Research
Fields of Interest
Major fields: Health Economics. Public Economics. Political Economy.
Sub-fields: Economics of Information. Applied Game Theory.
Publications in Refereed Journals
“Confinement policies: controlling contagion without compromising mental health” (with Ariadna García-Prado and Yolanda Rebollo). Applied Economics, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2024.2364100.
“La Práctica dual público-privada en la Sanidad Española: ¿Solución o problema?” (with Ariadna García-Prado). Gaceta Sanitaria, Informe SESPAS 2024,Volume 38, Supplement 1, 2024, 102379, [in Spanish].
“Lockdown Strictness and Mental Health Effects Among Older Populations in Europe” (with Ariadna García-Prado and Yolanda Rebollo). Economics and Human Biology, Volume 45, 101116, 2022.
"A theory on party discipline and vote switching by legislators” (with Francesca Passarelli and Socorro Puy). European Journal of Political Economy, volume 66, 101960, 2021.
"On the design of equity-oriented pharmaceutical copayments”. SERIEs-Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 11(2): 179-202, 2020.
“The Enforcement of Mandatory Disclosure Rules” (with Matthias Dahm and Nicolás Porteiro). Journal of Public Economics, 167: 21-32, 2018.
"Risk Attitudes in Medical Decisions for Others: An Experimental Approach” (with A. Arrieta, Ariadna García Prado and José Luis Pinto Prades). Health Economics, 26 (S3), 97-113, 2017.
“Private versus Social Incentives for Pharmaceutical Innovation” (with Inés Macho-Stadler and David Pérez-Castrillo). Journal of Health Economics, 50: 286-297, 2016.
"A Theoretical Approach to Dual Practice Regulations in the Health Sector", (with Inés Macho-Stadler). Journal of Health Economics, 32(1): 66-87, 2013.__
"Fiscal Decentralization and Political Budget Cycles", (with Jean Hindriks and Nicolás Porteiro). Journal of Public Economic Theory, 15(6): 884-911, 2013.
"Whom do physicians work for? An Analysis of Dual Practice in the Health Sector" (with Ariadna García-Prado). Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 36 (2): 265-294, 2011.
“Gatekeeping versus Direct Access when Patient Information Matters". Health Economics, 19: 730-754, 2010.
“Implementing Registries and Results Databases of Clinical Trials: Is there a Side Effect” (with Matthias Dahm and Nicolás Porteiro). Expert Review of Pharmaeconomics & Outcomes Research, 10(3): 247-251, 2010.
"Trials, Tricks and Transparency: How Disclosure Rules Affect Clinical Knowledge" (with Matthias Dahm and Nicolás Porteiro). Journal of Health Economics, 28: 1141-1153, 2009.
"Strategic Quality Competition and the Porter Hypothesis", (with Francisco J. André and Nicolás Porteiro). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 57: 182–194, 2009.
"Policy and Regulatory Responses to Dual Practice in the Health Sector" (with Ariadna García-Prado). Health Policy 84: 142-152, 2007.
“El pluriempleo entre los profesionales sanitarios: un análisis de sus causas e implicaciones” (with Ariadna García-Prado). Gaceta Sanitaria (Journal of the Spanish Society of Public Health and Health Administration) 20 (Supl 2): 29-40, 2006.
“On a Policy of Transferring Public Patients to Private Practice”. Health Economics 14 (5): 513-527, 2005.
“Optimal Sharing of Surgical Costs in the Presence of Queues” (with Carmen Herrero). Mathematical Methods of Operations Research 59(3): 435-446, 2004.
“Should Physicians’ Dual Practice Be Limited? An Incentive Approach”. Health Economics 13(6): 505-524, 2004.
Book Chapters
“Physicians' simultaneous practice in the public and private sectors”. In: Anthony J. Culyer (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Health Economics, Vol 3. San Diego: Elsevier; pp. 83-90, 2014._
"El comportamiento de los profesionales sanitarios en la Unión Europea: Reformas existentes y desafíos pendientes" (jointly with Ariadna García-Prado). In Álvaro Hidalgo, Juan del Llano and Santiago Pérez (eds.): Recursos Humanos para la Salud: suficiencia, adecuación y mejora. Barcelona: Masson-Elsevier, 2007.
Popular writing
"Lockdowns had a huge impact in the mental health of the elderly" (with Ariadna García-Prado and Yolanda F. Rebollo). The Conversation, 2nd November 2022.
“Confinamiento y salud mental de los mayores: ¿qué hemos aprendido tras la pandemia de COVID-19?” (with Ariadna García-Prado and Yolanda F. Rebollo). The Conversation ES, 30th October 2022.
“Salud Mental en tiempos de pandemia: ¿Cómo afectó el confinamiento a los adultos mayores de 50 años?” (with Ariadna García-Prado and Yolanda F. Rebollo). Blog Economía y Salud AES, 6th April 2022.
“La salud mental de los mayores en Europa: la pandemia detrás de la pandemia” (with Ariadna García-Prado and Yolanda F. Rebollo). Economics Blog “Nada es Gratis”, 1st April 2022.
"¿Tiene coste registrar los ensayos clínicos?" (with Marcos Vera-Hernández). Economics Blog "Nada es Gratis", December 2016.
"Teoría y Política del Copago en Sanidad" (with José Luis Pinto and Nicolás Porteiro). Technical Report for the Cátedra de Economía de la Salud, Consejería de Salud (Junta de Andalucía) and Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 1/2011.
"Algunas consideraciones sobre el papel del copago en sanidad" (with José Luis Pinto and Nicolás Porteiro). Situación Andalucía, BBVA Research, July 2011.
"Nuevos Enfoques en el Diseño de los Copagos Farmacéuticos" (with Nicolás Porteiro). Revista Temas de Actualidad nº 48, Fundación Centro de Estudios Andaluces, 2010.
Submitted Papers
“Impact of Private Practice of Public Health Workers on Public Health Provision: Evidence from A Natural Experiment” (with Gabriel Montes-Rojas and Sarmistha Pal). Invited revision and resubmission.
“Uncovering Political Opportunism through Changes in Party Affiliation: Insights from Spanish Municipal Elections” (with Francesca Passarelli and Yolanda Rebollo).
Work in Progress
“Risk and inequality preferences in medical decisions: An experimental approach” (with Ariadna García-Prado and Alicia Pérez-Alonso).
"Optimal Design of Risk-Sharing Agreements in the Pharmaceutical Industry” (with Inés Macho-Stadler and David Pérez-Castrillo).
"Contracting with Motivated Agents" (with Eduard Alonso).