Selected publications

  • "Subnational borrowing and bailouts: when the federal government looks at the votes (differently) and its borrowing matters", 2022, Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol. 24, 609-633. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12559

  • "Vertical externalities revisited: new results with public inputs and unit taxation", 2018, Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, vol. 225 (2), 11-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7866/HPE-RPE.18.2.1

  • "How does fiscal reform affect the elasticities of income tax revenues? The case of Spain, 2003-2008", 2017, International Journal of Public Policy, vol.13 (6), 337 - 357. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPP.2017.10008750

  • "Looking beyond the R&D effects on innovation: The contribution of non-R&D activities to total factor productivity growth in the EU" (with Jesús López-Rodríguez), 2017, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, vol. 40, 37-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2016.11.002.

  • "Do federal deficits motivate regional fiscal (im)balances? Evidence for the Spanish case", (with Agustín Molina), 2016, Journal of Regional Science, vol 58, 224-258. https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12328

  • “Work-related tax expenditures in the EU: impact on tax revenues” (with Serena Fatica, Salvador Barrios and Gilles Mourre)", 2018, Public Finance Review, vol 46 (5), 793-820.https://doi.org/10.1177/1091142116679729

  • "Breaking with the past in smart specialisation: A new model of selection of business stakeholders within the entrepreneurial process of discovery" (with Manuel Palazuelos), 2015, Journal of Knowledge Economy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-015-0271-6

  • “Vertical externalities with lump-sum taxes: how much difference does unemployment make?” (with Tomas Sjöngren), 2014, European Journal of Government and Economics, vol. 3(1), 75-87.

  • “Fiscal equalization schemes and subcentral government borrowing” (with Salvador Barrios), 2017, in Central and Local Government Relations in Asia. Achieving Fiscal Sustainability . Edited by Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean and Peter J. Morgan. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN: 978 1 78643 686 3.

  • “Can Labor Market Distortions Cause Overprovision of Public Inputs?", (with T. Sjongren), 2013, Journal of Economic Research, 18 (2), 135 - 146.

  • "The underreporting of income by self-employed workers in Spain" 2013, SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 4 (4), 353 - 371.

  • "The optimal policy in the provision of public inputs. To what extent do technology, taxation and preferences matter?", (with A. Jesús Sánchez), 2011, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 14 (3), 259-271.

  • "Optimization in non-standard problems. An application to the provision of public inputs", (with A. Jesús Sánchez), 2011, Computational Economics, 37 (1), pp. 13-38.

  • "ICT-specific technological change and productivity growth in the U.S. 1980-2004", (with J. Rodríguez and J. L. Torres), 2010, Information Economics and Policy, vol. 22, 121-129.

  • "A note on the optimal level of public inputs" (with A. Jesús Sánchez), 2010, Social Choice and Welfare, vol 34 (3), 363-369.

  • "Persistence of inequalities across the Spanish regions" (with J. Rodríguez and D. Romero de Ávila), 2009, Papers in Regional Science, vol 88 (4), 841-862.

  • "Optimal federal taxes with public inputs", 2008, FinanzArchiv /Public Finance Analysis, 64, 422-433.

  • "New technologies and economic growth: a regional approach. The case of Andalusia", (with J. Rodríguez), 2008, The Annals of Regional Science, vol 43, 963-987.

  • "Convergence and public investment in Spain: regional policies revisited" (with S. Lago), in Regional Economic Policy in Europe. New Challenges for Theory, Empirics and Normative Interventions,(Ulrike Stierle-von Schütz y otros, Eds.), Edward Elgar, 2008.

  • "The productivity paradox and the new economy: The case of Spain" (with J. L. Torres and J. Rodríguez), 2008, Journal of Macroeconomics, vol. 30(4), 1569-1586.

  • "Ad valorem taxes and the fiscal gap in federations" (with C. Kotsogiannis), 2008, Economics Letters, vol 99 (3), 431-434.

  • "Linking Public Investment to Private investment. The case of Spanish Regions", 2006, International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 20, No. 4, 411-423.

  • "On states' behavior with equalization grants", 2005, Hacienda Pública Española / Revista de Economía Pública, Vol. 174 (3), 43-54.

  • "Fiscal policy and growth. The case of Spanish regions", 2004, Economic Issues, Vol 10 (1), 9-24.

  • "Lindahl-Samuelson and public goods" in An Eponymous Dictionary of Economics (J. Segura y C. Rodríguez Braun, Eds.), Ed. Edward Elgar, 2004.

  • "The optimal provision of public inputs in a second-best scenario", 2004, Economics Bulletin, Vol 8 (2), 1-9.

  • "Convergence across Spanish regions: new evidence on the effects of public investment" (with J. M. González-Páramo), 2003, Review of Regional Studies, Vol 33 (2), 65-86.

Artículos seleccionados en castellano

  • "Los objetivos de déficit en las CCAA: Una propuesta basada en la deuda", (con F. González), 2021, Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, próximamente.

  • "El diseño de reglas fiscales en Gobiernos subcentrales. El caso de España", (con F. González), 2021, Boletín Económico de ICE, número 3133, 55-77. https://doi.org/10.32796/bice.2021.3133.7168

  • "La gobernanza fiscal de las Comunidades Autónomas. Una valoración crítica de su estado actual con perspectivas de reforma", 2020, Investigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research, vol. 47, 31-56.

  • "Nivelación total: una garantía de equidad sin perjuicio de la eficiencia", (with F. Pedraja), 2018, Presupuesto y Gasto Público, vol. 92, 55-67.

  • "¿Cómo explicamos la provisión óptima de gasto público? Dos aproximaciones docentes según el Coste Marginal de los Fondos Públicos", 2010, e-pública Revista electrónica sobre la enseñanza de la Economía Pública, vol. 7.

  • "La relación entre la inversión pública y la inversión privada", 2008, Papeles de Economía Española, vol. 118, 98-109.

  • "Condicionantes de la política regional y la convergencia", 2008, Revista de Estudios Regionales, vol. 85, 53-66.

  • "La nueva ley de estabilidad presupuestaria: implicaciones para las Comunidades Autónomas", en La Financiación del Estado de las Autonomías: Perspectivas de Futuro (S. Lago, Ed.), Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, 2007.

  • "La distribución provincial de la inversión pública de la Junta de Andalucía: un análisis de sus criterios" (with M. Prieto), 2007, Revista de Estudios Regionales, vol. 78, 409-427.

  • "Inversión pública y crecimiento: un panorama (with C. Díaz)", 2006, Hacienda Pública Española / Revista de Economía Pública, vol. 176 (1), 109-140.

  • "Crecimiento y capital público desde una perspectiva regional: una extensión del modelo de Barro", 2002, Revista de Estudios Regionales, vol. 64, 75-92.

  • "Capital humano y crecimiento en el mediterráneo: ¿spillovers o determinismo geográfico?" (with J. Rodero, M. L. Cabases, P. Brañas y A. Lorca), 2001, Información Comercial Española / Revista de Economía, vol. 792, 169-182.