• "Rewarding Performance in Disaster Response: Evidence form Local Governments in Latin America ”. (with Julie A. Weaver and Paola Bordon)  World Development  (Accepted) 

• "Megaprojects as sites for resistance: the electoral effects of Mapuche attacks on highways ”. (with Xabier Gainza and Pablo Herrera) 

  Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society (Accepted) 

• "The Right and the politics of labour informality enforcement”. (with Xabier Gainza and Andres Espejo) 

  Latin American Politics and Society (Accepted) 

•  "Floods and local incumbency disadvantage: a regression discontinuity design" (with Xabier Gainza) 

Applied Economics Letters, 1-6 

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• “Bidding against each other: local procurement of personal protective equipment in the context of decentralization and high socio-economic inequality” (with Nicolas Valenzuela, Paola Bordon, Manuel Espejos). 

Revista de Administração Pública, (2023) 57(6), e2022–0325.

• “Distributive politics and decentralisation in Chile and Peru” (with Raymund Mogollon and Pablo Herrera).

Investigaciones Regionales-Journal of Regional Research (accepted) (2023).

• “Clientelism and Electoral Competition: The Case of the Chilean Municipalities” (with Constanza Carrasco and Gabriel Avila).

Revista de Ciencias Politicas (accepted) (2023).

• “Does reducing municipal taxes work to increase revenue and reduce inequality at the metropolitan level? Evidence from Santiago de Chile” (with  Cecilia Osorio and Jose Acuña).

Regional Science Policy and Practice(2022),  14(6), 322-343.

• “Political bias in the distribution of resources during the pandemic in Chile: evidence from a centralised country” (with Fabian Pressacco and Ignacio Cienfuegos) 

Papel Político (2022),  27, 102377.

• “Electoral incentives and distributive politics in young democracies: evidence from Chile”(with Xabier Gainza and Raymundo Mogollon). 

Electoral Studies (2021), 73, 102377. 

• “The electoral bias: the political economy of subantional transfers in Latin America” (with Xabier Gainza).

  Regional Studies (2021), 55 (6). 1032-1045.

• “Uneven impacts of lockdowns on municipal revenues: challenges in emergency financial management and local resilience”  (with Fabian Pressacco and Ignacio Cienfuegos). 

Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios Municipales (2021), (24), 1-23.

• “Paving the electoral way: urban infrastructure, partisan politics and civic engagement” (with Xabier Gainza and Jose Acuña). 

World Development (2019), 124, 104628

• “Distributive Politics and Spatial Equity: The Allocation of Public Investment in Chile” (with Xabier Gainza). 

Regional Studies (2018), 52(3), 403-415 

• “Understanding density in uneven city, Santiago de Chile: Implications for Social and Environmental Sustainability” (with Xabier Gainza).

 Sustainability (2014), 6(9) 5876-5897 

• “Regional Infrastructure Planning in Chile” (with Vivien Villagran and Uwe Geherls). 

  Regional Development Dialogue (2013),  34(2) 130-143 

• “Urban Form and the Environmental Impact of Commuting in a Segregated City, Santiago de Chile” (with Xabier Gainza).

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design (2013),  40(3) 507 – 522 

• "In My Backyard: When Neighbors Reward Housing Development in Their Community " (with Julie Weaver, Isabel Figueroa and Pablo Herrera).

• "Earthquake strikes twice: electoral (dis)advantage in municipalities without economy recovery aid " (with  Ugo Fratesi and Federico Fantechi).

• "Forest fires and electoral outcomes: when preferences change due to risk perceptions"  (with Gabriel Avila, Luis Anasco and Pablo Herrera).

• "Climate Migration in Guatemala: Evidence for the Impact of Natural Disasters on Agriculture"  (with Constanza Gajardo) 

• "Territorial approach to addressing female suicide: Analysis of alcohol consumption and sexual abuse as determinants"  (with Gabriel Avila, Guillermo Barrera and Luis Anasco).

• Administrative capacity: definitions, measurement, policy interventions and economic impacts.

NextGenerationEU (2023-2024).

• Territorial resilience and natural risks management: assessment of the performance of local administrations in Italy and around world.

NEST project. POLIMI (2023).

• Socio-natural disasters and electoral accountability: evidence for local governments in Latin America.

NextGenerationEU (2021 - 2022).

• Impact of COVID-19 on municipal management and finances: Analysis of financial sustainability and resilience of the supply chain of Chilean municipalities. 

ANID. Chile (2020).

• Earthquake intensity and the re-election of mayors in Italy: A multiple-score regression discontinuity analysis (with Ugo Fratesi and Federico Fantechi).

• Administrative input, output and throughput: a new definition and appraisal of local administrative capacity (with Ugo Fratesi, Laura Polverari and Cristina Zerbinati).

•  Electoral award for rural drinking water in drought areas. 

• Nothing is cost-free: higher education reform and the financial cost to universities (With Henry  Wachtendorff)