ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0189-3715 

Published peer-reviewed articles (Web of Science)

1. Pinzon, Y., Rodríguez-Crespo, E., Tillaguango, B., and Laguna-Molina, N.E. (2026). Ecological Footprint under the lens: a bibliometric coupling analysis of institutional and socioeconomic factors. Energy Nexus, 21, 100643. Permanent Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100643  

2. Baquero-Pérez, J., Fernández Romero, D., Rodríguez-Crespo, E., and Da Silva-Bichara, J. (2025). Quasi-experimental evidence on Spanish VAT cuts during economic shocks. International Review of Economics and Finance, 104, 104757. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2025.104757 (Ranked in the first decile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2025 in the category Economics)

3. Barbero, J., Collado, L., Rodriguez-Crespo, E., and Marques-Santos, A. (2025). The Twin transition in the European Union: Assessing regional patterns of EU-funded investments. European Planning Studies, 33(10), 1801–1821. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2025.2528882 (Ranked in the first quartile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2025 in the category Geography)

4. Hortas-Rico, M., and Rodríguez-Crespo, E. (2025). How does women´s political empowerment relate to subjective wellbeing? The moderating role of institutional quality. European Journal of Political Economy, 86, 102639. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2024.102639 (Ranked in the first decile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2025 in the category Economics)

5. Barbero, J., Rodriguez-Crespo, E., and Marques-Santos, A. (2025). How are regions using European funds to promote the circular economy? Shedding light on factors explaining the pathway. Applied Economic Analysis, 33(97), 19–34. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1108/AEA-02-2024-0092

6. Barbero, J., Rodriguez-Crespo, E., Suárez-Varela, M., and Velasco, P. (2024). Climate clubs and corporate environmental performance: A regional institutional perspective. Economic Analysis and Policy, 84, 663–678. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2024.09.020 (Ranked in the first decile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2024 in the category Economics)

7. El-Amine Abdelli, M.; Pérez-Encinas A., Rodríguez-Crespo, E., Moussavou, J., Ertz, M., Pinto-Borges, A., Levy-Tadjine, T., & Jha, D. (2024). Unveiling Business Environment and Digital Entrepreneurial Activity in the European Tourism Industry. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 16(6), 846–858. https://doi.org/10.1108/WHATT-08-2024-0199 (Ranked in the second quartile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2024 in the category Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism)

8. El-Amine Abdelli, M.; Pérez-Encinas A., Rodríguez-Crespo, E., Moussavou, Akbaba, A., Levy-Tadjine, T., & Chabaud, D. (2024). The Role of Tourism Entrepreneurial Ecosystems to Support Sales Growth of European Countries. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 16(6), 859–872. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1108/WHATT-08-2024-0198 (Ranked in the second quartile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2024 in the category Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism)

9. Lucena-Giraldo, Javier; Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto & Salazar-Elena, Juan Carlos (2024). The impact of regulation on environmental performance: an analysis for European countries. Forthcoming, Revista de Economía Mundial/Journal of World Economy, 66(2024), 109–128. Winner of the 2022 Accésit to Prize José Luis Sampedro awarded by Sociedad de Economía Mundial. Permanent link: http://dx.doi.org/10.33776/rem.vi66.8051 (Ranked in the fourth quartile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2024 in the category Economics)

10. Cristóbal, Adolfo, & Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2023). Rekindling New Economic Geography in times of COVID-19: Labor mobility responses to health shocks in Central and North America. International Regional Science Review,  46(5-6), 523–551.  Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1177/01600176221116565 (Ranked in the second quartile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2023 in the category Urban Studies)

11. Billón, Margarita; Rodríguez-Andrés, Antonio & Rodríguez-Crespo (2023). Broadband use and trade facilitation: Impacts on bilateral trade of Sub-Saharan countries. African Development Review, 35(2), 113–125. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12698 (Ranked in the first quartile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2023 in the category Development)

12. Suárez-Varela-Marta & Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2022). Is dirty trade concentrating on more polluting countries? Evidence from Africa. Economic Analysis and Policy,76(4), 728–744. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2022.09.009 (Ranked in the first decile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2022 in the category Economics)

13. Lucena-Giraldo, Javier; Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto & Salazar-Elena, Juan Carlos (2022). The creative response of energy-intensive industries to the Emissions Trading System in the European Union.  Journal of Cleaner Production, 373, 133700. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133700 (Ranked in the first decile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2022 in the category Environmental Science)

14. Peiró-Palomino, Jesús; Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto & Suárez-Varela-Marta (2022). Do countries with higher institutional quality transition to cleaner trade? Ecological Economics, 201: 107554. Nada es Gratis Blog Entry. New at Entropía (ABC). Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107554 (Ranked in the first decile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2022 in the category Economics)

15. Barbero, Javier; & Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2022). Technological, institutional, and geographical peripheries: regional development and risk of poverty in the European regions. Annals of Regional Science, 69: 311–332. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-022-01127-9 (Ranked in the third quartile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2022 in the category Economics)

16. Barbero, Javier; De Lucio, Juan; & Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2021). Effects of COVID-19 on trade flows: measuring their impact through government policy responses. PLoS One, 16(10): e0258356. More than 100 citations in Google Scholar. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258356 (Ranked in the second quartile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2021 in the category Multidisciplinary Sciences)

17. Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto; Marco, Rocio; & Billon, Margarita (2021). ICT impacts on trade: A comparative dynamic analysis for Internet, mobile phones and broadband. Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, 28(5), 577–591. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1080/16081625.2018.1519636 (Ranked in the fourth quartile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2021 in the category Economics)

18. Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto; Billon, Margarita; & Marco, Rocio (2021). The impact of internet use on trade: New evidence for developed and developing countries. Emerging Markets: Finance and Trade, 57(10), 3017–3032. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2019.1676225 (Ranked in the first decile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2021 in the category International Relations)

19. Barbero, Javier; Mandras, Giovanni; Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto; & Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2021). Quality of government and regional trade: Evidence from European Union regions. Regional Studies, 55(7): 1240–1251. Prize in outstanding research issued by the School of Economics at UAM in 2022. Short report EU Science hub. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1873934 (Open Access) (Ranked in the first cuartile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2022 in the category Economics)

20. Abeliansky, Ana; Barbero, Javier; & Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2021). ICTs quality and quantity and the margins of trade. Telecommunications Policy, 45(1): 102056. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2020.102056 (Open Access) (Ranked in the first cuartile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2021 in the category Telecommunications)

21. Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto; & Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada (2019). The effect of ICT on trade: Does product complexity matter?. Telematics and Informatics, 41: 182–196. More than 100 citations in Google Scholar. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2019.05.001 (Ranked in the first cuartile according to the Journal Impact Factor 2019 in the category Information Science)

22. Barbero, Javier; & Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2018). The effect of broadband on European Union trade: a regional spatial approach. The World Economy, 41(11): 2895–2913. Top 10% downloaded articles published in The World Economy (2018-2019). Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12723 (Open Access)

Note: The articles without open access can be downloaded from my ResearchGate profile or can be sent upon request to my email address.

Other peer-reviewed academic articles

1. Pinzón, Y., & Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2024). Impacto del desempeño innovador sobre el crecimiento económico para América Latina. Revista Económica, 12(1), 87-101. Permanent link:  https://doi.org/10.54753/rve.v12i1.2042  

2. Barbero, Javier, & Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2020). The role of institutional quality on Global Value Chains participation. Cuadernos Económicos de I.C.E., 100, 35–57. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.32796/cice.2020.100.7117 (Open Access)

3. Billón, Margarita & Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2020). ICT use and trade facilitation: impacts on bilateral trade of Sub-Saharan countries. Studies of Applied Economics, 38(2). Special Issue edited for the AMENET Workshop. Permanent link: http://doi.org/10.25115/eea.v38i2.3238

Book chapters

1. Rodríguez-Crespo, Ernesto, & Lucena, Javier (2023). Structural Change and Goal 9 in Latin America: Challenges and Bottlenecks. In: Aguilar-Rivera, N., Borsari, B., R. B. de Brito, P., and Andrade Guerra, B. (eds): SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16017-2_29  

2. Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto; & Picatoste, Xose (2020). Trade costs and SDG: role of infrastructure, institutions and ICT. In: Walter Leal Filho, Pinar Gokcin Ozuyar, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Brandli and Tony Wall (eds): The Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Decent Work and Economic Growth. Springer Verlag. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71059-4_104-1

3. Picatoste, Xose; & Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2019). Decreasing Youth Unemployment as a Way to Achieve Sustainable Development. In: Walter Leal Filho, Pinar Gokcin Ozuyar, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Brandli & Tony Wall (eds): The Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Decent Work and Economic Growth. Springer Verlag. Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71058-7_61-1

Teaching works

1. Barbero, J., Gonzalez Gonzalez, E. J., Lucena-Giraldo, J., Picatoste, X., & Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2024). La utilización del vídeo como recurso de aprendizaje activo en un entorno de aula invertida. Revista de Estudios Empresariales Segunda Época, (1), 55-72. Ranked in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index 2024 (Fourth quartile). Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.17561/ree.n1.2024.8189

2. González-González, E., & Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto (2023). Tema 14: La teoría de la integración monetaria (The theory of monetary integration). Part of the syllabus to prepare the public exams as State Economists in Spain. Edited by the Centre of Economic and Commercial Studies (CECO).

3. Rodríguez-Crespo, E., & Suárez-Varela, M. (2022). Sugerencias para la mejora docente en economía pública: lecciones transversales del aprendizaje basado en proyectos implementado en la asignatura Estructura Económica Mundial y de España. e-Publica, (31), 1-17.

4. Rodríguez-Crespo, E., & Suárez-Varela, M. (2021). Fostering teaching innovation in applied economics: The outcomes derived from project-based learning. In EDULEARN21 Proceedings (pp. 1764-1768). IATED. https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2021.0411 

5. Barbero, Javier; Díaz-Lanchas, Jorge; & Rodriguez-Crespo, E. (2016). Tema 10: La teoría de la integración económica (The theory of economic integration). Part of the syllabus to prepare the public exams as State Economists in Spain. Edited by the Centre of Economic and Commercial Studies (CECO).

6. Translation to Spanish of the book Advanced Introduction to National Innovation Systems, edited by Cristina Chaminade, Bengt-Ake Lundvall & Shagupta Haneef. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018. Chapters 1–4.

Editorial and reviewer services

• Senior Editor of the International Trade Section, Journal of Applied Economics (Second quartile JCR). Since March 2023,

• Member of the Editorial Board, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (First quartile JCR). Since February 2026.

• Member of the Editorial Board, The Economic and Labour Relations Review (Second quartile JCR). Since September 2026.

• Invited Guest Editor, Revista de Economía Mundial/Journal of World Economy (Number 71, published in summer 2025). Link: https://doi.org/10.33776/rem.v70i.9138   

• Reviewer for the following journals (sorted alphabetically and number of reviewed articles between parentheses): Agricultural and Food Economics (x1), Applied Economics (x6), BMJ Open (x1), Business Strategy and the Environment (x2), Cuadernos de Economía - Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance (x4), Economic Modelling (x1), Ecological Economics (x1), Economic Analysis and Policy (x4), Empirical Economics (x3), European Planning Studies (x1), International Economics (x2), International Review of Economics and Finance (x2), Investigaciones Regionales - Spanish Journal of Regional Research (x5), Journal of Institutional Economics (x1), Journal of Economic Geography (x1), Journal of International Trade and Economic Development (x3), Latin American Economic Review (x1), Oxford Economic Papers (x1), Papers in Regional Science (x1), PLoS One (x3), Regional Studies (x2), Review of International Economics (x2), Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (x1), Telecommunications Policy (x3), Telematics and Informatics (x2), Transportation (x1), Transportation Research Part A (x1), World Development (x1), World Economy (x1).