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Centro Universitario de la Defensa

Academia General Militar

Carretera de Huesca s/n. 50090 Zaragoza (Spain)

Phone: +34 976 739 777

Fax: +34 976 739 824

e-mail: mvera@unizar.es

Personal Information:

Date of birth: November 25, 1986

Sex: Female

Citizenship: Spanish

Education:

- 2013 Ph.D. in Economics. Universidad de Zaragoza

Thesis Title: “Essays on Economic Geography and Urban Economics”

Advisors: Fernando Sanz and Luis Lanaspa

- 2008-2009 M.Sc. in Economics. Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain)

- 2004 - 2008 B.Sc. in Economics. Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain)

Main Research Interests:

- Economic Geography

- Urban and Regional Economics

Positions:

- September 2019 - present: Assistant Professor. Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Zaragoza (Spain)

- September 2014 - September 2019: Teaching Assistant. Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Zaragoza (Spain)

- October 2013 - September 2014: Researcher. Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Zaragoza (Spain)

- October 2009 - present: ADETRE Research Group

Awards, Scholarships and Fellowships:

- 2009-2013: Predoctoral Fellowship (FPU program) awarded by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación (AP2008-03561).

- 2011-2012: Visiting Predoctoral Fellowship at the University of Groningen (Faculty of Economics & Business), awarded by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación (since October 2011 to January 2012; four months). Supervisor: Steven Brakman.

- 2008-2009: Predoctoral Fellowship awarded by Telefónica S.A.

- 2007-2008: Undergraduate Fellowship (“Beca de Colaboración” program) awarded by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación in the Department of Economic Analysis, Universidad de Zaragoza. Supervisor: Fernando Sanz

Publications:

- Puente-Ajovín, M., M. Sanso-Navarro and M. Vera-Cabello (2024). Comparing city size distributions: Gridded population versus nighttime lights. Journal of Regional Science, forthcoming. DOI:10.1111/jors.12703.

- Sanso-Navarro, M., F. Sanz and M. Vera-Cabello (2023). Terrorism determinants, model uncertainty and space in Colombia. Defence and Peace Economics, 34(1), 92-111.

- Puente-Ajovín, M., M. Sanso-Navarro and M. Vera-Cabello (2022). The distribution of urban population and economic activity in the European Union and the United States. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 15(3), 517-522.

- Callado-Muñoz, F. J., J. Hromcová, M. Sanso-Navarro, N. Utrero-González and M. Vera-Cabello (2022). Firm performance in regulated markets: The case of the Spanish Defence Industry. Defence and Peace Economics, 33(2), 201-2018.

- Sanso-Navarro, M. and M. Vera-Cabello (2020). Income Inequality and Persistence Changes. Social Indicators Research, 152, 495-511.

- Sanso-Navarro, M., M. Vera-Cabello and M. Puente-Ajovín (2020). Regional convergence and spatial dependence: a worldwide perspective. The Annals of Regional Science, 65 (1), 147-177.

- Sanso-Navarro, M. and M. Vera-Cabello (2020). The socio-economic determinants of terrorism: A Bayesian model averaging approach. Defence and Peace Economics, 31 (3), 269-288.

- Sanso-Navarro, M., F. Sanz and M. Vera-Cabello (2019). The demographic impact of terrorism: Evidence from municipalities in the Basque Country and Navarre. Regional Studies, 53 (6), 838-848.

- Sanso-Navarro, M. and M. Vera-Cabello (2018). The long-run relationship between R&D and regional Knowledge: The case of France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Regional Studies, 52 (5), 619-631.

- Sanso-Navarro, M., M. Vera-Cabello and D. P. Ximénez-de-Embún (2017). Human capital spillovers and regional development. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 32 (4), 923-930.

- Sanso-Navarro, M. and M. Vera-Cabello (2016). Regional growth, innovation, and latent nonlinear effects. Journal of Regional Science, 56 (5), 814-847.

- Lanaspa, L, F. Sanz-Gracia and M. Vera-Cabello (2016). The (strong) interdependence between intermediate producer services' attributes and manufacturing location. Economic Modelling, 57, 1-12.

- Sanso-Navarro, M., F. Sanz and M. Vera-Cabello (2015). The impact of the American Civil War on city growth. Urban Studies, 52 (16), 3070-3085.

- Sanso-Navarro, M. and M. Vera-Cabello (2015). Nonlinearities in regional growth: A nonparametric approach”. Papers in Regional Science, 94 (S1), S19-S38.

- González-Val, R., A. Ramos, F. Sanz and M. Vera-Cabello (2015). Size distributions for all cities: Which one is the best? Papers in Regional Science, 94 (1), 177-196.

Working Papers:

- "The causal relationship between military spending and unemployment in the EU15", (with M. Sanso-Navarro)

Work in Progress:

- "R&D, knowledge and proximity in Spanish regions" (with M. Sanso-Navarro)

- "Productivity, international migration and self-defeating regional concentration" (with L. Lanaspa)

Current Research Projects:

- "Ciudades y renta: la distribución del tamaño de las ciudades en los BRICS; determinantes socioeconómicos de los conflictos" (ECO2017-82246-P), awarded by Ministerio de Economía, Industría y Competitividad. Leader Researcher: Fernando Sanz

- "Los determinantes socio-económicos del terrorismo: econometría bayesiana y desagregación geográfica" (UZCUD2017-SOC-07), awarded by Universidad de Zaragoza-Centro Universitario de la Defensa. Leader Researcher with Marcos Sanso-Navarro

- "Defensa, inversión, eficiencia y crecimiento económico en el s. XXI ", awarded by Centro Universitario de la Defensa. Leader Researcher: Natalia Utrero González

Research Visits:

- Oct. 2011 – Jan. 2012 Faculty of Economic and Business - University of Groningen

Supervisor: Steve Brakman

Presentations:

- 2021 XXIII Encuentro de Economía Aplicada – Online

- 2019 European Regional Science Association (ERSA) Congress - Lyon, France

- 2017 European Regional Science Association (ERSA) Congress - Groningen, Netherland

XX Encuentro de Economía Aplicada – Valencia, Spain

- 2016 XIX Encuentro de Economía Aplicada – Sevilla, Spain

- 2015 XLI Reunión de Estudios Regionales (AECR) - Reus, Spain

European Regional Science Association (ERSA) Congress- Lisbon, Portugal

XVIII Encuentro de Economía Aplicada – Alicante, Spain

XVII Jornadas de Economía y Defensa - Zaragoza, Spain

- 2014 XL Reunión de Estudios Regionales (AECR) - Zaragoza, Spain

- 2013 XXXVIII Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía – Santander, Spain

Seminar in Universitat de les Illes Balears - Mallorca, Spain

4th workshop in honor of Geoffrey J.D. Hewings – Oviedo, Spain

- 2012 XXXVII Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía – Vigo, Spain

- 2011 58th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International (NARSC) – Miami, Florida

European Regional Science Association (ERSA) Congress- Barcelona, Spain

- 2010 XXXV Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía – Madrid, Spain

XIII Encuentro de Economía Aplicada – Sevilla, Spain

Teaching Experience

- 2020-2021 Gestión Pública. Master in "Dirección y gestión de adquisiciones de sistemas para la defensa", Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Zaragoza (Spain)