Research in Economics

"Trade and Military Alliances: Evidence from NATO", 2019, Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 25, 1-8, with Francisco Callado and Natalia Utrero  Download

"Globalization, Welfare, and the Attitudes toward Higher Education", 2019, Economic Modelling 81, 503-517, with Pablo Agnese  Download 

Policy version  in INFER Policy Brief Series 1, No. 2, 1-6  (November 2018)

 “Defence Spending, Institutional Environment and Economic Growth: Case of NATO”, 2019,  Defence and Peace Economics 30, 525-548, with Francisco Callado and Natalia Utrero (Working paper version   WP 17.04 Working papers Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, July 2017)  Download

"Bubble Economics and Structural Change: The Cases of Spain and France Compared", 2018, Journal of Economic Policy Reform 21, 59-79, with Pablo Agnese, (Working paper version IZA Discussion Paper No. 8942, March 2015) Download

 “Effects of Institutional Environment and Technology Development on Payment Choice”, 2018, Technological and Economic Development of Economy 24, 81-107,  with Francisco Callado and Natalia Utrero (Working Paper Version WP 14.03 Working papers Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, May 2014) 

"Low-skill Offshoring and Welfare Compensation Policies", 2016, Economic Modelling 52, 408-426, with Pablo Agnese  (Working Paper Version WP 15.05 Working papers Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, May 2014)  Download

“Effects of Direct Pricing of Retail Payment Methods in Norway”, 2014, Economic Modelling 37, 428-438, with Francisco Callado and Natalia Utrero  (Working Paper Version    WP-AD 2010-20, IVIE and Universidad de Alicante, May 2010) Download 

“Openness and Technology Diffusion in Payment Systems: The Case of NAFTA ”, 2014, Computational Economics 43, 497-519, with Francisco Callado and Natalia Utrero (Working Paper Version WP 12.06, Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, June 2012) Download 

"Optimal Taxation in the Uzawa-Lucas Model with Externality in Human Capital", 2013, Journal of Economics 108, 111-129, with Arantza Gorostiaga and Miguel-Ángel López-García,     Working Paper Version (WP-AD 2011-19, IVIE and Universidad de Alicante, September 2011)  Download 

"Transformation of Payment Systems: The Case of European Union Enlargement", 2012,  Applied Economics Letters 19, 1787-1791, with Francisco Callado and Natalia Utrero Download  

“The Role of Central Bank Operating Procedures in an Economy with Productive Government Spending”, 2011, Computational Economics 37, 39-65 with Jordi Caballé   Download     Working Paper version (UFAE and IAE Working Papers 504.01, December 2001)  

“Learning-or-doing in a Cash-in-Advance Economy with Costly Credit”, 2008, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 32, 2826-2853 Download 

“On Income Velocity of Money, Precautionary Money Demand and Growth”, 2007, Journal of Economics 90, 143-166 Download       Working Paper version (On the Income Velocity of Money in a Cash-in-Advance Economy with Capital, WP-AD 2004-21, IVIE and Universidad de Alicante, April 2004) 

“Precautionary Money Demand in a Cash-in-Advance Economy with Capital”, 2005, Computational Economics 26, pp. 51-63 Download 

“Money and Growth in a Cash-in-Advance Economy with Costly Credit”, 2003, Economic Modelling 20, pp. 1113-1136 Download 

“A Note on Income Velocity of Money in a Cash-in-Advance Economy with Capital”, 1998, Economics Letters 60, pp. 91-96 Download 

"Monetary and Education Policies in the Uzawa-Lucas Cash-in-Advance Economy: Closed Form Solution", 2009, in "Monetary Growth: Trends, Impacts and Policies", William N. Squires and Charles P. Burdock Eds., Nova Science Publishers.  Download