"The value of coastal tourism in Chile" (with Rodrigo Oyanedel). Using a novel data set derived from cell-phone movements, we estimate the travel costs and the demand for tourism to coastal municipalities in Chile.
"The effects of COVID-19 restrictions on Life Quality: Results From a Nationally Representative Survey in a Middle-Income Country" (with Rodrigo Harrison, Felipe Gonzalez, Paula Bedregal and J.A. Carrasco). In this project, we estimate the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on the quality of life using Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALY) among heads of households in Chile.
"Chlorophyll concentrations and intensive aquaculture in Chile". In this paper, I investigate the relationship between intensive salmon farming and water pollution in Chile, the second largest farmed-salmon producer in the world. I combine monthly farm-level data on salmon production with satellite observations of chl-a concentrations.
"Essays in Energy and Environmental Economics" (PhD dissertation)". My dissertation represents an effort to advance interdisciplinary research in issues relevant for energy and environmental policy, combining economics with applied engineering and ecology. It includes work that is informed by theoretical and empirical studies, and is conceptually centered in the notion that competitive markets lead to inefficient combinations of risk and yield. In the first two chapters of the dissertation, I study this in the context of wind energy capacity investments, where profit-maximizing developers choose the location and timing of the construction of wind farms. The final chapter of the dissertation is an empirical study on the effects of intensive aquaculture on water pollution.
"A Market Based Recycling Subsidy" (with Rodrigo Harrison and José Antonio Carrasco). Working Paper, 2014. Latest version.
"Cost-effectiveness of policies aimed at increasing organ donation: the case of Chile" (with Javier Dominguez, Rodrigo Harrison, and Luis Larraín.), 2013. Transplantation proceedings (Vol. 45, No. 10, pp. 3711-3715). Elsevier.
"The effects of contingency measures on air quality in Santiago, Chile." M.A Thesis at PUC, Chile. Working Paper, 2009. Available in Spanish.