Published Papers

Technology, Market Structure and the Gains from Trade.                     link to paper  

Journal of International Economics, 135, 2022

Joint with Giammario Impullitti and Pontus Rendahl

Trade, Firm Selection and Innovation: The Competition Chanel           link to paper 

Economic Journal, 128, 189-229, 2018

Joint with Giammario Impullitti

The Longevity of Famous People from Hammurabi to Einstein            link to paper 

Journal of Economic Growth, 20, 263-303, 2015

Joint with David de la Croix

Endogenous Growth and Wave-Like Business Fluctuation                   link to paper 

Journal of Economic Theory, 154, 68-111, 2014

Joint with Mauro Bambi and Fausto Gozzi

The Child is Father of the Man: Implications for the Demographic Transition  

Economic Journal, 123(567), 236-261, 2013                                         link to paper

Joint with David de la Croix

Trade Liberalization, Competition and Growth                                      link to paper 

The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 11(1), 2011

Joint with Antonio Navas-Ruiz

The Short-Run Dynamics of Optimal Growth Models with Delays        link to paper 

 Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 90, 127-143, 2008

Joint with Fabrice Collard and Luis Puch

A Vintage Model of Trade in Secondhand Markets and the Lifetime of Durable Goods

Mathematical Population Studies, 15(4), 1547-724, 2008

Joint with Luis Puch and Antonio Rodriguez Sampayo

An Evolutionary Theory of Inflation Inertia                                            link to paper 

Journal of the European Economic Association, 5, 433-443, 2007

Joint with Alexis Anagnostopoulos, Italo Bove and Karl Schlag

On the Use of Substitutability as a Measure of Competition

The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 6(1), 2006

Joint with Winfried Koeninger

The Effects of Replacement Schemes on Car Sales: The Spanish Case

Investigaciones Economicas, 30(2), 239-282, 2006                              link to paper 

Joint with Antonio Rodriguez-Sampayo

The Underestimated Virtues of the Two-sector AK Model                     link to paper

The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 5(1), 2005

Joint with Gabriel Felbermayr 

From Uncertainty to Macroeconomics and Back: An Interview with Jacques Drèze

Macreoconomic Dynamics, 9(3), 2005                                                  link to paper 

Joint with Pierre Dehez

Obsolescence and Modernization in the Growth Process                     link to paper 

Journal of Development Economics, 77, 153-171, 2005

Joint with Raouf Boucekkine and Fernando del Río

Vintage Capital and the Dynamics of the AK Model                             link to paper 

Journal of Economic Theory, 120(1), 39-72, 2005

Joint with Raouf Boucekkine, Luis Puch and Fernando del Río

Modelling Vintage Structures with DDEs: Principles and Applications  link to paper 

Mathematical Population Studies, 11(3/4), 151-179, 2004

Joint with Raouf Boucekkine and David del la Croix

Early Mortality Declines at the Dawn of Modern Growth                      link to paper

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 105(3), 401-418, 2003

Joint with Raouf Boucekkine and David del la Croix

Embodied Technological Change, Learning-by-Doing and the Productivity Slowdown

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 105(1), 87-98, 2003                    link to paper 

Joint with Raouf Boucekkine and Fernando del Río

The Measurement of Growth under Embodied Technical Change.       link to paper 

Recherches Economics de Louvain, 68(1-2), 7-19, 2002

Joint with Javier Ruiz-Castillo and Jorge Durán

Vintage Human Capital, Demographic Trends and Endogenous Growth

Journal of Economic Theory, 104(2), 340-375, 2002                           link to paper 

Joint with Raouf Boucekkine and David del la Croix

Optimal Growth under Endogenous Depreciation, Capital Utilization and Maintenance Costs

Investigaciones Económicas, 25(3), 543-559, 2001                             link to paper 

Joint with Luis Puch and Ramón Ruiz-Tamarit

Irreversibility, Uncertainty and Underemployment Equilibria                 link to paper 

Spanish Economic Review, 2(3), 231-248, 2001

Joint with David del la Croix

Numerical Solution by Iterative Methods of a Class of Vintage Capital Models

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 25(5), 655-699, 2001      link to paper 

Joint with Raouf Boucekkine, Marc Germain and Alphonse Magnus

Capital Utilization, Maintenance Costs and the Business Cycle.          link to paper 

Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 58, 143-164, 2000

Joint with Luis Puch

Endogenous vs Exogenously Driven Fluctuations in Vintage Capital Models

Journal of Economic Theory, 88(1), 161-187, 1999                              link to paper 

Joint with Raouf Boucekkine and Fernando del Río

Life Expectancy and Endogenous Growth                                            link to paper 

Economic Letters, 65, 255-263, 1999

Joint with David del la Croix

Firm Heterogeneity, Capacity Utilization and the Business Cycle.        link to paper  

Review of Economic Dynamics, 2, 433-455, 1999

Joint with Jean Francois Fagnart and Franck Portier

El equilibrio financiero del sistema español de pensiones                    link to paper 

Investigaciones Económicas, 23(1), 129-143, 1999

Joint with Juan Jimeno

Differential-Difference Equations in Economics: On the Numerical Solution of Vintage Capital Growth Models

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 21, 347-362, 1997

Joint with Raouf Boucekkine and Christian Paul

Replacement Echoes in the Vintage Capital Growth Model                  link to paper 

Journal of Economic Theory, 74(2), 333-348, 1997

Joint with Raouf Boucekkine and Marc Germain

Capacity Utilization Dynamics and Market Power

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 22(1), 123-140, 1997

Joint with Jean Francois Fagnart and Henri Sneessens


Are There Any Special Features in the Spanish Business Cycle?        link to paper 

Investigaciones Económicas, 21(2), 361-394, 1997

Joint with Luis Puch

Underemployment, Irreversibilities and Growth under Trade Unionism

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 97(3), 385-399, 1995

Joint with David de la Croix

A Non-Walrasian General Equilibrium Model with Monopolistic Competition and Wage Bargaining

Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 37/38, 237-253, 1995

The q Theory of Investment under Unit Root

Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, 139, 329-339, 1993

Joint with David de la Croix

Investment Dynamics and Capacity Utilization under Monopolistic Competition

Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 27, 91-113, 1992

Q Investment Models, Factor Complementarity and Monopolistic Competition

Recherches Economiques de Louvain, 58, 51-73, 1992

Investment under Demand Uncertainty and Capacity Constraints: An empirical application to Belgium

Economie et Prevision, 104, 85-95, 1992

Joint with David de la Croix