Research
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Building a social progress-adjusted indicator of GDP per capita for the European Union’s regions. Forthcoming in Social Indicators Research (2023). (with Lisa Gianmoena, Jesús Peiró and Andrés Picazo)
Quality of Government and Women's Political Empowerment: Evidence from European Regions. Papers in Regional Science (2023). (with Lisa Gianmoena, Mercedes Beltrán, Jesús Peiró and Andrés Picazo)
The Diffusion of COVID-19 Across Italian Provinces: A Spatial Dynamic Panel Data Approach with Common Factors. Regional Studies, 2023. (with Lisa Gianmoena)
Is the European Social Progress Index robust? Implications for the design of European Union regional Cohesion Policy. Regional Studies, 2023 (with Mercedes Beltrán, Jesús Peiró and Andrés Picazo)
Social progress around the world: trends and convergence. Oxford Economic Papers, 2022. (with Jesús Peiró and Andrés Picazo)
What shapes the flypaper effect? The role of the political environment in the budgetary process. Local Government Studies, 1-28. 2021. (with Miriam Hortas-Rico and Pedro Pascual)
Raising the Accuracy of Shadow Economy Measurements. Hacienda Pública Española/Review of Public Economics, 239, 4, 2021. (with Pedro Pascual and Antonio Gómez)
On the link between temperature and regional COVID-19 severity: Evidence from Italy. Regional Science: Policy & Practice, 13, 1, 109-137, 2021. (with Lisa Gianmoena)
Does direct democracy matter for fiscal policy volatility? . Economics Bulletin, 40, 3, p.A186, 2020.
The Link Between Quality of Government and Regional Resilience in Europe, Journal of Policy Modeling, 42, 5, 1064-1084, 2020. (with Lisa Gianmoena)
Well‐being in European regions. Does government quality matter?, Papers in Regional Science, 99, 3 , 555-582 , 2020. (with Jesús Peiró y Andrés Picazo)
Quality of government in European regions: Do spatial spillovers matter?, Regional Studies, 54, 8, 1032-1042, 2020. (with Roberto Ezcurra)
Is there an optimal size for local governments? A spatial panel data model approach, Regional Studies, 54 , 7, 958-973, 2020 (with Miriam Hortas-Rico)
The drivers of local income inequality: a spatial Bayesian model-averaging approach, Regional Studies, 53: 8, 1207-1220, 2019. (with Miriam Hortas-Rico)
Quality of government and regional resilience in the European Union. Evidence from the Great Recession, Papers in Regional Science, 98, 3, 1267-1290, 2019. (with Roberto Ezcurra)
Convergence in CO2 emissions: A Spatial Economic Analysis with Cross-Country Interactions, Energy Economics, 75, 222-238, 2018. (with Lisa Gianmoena)
Determinants of sport performance in European football: What can we learn from the data?, Decision Support Systems, 114, 18-28, 2018. (with Fabiola Zambom and Fernando Lera)
What Drives Local Government Spending in Spain? A Dynamic Spatial Panel Approach, Spatial Economic Analysis, 12, 2-3, 230-250, 2017. (with Pedro Pascual and Fermín Cabasés)
What Drives Unemployment Disparities in European Regions? A Dynamic Spatial Approach. Regional Studies, 51, 11, 1599-1611, 2017.
Development Differentials and Interaction Effects in the European Regions: A Study based on the Regional Lisbon Index- Journal of Social and Economic Geography / Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 107, 3, 347–364, 2016. (with Pedro Pascual and Belén Iraizoz)
Volatility and Growth in European Regions: Does Space Matter? Spatial Economic Analysis, 10, 3, 344-368, 2015. (with Roberto Ezcurra)
Is there Cross-Country Convergence in Government Quality? A Non Parametric Analysis, Economics Bulletin, 33 (4), 2661-2671, 2013. (with Roberto Ezcurra)
Working papers
"How Inequality Shapes Political Participation: The Role of Spatial Patterns of Political Competition” (with Pablo Beramendi, Miriam Hortas-Rico and Francesc Amat)
"Forecasting the Spread of the COVID-19 Epidemic in Lombardy: A Dynamic Model Averaging Approach". (with Lisa Gianmoena)
"Does women's political empowerment improve air quality?" (with Izaskun Barba, Lisa Gianmoena and Pedro Pascual)
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