ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
Valuation of Individual Preferences for Improved Electricity Services. Empirical Economics Journal. June 2025.
The Local Human Capital Costs of Oil Exploitation. Journal of Development Economics. March 2025. With L. Balza, C. Rios, and O. Manzano.
Composition and Sensitivity of Residential Energy Consumption. Environment and Development Economics. 2022. With A. Yepez-Garcia and D. Macedo. [Online Appendix]
Eliciting Individual Preferences for Immigrants in the Dominican Republic: results from two choice experiments. Journal of Choice Modelling. Volume 39, June 2021. [Working Paper]
It's Not Price; It's Quality. Satisfaction and Price Fairness Perception of Electricity Services in the Urban Dominican Republic. World Development. Volume 139, March 2021.
Understanding the Drivers of Household Energy Spending: Micro Evidence for Latin America. Latin American Economic Review. Vol. 29. 2020. With A. Yepez-Garcia.
Revisiting private participation, governance and electricity sector performance in Latin America. The Electricity Journal. Vol. 33, Issue 7, August–September 2020. With L. Balza, J. Mercado and D. Macedo.
Barriers to Electrification in Latin America: Income, Location and Economic Development. Energy Strategy Reviews. 15. 2017. 9-18. [Data]
What Does Better Mean? Perceptions of Electricity and Water Services in Santo Domingo. Utilities Policy Journal. 2016. With J. Mercado and T. Serebrisky. [Working Paper]
Energy Intensity: A Decomposition and Counterfactual Exercise for Latin American Countries. Energy Economics Journal, 42, 161–171. 2014. With J. Mercado. [Working Paper]
BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Economics of Electricity Losses in Latin America and the Caribbean. IDB Book. 2024. With Ariel Yepez-Garcia.
How Do Households Consume Energy?: Evidence from Latin American and Caribbean Countries. IDB Book. 2020. With Ariel Yepez-Garcia.
Transforming Oil Abundance into Sector Performance: Which Institutions Really Matter? Chapter in Book “Transparent Governance in an Age of Abundance: Experiences from the Extractive Industries in Latin America and the Caribbean.” IDB Book, 2014. With L. Balza and R. Espinasa.
WORKING PAPERS
Does Income Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean Drive Disproportionate Energy Consumption? July, 2019. With L. Balza, S. Castro, N. Gómez, O. Manzano y T. Serebrisky.
Development Effects of Electrification: a Meta-Analysis for Income, Labor and Educational Outcomes. July, 2019.
The Impacts of Household Electrification in Peri-Urban Areas of Ecuador. June, 2019.
Are Blackout Days Free of Charge? Valuation of Individual Preferences for Improved Electricity Services. January, 2019.
TECHNICAL AND POLICY PAPERS
Rural Electricity Access Penalty in Latin America: Income and Location. Policy Brief 253, IADB. 2016.
Power Lost: Sizing Electricity Losses in Transmission and Distribution Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. Monograph 241. IDB. 2014. With T. Serebrisky and J. Mercado.
Privatization, Institutional Reform, and Performance in the Electricity Sector in Latin American Countries. Technical Note, IDB. 2013. With L. Balza and J. Mercado.
Key Drivers of Losses in Power System: Experiences and Lessons in Latin America. Proceedings of the 22nd World Energy Congress (WEC). 2013. With A. Elizalde.