Research

Published papers:

• • "The Value of Political Geography: Evidence from the Redistricting of Firms",  accepted for publication at the Journal of Law and Economics. 

  • "Are Firms Gerrymandered?", accepted for publication at the American Political Science Review, co-authored with Aaron Kaufman, Brian K. Richter and Jeffrey Timmons

  • “Compulsory Civic Duty and Turnout: Evidence from a Natural Experiment”. 2023, Political Science Research and Methods, 1-10, co-authored with Ignacio Jurado.

  • “The Effects of Revealing the Prosecution of Political Corruption on Local Finances”, 2023, Empirical Economics 64(1), 249-275 , co-authored with Juan Luis Jiménez González y Jordi Perdiguero.

  • “Do Actions Speak Louder than Words? Evidence on Voter Behavior from Madrid Rio Park”, 2022, Electoral Studies 78, co-authored with Enrique Garcia-Viñuela, Henar Salas-Olmedo y Miguel Vázquez- Carrero.

  • "Tax reforms and Google searches: the case of Spanish VAT reforms during the great recession", 2019,  SERIEs, Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 1-16, co-authored with A.J. Sanchez-Fuentes, Mainieri, A. M. B.

  • "Government fragmentation and fiscal deficits: a regression discontinuity approach", 2018, Public Choice, 175(3-4), 367-391, co-authored with I. Jurado.

  • "The Fulfillment of Parties' Election Pledges: A Comparative Study on the Impact of Power Sharing", 2017, American Journal of Political Science 61, 527-542, co-authored with Robert Thomson, Terry Royed, Elin Naurin, Rory Costello, Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik, Mark Ferguson, Petia Kostadinova, Catherine Moury, François Pétry and Katrin Praprotnik. Link.

  • "Research Performance and Teaching Quality in the Spanish Higher Education System: Evidence from a Medium-Sized University", 2017,  Research Policy, 46, 19-29, co-authored with M.M Salinas-Jimenez and Francisco Pedraja-Chaparro. Link. 

  • “The Rain in Spain: Turnout and Partisan Voting in Spanish Elections”, 2014, European Journal of Political Economy 34, 126-141. Link.

  • "Small fish in a big pond or big fish in asmall pond? The effects of educational mismatch on subjective wellbeing", 2014, Social Indicators Research 119, 771-789, co-authored with M.M. Salinas-Jimenez and J. Salinas-Jimenez. Link.

  • “Strategic voting and non-voting in Spanish Elections”, 2012, Party Politics 51 (3), 289-315, co-authored with Enrique García Viñuela and Ignacio Jurado. Link.

  • "Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Grading Incentives on Student Learning in Spain", 2013, Journal of Economic Education 44 (1), 32-46, co-authored with Marta Rahona. Link. 

  • “How do educational attainment, and occupational and wage-earner statuses affect life satisfaction? A gender perspective study”, 2013, Journal of Happiness Studies14 (2), 367-388, co-authored with M.M. Salinas-Jimenez and J. Salinas-Jimenez. Link.

  • “Strategic Voting and Effective Representation Thresholds: Evidence from Three Spanish General Elections”, 2012, European Journal of Political Research, 51, 289-315, co-authored with E. García Viñuela. Link.

  • "Do Spanish Politicians Keep their Promises?", 2013, Party Politics 19 (1), 143-158. Link.

  •  “Education as a positional good: a life satisfaction approach”, 2010, Social Indicators Research, 103, 409-426, co-authored with M.M. Salinas-Jimenez and J. Salinas-Jimenez. Link.

  • “Income, motivation and subjective wellbeing: an empirical analysis”, Journal of Happiness Studies, 11, 779-793, 2010, co-authored with M.M. Salinas-Jimenez and J. Salinas-Jimenez. Link.

  • “Long-Run vs Short Run Decisions: R&D and Market Structure in Spanish Firms”, Research Policy, 38, 120-132, 2009. Link.

  • “Reforming Electoral Finance in the Nineties: A Case Study of Spain”, European Journal of Law and Economics, 25, 177-190, 2008, co-authored with E. Garcia Viñuela.  Link.

  • “Campaign Spending and Office Seeking Motivations: an Empirical Analysis”, Public Choice, 133, 41-55, 2007, co-authored with E. Garcia Viñuela. Link.

  •  “Electoral Promises and Minority Governments: An Empirical Study”, European Journal of Political Research, 47, 307-333, 2008, co-authored with A. Bustos. Link.

In Spanish

• • “Métodos de Evaluación de Políticas Públicas”, Papeles de Economía Española, 2022, with B. Rodriguez-Sanchez.

  • “Una estimación del voto estratégico de Izquierda Unida al Partido Socialista en las elecciones generales del periodo 2000-2008”, 2009, Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (Reis) 128, 35-56, co-authored with E. Garcia Viñuela 

  • “La Economía Política de las Reformas de la Financiación Electoral”, 2006, Revista Española de Ciencia Política nº 15, pp. 47-65 co-authored with E. García Viñuela. 

  • “El gasto público en financiación de los partidos políticos: Las subvenciones para funcionamiento ordinario”, 2005, Revista de Estudios Políticos nº 128, pp. 255-291, co-authored with E. García Viñuela. 

  • “Eficacia económica de la colaboración parlamentaria de CiU con el gobierno central: V y VI legislaturas”, 2004, Revista de Estudios Políticos nº 124, pp.149-171, co-authored with A. Bustos Gisbert. 

Working Papers

• • The value of political geography, with Jeffrey Timmons and Brian Richter

  • Election pledges and economic voting, withEnrique García-Viñuela y Henar Salas-Olmedo