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Postal address:Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27 08005 Barcelona Spain
Workplace:Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) (Center for Research in International Economics (CREI)), Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), (more information at EDIRC)
Departament d'Economia i Empresa (Department of Economics and Business), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Pompeu Fabra University), Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), (more information at EDIRC)
Barcelona Institute for Political Economy and Governance (IPEG), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

  1. Social capital, government expenditures, and growth
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Downloads View citations (18)
    Also in Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2015) Downloads View citations (4)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) Downloads View citations (12)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014) Downloads View citations (5)
    2012 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2012) Downloads View citations (3)
  2. Why Has Construction Productivity Stagnated? The Role of Land-Use Regulation
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) Downloads View citations (1)

2023

  1. Do Incompetent Politicians Breed Populist Voters? Evidence from Italian Municipalities
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2023) Downloads
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2023) Downloads View citations (4)

2021

  1. Globalization and political structure
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Downloads View citations (9)
    Also in Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2016) Downloads View citations (10)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) Downloads View citations (12)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) Downloads View citations (10)
    Working Papers, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB) (2017) Downloads View citations (7)

    See also Journal Article Globalization and Political Structure, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2022) Downloads View citations (7) (2022)

2020

  1. Securing property rights
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) Downloads View citations (14)
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2016) Downloads View citations (14)
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2016) Downloads View citations (14)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) Downloads View citations (14)
    Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar (2016) Downloads View citations (14)

    See also Journal Article Securing Property Rights, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2021) Downloads View citations (15) (2021)
  2. The Dracula effect: voter information and trade policy
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Downloads View citations (27)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) Downloads View citations (32)
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2015) Downloads View citations (19)

2019

  1. A Theory of Economic Unions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2019) Downloads View citations (3)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) Downloads View citations (2)
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2019) Downloads View citations (2)

    See also Journal Article A theory of economic unions, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (2020) Downloads View citations (6) (2020)
  2. Legal Evolution, Contract Evolution, and Standardization
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (2)

2018

  1. Firing the Wrong Workers: Financing Constraints and Labor Misallocation
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics Downloads View citations (4)
  2. The Political Economy of Transportation Investment
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics Downloads View citations (14)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) Downloads View citations (2)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) Downloads View citations (3)
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2017) Downloads View citations (5)

    See also Journal Article The political economy of transportation investment, Economics of Transportation, Elsevier (2018) Downloads View citations (21) (2018)

2017

  1. Fundamental Errors in the Voting Booth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017) Downloads
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2017) Downloads View citations (1)
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2017) Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Optimally Vague Contracts and the Law
    2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics Downloads View citations (6)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2017) Downloads View citations (5)
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics (2015) Downloads
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) Downloads View citations (1)

2016

  1. Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics Downloads View citations (24)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2016) Downloads View citations (24)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) Downloads View citations (24)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2016) Downloads View citations (24)

    See also Journal Article Infrastructure, Incentives, and Institutions, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016) Downloads View citations (24) (2016)
  2. Insider-Outsider Labor Markets, Hysteresis and Monetary Policy
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics Downloads View citations (6)

2015

  1. Contract Innovation and Legal Evolution under Imperfect Enforcement
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Intellectual Property Rights and Efficient Firm Organization
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2014) Downloads View citations (1)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) Downloads View citations (3)
  3. Political centralization and government accountability
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Downloads View citations (36)
    Also in 2015 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2015) Downloads
    CERIS Working Paper, CNR-IRCrES Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth - Torino (TO) ITALY - former Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth - Moncalieri (TO) ITALY (2012) Downloads View citations (2)
    BEMPS - Bozen Economics & Management Paper Series, Faculty of Economics and Management at the Free University of Bozen (2015) Downloads
    Working Papers. Serie AD, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie) (2013) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article Political Centralization and Government Accountability, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2016) Downloads View citations (45) (2016)
  4. Should Different People Have Different Governments?
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics Downloads
    Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (2012) Downloads View citations (2)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013) Downloads View citations (3)
    Working Papers, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB) (2012) Downloads View citations (1)
  5. Shrouded Costs of Government: Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions Data
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics Downloads View citations (6)
  6. Urban Networks: Connecting Markets, People, and Ideas
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2015) Downloads View citations (7)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) Downloads View citations (3)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article Urban networks: Connecting markets, people, and ideas, Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell (2016) Downloads View citations (32) (2016)
  7. Urban Networks: Spreading the Flow of Goods, People, and Ideas
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics Downloads

2013

  1. Shrouded Costs of Government: The Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2013) Downloads View citations (8)

    See also Chapter Shrouded Costs of Government: The Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (1) (2012)
    Journal Article Shrouded costs of government: The political economy of state and local public pensions, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2014) Downloads View citations (45) (2014)

2012

  1. Centralization and Accountability: Theory and Evidence from the Clean Air Act
    Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management Downloads View citations (1)

2011

  1. Cities, Skills, and Regional Change
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (38)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2011) Downloads View citations (39)

    See also Journal Article Cities, Skills and Regional Change, Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2014) Downloads View citations (74) (2014)
  2. Heterogeneous Information and Trade Policy
    2011 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics Downloads View citations (36)

2010

  1. Asymmetric Information and Trade Policy
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics Downloads
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2010) Downloads
  2. Stare decisis: Rhetoric and substance
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Downloads
    See also Journal Article Stare Decisis: Rhetoric and Substance, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2012) Downloads View citations (9) (2012)
  3. The Varieties of Regional Change
    Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics Downloads

2009

  1. Clusters of Entrepreneurship
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2009) Downloads View citations (8)
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2009) Downloads View citations (8)
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School (2009) Downloads View citations (9)

    See also Chapter Clusters of Entrepreneurship, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (146) (2010)
    Journal Article Clusters of entrepreneurship, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2010) Downloads View citations (149) (2010)

2007

  1. Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (41)
    See also Chapter Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) Downloads View citations (25) (2010)
  2. Why does democracy need education?
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics Downloads View citations (304)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) Downloads View citations (44)

    See also Journal Article Why does democracy need education?, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2007) Downloads View citations (330) (2007)

2004

  1. A Comparative Analysis of the Costs of Italian Individual Pension Plans
    CeRP Working Papers, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Turin (Italy) Downloads
  2. Strategic Extremism: Why Republicans and Democrats Divide on Religious Values
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) Downloads View citations (18)

    See also Journal Article Strategic Extremism: Why Republicans and Democrats Divide on Religious Values, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2005) Downloads View citations (173) (2005)

2003

  1. Risk aversion and the utility of annuities
    CeRP Working Papers, Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies, Turin (Italy) Downloads View citations (10)

Journal Articles

2022

  1. Globalization and Political Structure
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20, (3), 1276-1310 Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Globalization and political structure, Economics Working Papers (2021) Downloads View citations (9) (2021)

2021

  1. Securing Property Rights
    Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129, (4), 1157 - 1192 Downloads View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Securing property rights, Economics Working Papers (2020) Downloads View citations (8) (2020)

2020

  1. A theory of economic unions
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2020, 109, (C), 107-127 Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper A Theory of Economic Unions, NBER Working Papers (2019) Downloads View citations (1) (2019)

2018

  1. The political economy of transportation investment
    Economics of Transportation, 2018, 13, (C), 4-26 Downloads View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper The Political Economy of Transportation Investment, Working Papers (2018) Downloads View citations (14) (2018)

2016

  1. Infrastructure, Incentives, and Institutions
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 77-82 Downloads View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions, Working Papers (2016) Downloads View citations (24) (2016)
  2. Political Centralization and Government Accountability
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016, 131, (1), 381-422 Downloads View citations (45)
    See also Working Paper Political centralization and government accountability, Economics Working Papers (2015) Downloads View citations (36) (2015)
  3. Urban networks: Connecting markets, people, and ideas
    Papers in Regional Science, 2016, 95, (1), 17-59 Downloads View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Urban Networks: Connecting Markets, People, and Ideas, Working Paper Series (2015) Downloads View citations (3) (2015)

2014

  1. Cities, Skills and Regional Change
    Regional Studies, 2014, 48, (1), 7-43 Downloads View citations (74)
    See also Working Paper Cities, Skills, and Regional Change, NBER Working Papers (2011) Downloads View citations (38) (2011)
  2. Shrouded costs of government: The political economy of state and local public pensions
    Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 116, (C), 89-105 Downloads View citations (45)
    See also Working Paper Shrouded Costs of Government: The Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions, NBER Working Papers (2013) Downloads View citations (8) (2013)
    Chapter Shrouded Costs of Government: The Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions, NBER Chapters, 2012 (2012) View citations (1) (2012)

2012

  1. Stare Decisis: Rhetoric and Substance
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2012, 28, (2), 313-336 Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Stare decisis: Rhetoric and substance, Economics Working Papers (2010) Downloads (2010)

2010

  1. Clusters of entrepreneurship
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, 67, (1), 150-168 Downloads View citations (149)
    See also Chapter Clusters of Entrepreneurship, NBER Chapters, 2010 (2010) View citations (146) (2010)
    Working Paper Clusters of Entrepreneurship, NBER Working Papers (2009) Downloads View citations (8) (2009)

2008

  1. Case Law versus Statute Law: An Evolutionary Comparison
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2008, 37, (2), 379-430 Downloads View citations (31)

2007

  1. Why does democracy need education?
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2007, 12, (2), 77-99 Downloads View citations (330)
    See also Working Paper Why does democracy need education?, Scholarly Articles (2007) Downloads View citations (304) (2007)

2005

  1. Strategic Extremism: Why Republicans and Democrats Divide on Religious Values
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120, (4), 1283-1330 Downloads View citations (173)
    See also Working Paper Strategic Extremism: Why Republicans and Democrats Divide on Religious Values, Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers (2004) Downloads View citations (8) (2004)

2004

  1. Analisi comparativa dell'onerosità dei prodotti previdenziali individuali
    Mercato Concorrenza Regole, 2004, (2), 297-328 Downloads

Chapters

2012

  1. Shrouded Costs of Government: The Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions
    A chapter in Retirement Benefits for State and Local Employees: Designing Pension Plans for the Twenty-First Century, 2012 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Shrouded Costs of Government: The Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) Downloads View citations (8) (2013)
    Journal Article Shrouded costs of government: The political economy of state and local public pensions, Elsevier (2014) Downloads View citations (45) (2014)

2010

  1. Clusters of Entrepreneurship
    A chapter in Cities and Entrepreneurship, 2010 View citations (146)
    See also Working Paper Clusters of Entrepreneurship, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) Downloads View citations (8) (2009)
    Journal Article Clusters of entrepreneurship, Elsevier (2010) Downloads View citations (149) (2010)
  2. Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?
    A chapter in Agglomeration Economics, 2010, pp 303-337 Downloads View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) Downloads View citations (41) (2007)

2004

  1. The market for annuities in Italy: reality or chimera?
    Chapter 11 in Developing an Annuity Market in Europe, 2004, pp 262-290 Downloads
 
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