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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, Rice University, 2016.
Visiting Ph.D. student, University of Western Australia, Spring 2016.
M.A. Economics, Rice University, 2016.
M.Sc. Economics and Finance, University of Navarra, 2012.
B.A. in Economics and Law (double major), University of Navarra, 2011.
Exchange student: Yale University (2010), IESE Business School (2010), Warsaw School of Economics (2008).
EMPLOYMENT AND AFFILIATIONS
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Navarra, 2019-present.
Visiting scholar at Nova School of Business and Economics (Portugal), Fall semester 2021.
Visiting scholar at University of Pennsylvania (USA), Fall semester 2023.
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Navarra, 2016-2019.
Fellow, Navarra Center for International Development (NCID), University of Navarra, 2018-present.
Nonresident Scholar, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute, Rice University, 2016-present.
Graduate Fellow, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute, Rice University, 2014-2016.
PUBLICATIONS
"Do Cooperatives Exercise Market Power? Evidence from pass-through to retail prices" (with F. Accursi), Journal of Law and Economics (forthcoming).
"Market Competition and the Adoption of Clean Technology: evidence from the taxi industry" (with M.A. Borrella-Mas), European Economic Review, 174, 104967, 2025 (link).
"Decarbonization strategies and electricity price vulnerability: lessons from the European energy crisis" (with A. Bento, D. Kaffine, and Z. Marmarelis), Nature Sustainability, 8, 170–181 , 2025 (link).
"The Heterogeneous Tax Pass-through under Different Vertical Relationships" (with M.A. Borrella-Mas), Economic Journal,132(654), pp. 1648-1708, 2022 (link).
"The Effect of Blackouts on Households' Electrification Status: evidence from Kenya", Energy Economics, 94, 105067, 2021(link).
"Operating Reserve Demand Curve, Scarcity Pricing and Intermittent Generation: Lessons from the Texas ERCOT Experience", Energy Policy, 149, 112057, 2021(link).
"Passing-through Taxes Beyond Borders with a Cobra Effect" (with M.A. Borrella-Mas), Journal of Public Economics, 177, 104040, 2019 (link).
"Armstrong meets Rochet-Tirole: On the equivalence of different pricing structures in two-sided markets" (with M. Kinateder), Economics Letters, 2019, 177, pp. 43-46, 2019 (link).
"Relationship-specificity, incomplete contracts, and the pattern of trade: a comment on the role of natural resources", Energy Economics, 2018, 75, pp. 410-422, 2018 (link).
"Does a gas tax cut reduce retail fuel prices?", Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2017, 52(3), pp. 157-172, 2017 (link).
"Welfare implications of capacity payments in a price-capped electricity sector: a case study of the Texas market (ERCOT)", Energy Economics, 2017, 64, pp. 272-285, 2017 (link).
"Evidence of asymmetric behavioral responses to changes in gasoline prices and taxes for different fuel types", Energy Policy, 2016, 96, pp. 119-130, 2016 (link).
"Consumer welfare implications of capacity markets in liberalized electricity sectors", The Electricity Journal, 2015, 28 (9), pp. 113-119, 2015 (link).
"Unification of oligopolistic markets for a homogeneous good in the presence of an antitrust commission" (with D. Cahan), Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2015, 15(3), pp. 239-256, 2015 (link).
WORKING PAPERS
"Prices and mergers in a general model of multi-sided markets" (with M. Kinateder), submitted (link).
"Household effects of electrification through mini-grids: Evidence from Tanzania" (with F. Accursi), R&R at the Energy Journal.
"Persistence and path dependence of Neo-European institutions: Evidence from the British colonial rule in Kenya" (with J. Klinnert), submitted.
"Efficiency and Equity of Gasoline Taxes with Increasing Electric-powered Vehicle Adoption", submitted.
WORK IN PROGRESS
"Collateral benefits of sanctions: evidence from Russian petroleum products during the invasion of Ukraine".
"Some unpleasant tropical nights".
NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS & OLDER WORKING PAPERS
"Market consequences of wind generation promotion: towards a rational energy policy" (with M. García), Energy Forum, IAEE, Second Quarter 2016 (link).
"Discount factor for durable goods: evidence from the Spanish automobile market", IJABE, 4(3), pp. 1-21, 2015 (link).
"A survey on auctions in electricity markets: the challenges of recent advances in auction theory", USAEE Working Paper No. 14-185, 2014 (link).
"Reflexiones en torno al altruismo" (en español), Nuevas Tendencias, Vol. 85, 2012 , pp. 75-92, January 2012 (link).
INVITED SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2025 (including scheduled): Econometric Society conference on Economics+Climate Science (Barcelona), CIRED - Paris (seminar), CEMFI (seminar), XIII International Academic Symposium (University of Barcelona), Workshop on Economies in Ecological Transition (University of Siena), EAERE (Bergen), Econometric Society World Congress (Seoul).
2024: II Spanish Workshop in Development Economics (Pamplona), Workshop on Freedom, Democracy and Economic Performance in the 21st Century (Madrid).
2023: HEC Montreal (brown bag seminar), University of Barcelona - Chair of Energy Sustainability (seminar), Johannes Kepler University (seminar), Ifo Institute (seminar), MaCCI Annual Conference (ZEW - University of Mannheim), MEF Workshop on Current Issues in Environmental and Energy Economics (Madrid), Jornadas de Economía Industrial (University of the Basque Country).
2022: ASSA - AERE session (virtual), NCID Workshop on Energy and Environmental Issues in Developing Countries, CSAE conference (virtual), USAEE International Association for Energy Economics North American Conference (Houston).
2021: Nova SBE - Novafrica (Working Group seminar), ASSA - IAEE session (virtual), European Economic Association Annual Congress (virtual), EARIE (virtual), Econometric Society Asia Meeting (virtual), Econometric Society Africa Meeting (virtual), SEA Annual Meeting - AERE session (Houston), IIOC - International Industrial Organization Conference (virtual), International Association for Energy Economics conference (virtual), Encuentro de Economía Pública (virtual), Spanish Association for Energy Economics conference (virtual).
2020: Complutense University of Madrid (seminar), University of Navarra (internal seminar), Econometric Society European Winter Meeting (virtual), CESIfo Area Conference on Economics of Digitalization (virtual), Weekly CES-Baker Institue/IAEE webinar, National Tax Association annual conference (virtual), Bolivian Conference on Development Economics (virtual).
2019: ASSA - IAEE session –discussant– (Atlanta), Symposium of the Spanish Economics Association (University of Alicante), Spanish Association for Energy Economics conference (La Coruña, Spain), Jornadas de Economía Industrial (Complutense University of Madrid).
2018: University of Economics at Prague (seminar), University of A Coruña (seminar), ENERDAY - Conference on Energy Economics and Technology (TU Dresden), Dundee Energy Forum (University of Dundee), USAEE International Association for Energy Economics North American Conference (Washington DC).
2017: University Jaume I (seminar), USAEE - International Association for Energy Economics North American Conference (Houston), Jornadas de Economía Industrial (University of Navarra), International Association for Energy Economics conference (Singapore), Spanish Association for Energy Economics conference (Salamanca, Spain).
2016: University of the Illes Balears (seminar), National University of Singapore - Energy Studies Institute (seminar), University of Western Australia (seminar), International Association for Energy Economics Asian Conference –plenary session speaker– (Perth, Australia).
2015: Rice University (brown bag seminar), University of Navarra (seminar), ELAEEE - International Association for Energy Economics Latin American Conference (Medellín, Colombia), International Association for Energy Economics conference (Antalya, Turkey), Applied Economics Meeting (University of Alicante), International Conference on Energy and Environment (University of Minho), Economic Graduate Student Conference (Washington University in St. Louis), Symposium of the Spanish Economics Association (Gerona, Spain), USAEE - International Association for Energy Economics North American Conference (Pittsburgh).
2014: Rice University (brown bag seminar), ICEA conference (Bucharest, Romania).
SHORT VISITING POSITIONS
Visiting researcher, Center for Economic Studies (CesIfo) - Munich (Germany), April 2023.
Strathmore University – Nairobi (Kenya) field trip, July-August 2018.
Visiting Ph.D. student, University of Western Australia, Spring 2016.
AWARDS & GRANTS
Young Researchers' best paper award, Spanish Association for Energy Economics, June 2021.
Research prize, School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Navarra, 2018, 2020, and 2023.
Ramón Areces Foundation Grant for the project "Restructured Electricity Markets: Competition and Regulation with Environmental and Development Goals". 36,000€ (sole PI).
Jennifer and Purvez Captain Award for Outstanding Economics Dissertation, Department of Economics, Rice University, May 2016.
Ramón Areces Foundation Grant, Symposium of the Spanish Economic Association (SAEe), December 2015.
Social Sciences Research Institute Graduate Student Conference Travel Grant, Rice University, October 2015.
Travel Grant, Free Association of Economics (ALdE), June 2015.
Student Paper Award, 38th International Association for Energy Economics International Conference, May 2015.
Fellowship in Economics, Rice University, August 2014-July 2015.
Fulbright Scholarship, August 2012-July 2014.
University of Navarra – Grupo Santander Scholarship given to students pursuing an official M.Sc. (two scholarships per year), September 2011.
Student Representative of the VI promotion of the Alumni Navarrensis scholars, University of Navarra (reading speech for the graduation ceremony), April 2011.
Grant of the “Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia” for Young Researchers, October 2010.
Banco Santander Scholarship for the Researching Working Paper “Incentivos a la Velocidad vs Ordenamiento Sancionador: un análisis teórico”, October 2008.
Honorific Scholarship of Excellence, given to the top students in the residence hall who achieve the highest GPA, 2007-2008.
Alumni Navarrensis Excellence Scholarship, granted to the students of the university who maintain academic excellence to the highest degree, September 2005-May2011.
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
Editorial board, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, October 2022-present.
REFEREE FOR JOURNALS
Energy Economics (17x), Energy Journal (21x), Science (1x), International Economic Review (1x), Energy & Environment (1x), International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management (3x), Resource and Energy Economics (2x), Journal of Transport Economics & Policy (1x), Utilities Policy (3x), the B. E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (1x), The Electricity Journal (2x), Energy and Climate Change (1x), Resources Policy (1x), Mathematical Social Sciences (1x), Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy (1x), The Manchester School (1x), SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association (2x), Energy Policy (6x), Review of Development Economics (1x), IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy, and Regulation (1x), the B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (1x), Portuguese Economic Journal (1x), Studies in Comparative International Development (1x), and Applied Economics Letters (1x).
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING/COMMITTEES
Organizer, NCID Workshop on Energy and Environmental Issues in Developing Countries, February 2022, University of Navarra.
Local organizing committee member, 32th Jornadas de Economía Industrial, September 2017, University of Navarra.
Member of the interviewing committee for NCID (2019-2020) and for the Department of Economics, University of Navarra (2019).
MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS
ABC, Antena 3, Cadena COPE, Diario Córdoba, Diario de Navarra, Expansión, El País, IAEE podcast series, La Gaceta, Navarra Televisión, Planeta Futuro, RNE, RTVE, Telemundo TV, Telemundo Houston, La Vanguardia, Wall Street Journal (print edition).
LANGUAGES AND COMPUTER SKILLS
Spanish, native. English, proficient
Stata, R and Matlab
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Navarra (instructor): Graduate (master's level) Math Econ (Fall 2018-2025), Principles of Microeconomics (Fall 2016-2019), Industrial Organization (Fall 2016-2022 and Spring 2026), and Microeconomics: Theory and Policy (Spring 2022-2026).
University of Western Australia (tutor): Microeconomics: prices and market (Spring 2016).
Rice University (T.A.): Graduate Microeconomics (Econ 509), Industrial Organization (Econ 435), Energy Economics (Econ 473), and Graduate Microeconomics and Energy (Econ 602).