"Ancient Colonialism and the Economic Geography of the Mediterranean" (with Chronopoulos, D., Kampanelis, S., and Wilson, J.) 2021. Journal of Economic Geography, lbaa028.

* Dissemination: Twitter thread, VOXeu.org, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, atlantico.fr, Greek National TV Channel ERT.

"Frontiers, Warfare and Economic Geography: The Case of Spain". Journal of Development Economics. 2020, 146, 102511. (Access to Supplementary Material) (SSRN link).

* Dissemination: Twitter thread, RES media briefings, The Long Run (the EHS blog), Nada Es Gratis, NIUS Diario, La Voz de Asturias .

"What Do Street Names Tell Us? The “City-Text” as Socio-Cultural Data". Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18 (1): 187–211. (Access to Supplementary Appendices).

* An application to UK street-name data here.

* Media coverage: Press release, Scottish Daily Express, Scottish Daily Mail, The Times, The Scotsman, NadaEsGratis, elDiario.es,

“Historical Frontiers and the Rise of Inequality. The Case of the Frontier of Granada” (with Romero-Ávila D.), Journal of the European Economic Association, 2017, 15 (1): 54-98. (Access to Supplementary Appendices).

* Media coverage (in Spanish): IDEAL.es, Granada Hoy, La Vanguardia, Expansión, AULA MAGNA.

"The Consequences of Persistent Inequality on Social Capital: A Municipal-Level Analysis of Blood Donation Data" (with Romero-Ávila D.), Economics Letters, 2017, 151: 53-57. (SSRN link).

* Media coverage in Spanish: NadaEsGratis

“The Economic Consequences of the Spanish Reconquest: The Long-term Effects of Medieval Conquest and Colonization” (with Romero-Ávila D.), Journal of Economic Growth, 2016, 21 (4), 409–464. (Access to Supplementary Appendices).

* A non-technical summary is available here.

* Media coverage in The Financial Times and in the De Groene Amsterdammer.

* Media coverage in Spanish: Yahoo! Finanzas, El Confidencial, NadaEsGratis, elEconomista.es, 20minutos, El Diario Vasco.

“The Long-term Effects of Political Violence on Political Attitudes: Evidence from the Spanish Civil War”, Kyklos, 2015, 68 (3), 412–442 (SSRN link).

“The Distribution of Legal Traditions around the World: A Contribution to the Legal Origins Theory” (with Romero-Ávila D.), Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57 (3), 561-628. (access to Unpublished Appendices) (Link to the accepted manuscript).

“Legal Traditions and Initial Endowments in Shaping the Path of Financial Development” (with Romero-Ávila D.), Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2014, 46 (1), 43-77.

“Does Fiscal Decentralization Mitigate the Adverse Effects of Corruption on Public Deficits?” (with Romero-Ávila D. and Usabiaga, C.), European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 32, 205-231. (access to Unpublished Appendices).

“Tracing the Link between Government Size and Growth: The Role of Public Sector Quality” (with Romero-Ávila D.), Kyklos, 2013, 66 (2), 229-255. (access to Unpublished Appendices).