FIELDS OF RESEARCH
Growth and Development, Applied Economics, Labour, Inequality, International Trade, Macroeconomics, Health Economics, Agriculture, Robotics and Innovation Policy.
AUTHOR IMPACT
30 papers | 362+ citations | h-index 9 | g-index 18 (Harzing's Publish or Perish)
Scopus (Author ID 36456784200): 13 documents | 183 citations | h-index 7
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Macro-Finance & Development
Brambila-Macias J., Murinde V. and Massa I. (2011) "Cross-border bank lending versus FDI in Africa: A growth story", Applied Financial Economics, Vol. 21(16), pp. 1205-1213.
Brambila-Macias J. and Massa I. (2011) "Finance-Growth Nexus: Evidence from a Top Global Reformer", Applied Financial Economics, Vol. 21(8), pp. 529-544.
Brambila-Macias J. and Massa I. (2010) "The Global Financial Crisis and Sub-Saharan Africa: The Effects of Slowing Private Capital Inflows on Growth", African Development Review, Vol. 22, pp. 366-377.
Brambila-Macias J. and Cazzavillan G. (2010) "Modeling the Informal Economy in Mexico: A Structural Equation Approach", The Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 44, pp. 345-365.
Brambila-Macias J. and Cazzavillan G. (2009) "The Dynamics of Parallel Economies: Measuring the Informal Sector in Mexico", Research in Economics, Vol. 63, pp. 189-199.
Brambila-Macias J., Meredith G. and Vladkova I. (2007) "Economic Growth and Integration in Central America", IMF Occasional Paper No. 257, pp. 8-20.
Health Economics & Agriculture
Caracciolo F., Depalo D. and Brambila-Macias J. (2014) "Food Price Changes and Poverty in Zambia: An Empirical Assessment using Household Microdata", Journal of International Development, Vol. 26, pp. 492-507.
Shankar B., Brambila-Macias J., Mazzocchi M., Capacci S. and Traill W.B. (2013) "An Evaluation of the UK Food Standards Agency's Salt Campaign", Health Economics, Vol. 22, pp. 243-250.
Mazzocchi M., Capacci S., Brambila-Macias J. et al. (2012) "Policies to promote healthy eating in Europe: A structured review of instruments and their effectiveness", Nutrition Reviews, Vol. 70(3), pp. 188-200.
Perez-Cueto F.J.A. et al. (2011) "Assessment of evaluations made to healthy eating policies in Europe: a review within the EATWELL Project", Public Health Nutrition.
Brambila-Macias J., Traill W.B., Shankar B., Mazzocchi M., Capacci S., Verbeke W. and Perez-Cueto F.J.A. (2011) "Policy Interventions to promote healthy eating: What works, what does not and what is promising: A review", Food and Nutrition Bulletin, Vol. 32(4), pp. 365-375.
Traill W.B. et al. (2010) "Interventions to promote healthy eating habits: evaluation and recommendations", Obesity Reviews, Vol. 11(12), pp. 895-898.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Brambila-Macias J., Massa I. and Salois M. (2015) "Aid, Trade, and Financial Crises: A Developing Country Perspective", in Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid, Edward Elgar Publishing.
Brambila-Macias J. and Massa I. (2014) "Global Governance Issues and the Current Crisis", in The Companion to Development Studies, Third Edition, Routledge.
WORKING PAPERS
Brambila-Macias, J. and Massa, I. (2026). "Paying People to Stay Employable: The Participated Citizenship Bonus (PCB) versus Basic Income in the Age of AI", mimeo.
Brambila-Macias J. (2008) "Remittances, Migration and Informality: A simple Model", MPRA Paper No. 8373.