Research & Publications
Research & Publications
My research connects regional integration, international trade, productive development and infrastructure in Latin America. Over the last decade, I have studied how regional institutions, structural asymmetries, macroeconomic synchronisation, and trade patterns shape the effectiveness and stability of integration processes.
Current Research Agenda 2026–2029
My current research agenda studies whether critical transport infrastructure and regional connectivity can transform South American integration into shared structural capacity. The project moves beyond the analysis of formal agreements or trade flows and asks under which conditions corridors, logistics networks and cross-border infrastructure contribute to effective economic integration, productive complementarities, reduction of asymmetries, and regional resilience.
The research combines conceptual operationalization, georeferenced data, spatial analysis, economic-productivity indicators and comparison of corridors or functional areas. It focuses on the relationship between physical and functional connectivity, intraregional trade, productive capabilities and territorial asymmetries.
«Impact of Road Infrastructure Investment on Trade in the Andean Region: A Quasi-Experimental Exercise» (V. Viego, G. González, O. Fernández-Guillen, A. Rosero Sánchez)
«Impact of transport infrastructure investment on trade: A geo-referenced analysis for intra-regional trade in the Andean Community» (G. González, V. Viego, O. Fernández-Guillen, A. Rosero Sánchez)
«Picking the Willing: An Instrumental Approach to Selective Policies in Argentine Export Complexes» (G. González, M. Ramírez)
«Infraestructura y poder territorial en Sudamérica: una comparación entre Nova Ferroeste y el Ferrocarril Trasandino del Sur» (P. Dos Santos Martins, G. González)
«Collective Efficiency in Software and IT Services Clusters: a QCA-Based Analysis of Critical Factors» (N. Giannasi, G. González, J. Diez)
«Regional Institutions, Political Volatility and their Impact on Productivity: A Latin American Perspective» (M. Seffino, G. González) INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC POLICY, 22, 34, 2025. https://rdcu.be/ejZ7N
« Efficiency performance of Latin American vis-à-vis North American countries between 1980 and 2019» (M. Seffino, G. González). REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, 29, 2332–2343, 2025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rode.13224
« Regionalization of Latin America based on asymmetries in the absorptive capacity of countries » (G. González, JD. García González, JS. Gómez Medina, V. Corbella). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ASYMMETRIES, 27, 2023. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeca.2023.e00291
« Global Production Networks in the Regional Analysis Framework. Case of EU Automotive Manufacturing Periphery » (G. González, E. Sapir, A. Vasilchenko), ECONOMY OF REGION, 19(1), 230–243, 2023. https://doi.org/10.17059/ekon.reg.2023-1-18
« Exploring the U-shape geographical bias in manufactured content of the MERCOSUR partners’ exports » (F. Delbianco, A. Fioriti, G. González), PROBLEMAS DEL DESARROLLO, 52(206), 85-114, 2021. https://doi.org/10.22201/iiec.20078951e.2021.206.69731
« Together or piled up. A new approach to MERCOSUR’s lifetime » (G. González, F. Delbianco), JOURNAL OF WORLD ECONOMICS, 57, 137-160, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.33776/rem.v0i57.4646
« Asimetrías e intensidad de la integración caribeñas » (G. González, S. Álvarez), IBEROAMERICAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, 5(2), 82-107, 2016. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_ried/ijds.197
« Reciprocity in bilateral trade flows: An empirical analysis for trade between Australia and Latin American countries » (G. González; A. Esposto; V. Viego) APPLIED ECONOMETRICS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 15(1), 31-51, 2015. https://www.usc.es/economet/reviews/aeid1513.pdf
« Reexamining the link between instability and growth in Latin America: A dynamic panel data estimation using K-median clusters » (C. Bermúdez, C. Dabús, G. González) LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, 52(1), 1-23, 2015. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43741171
« Phases of Convergence in Latin America: The technological drivers » (G. González, C. Dabús, P. Monterubbianesi), JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 25(7), 1005-1025, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1803
« The 'Argentine Failure' from a comparative perspective: The role of TFP » (G. González, V. Viego), JOURNAL OF IBERIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY, 29(03), 301-326, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0212610911000176