Publications:

Bucheli, M., Ciravenga, L. & Sáenz, L.F. (2023). The Octopus that Shrank: A Historical Analysis of How Multinationals Address Policy and Contractual Uncertainty in a Global Value Chain. Strategic Management Journal, 44(13), 3289--3323, doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3537

Parente, S.L., Sáenz, L.F. & Seim, A. (2022). Income, Education and Democracy. Journal of Economic Growth, 27, 193–233, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10887-022-09203-7 

L.F. Sáenz. (2022). Time-Varying Capital Intensities and the Hump-Shaped Evolution of Economic Activity in Manufacturing. Journal of Macroeconomics, 73, 103429, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2022.103429.  Online Appendix.

Bucheli, M. & Sáenz, L.F. (2022). Caffeinated Memories: The Creation of Historical Narratives as Public Goods in the Colombian Coffee Industry. Business History, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2022.2108801 

Bucheli, M. & Sáenz, L.F. (2014). Export Protectionism and the Great Depression: Multinational Corporations, Domestic Elite, and Export Policies in Colombia. In Paulo Drinot and Alan Knight (Eds.), The Great Depression in Latin America (pp. 129-159). Durham: Duke University Press.

Working Papers:

Europe Falling Behind: Structural Transformation and Services' Productivity Differences Between Europe and the U.S. (with Cesare Buiatti and Joao Duarte). R&R; Journal of International Economics.

Regulation and Taxes in a Model of Growth (with John McDermott).

The Ricardian Effect: Where Capital Replaces Labor. Evidence from Colombia.

Sovereign Debt Crises with Incomplete Information (with Cesare Buiatti).

Selected Work in Progress:

Jobless Industrialization (with Laura Alfaro,  Marcela Eslava and Martí Mestieri).

The Global Industrial Revolution (with Robert E Lucas Jr).

Closing the Agricultural Productivity Gap (with Juliana Helo).

Developmentalism and State Autonomy (with Marcelo Bucheli and Luis Fernando Medina).