Solé-Ollé and Pilar Sorribas-Navarro.
  Comparative Political Studies, Volume 55, Issue 7, June 2022, pp. 1095-1129.

• "Inequality and Psychological Well-being in Times of Covid-19: Evidence from Spain."
  With Monica Martinez-Bravo.
  SERIES-Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Volume 12, December 2021, pp. 489–548.

           Media coverage (in Spanish): El País.

• "The Child Penalty: Evidence from Spain."
  With Alicia de Quinto and Laura Hospido.
  SERIES-Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Volume 12, December 2021, pp. 585-606.

    Media coverage (in Spanish): ABC, El Confidencial, eldiario.es, El Mundo, El País, La Vanguardia, Nada es Gratis, Twitter, and more.

• "Jobs Multipliers: Evidence from a Large Fiscal Stimulus in Spain."
  With Mario Alloza.
  Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Volume 123, Issue 3, July 2021, pp. 751-779.

                Media coverage: ABC (in Spanish).

• “Women's Representation in Politics: The Effect of Electoral Systems.”
  With Martín Gonzalez-Eiras.
  Journal of Public Economics, Volume 198, June 2021, 104399.

• "Gender Gaps in the Evaluation of Research: Evidence from Submissions to Economics Conferences."
  With Laura Hospido.
  Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Volume 83, Issue 3, June 2021, pp. 590-618.

    Media coverage: CEPR eBook, COSME Newsletter, EEA Media Briefings, eldiario.es (in Spanish), Nada es Gratis (in Spanish), New York  Times, Times Higher Education.

• “Direct Democracy and Government Size: Evidence from Spain.”
  Political Science Research and Methods, Volume 8, Issue 4, October 2020, pp. 630-645.

    Media coverage: El Confidencial (in Spanish).

• “Rank Effects in Bargaining: Evidence from Government Formation.”
  With Thomas Fujiwara.
  Review of Economic Studies, Volume 87, Issue 3, May 2020, pp. 1261–1295.
  Online appendix.

• "Backing the Incumbent in Difficult Times: The Electoral Impact of Wildfires.”
  With Roberto Ramos.
  Comparative Political Studies, Volume 53, Issue 3-4, March 2020, pp. 469-499.
  Online appendix.

• “The Effect of Electoral Systems on Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Natural Experiment”
  Political Science Research and Methods, Volume 5, Issue 4, October 2017, pp. 689-710.

                2017/2018 Political Science Research and Methods Best Paper Award.

    Media coverage: Nada es Gratis (in Spanish).

Other Publications

• “Air pollution: a review of its economic effects and policies to mitigate them.”
  With Laura Hospido and Ernesto Villanueva.
  Documentos Ocasionales, Banco de España, Nº 2301, January 2023.

• El peso del sector público en la economía: resumen de la literatura y aplicación al caso español.”
  Documentos Ocasionales, Banco de España, Nº 2212, June 2022.

• “¿Más o menos impuestos? Renta, confianza en las instituciones y preferencias impositivas.”
  Papeles de Economía Española, Funcas, Nº 172, June 2022, pp. 58-68.