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Working Papers

2025

1. Exposure to transit migration: Public attitudes and entrepreneurship
   School of Government Working Papers, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
   Also in Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2022) View citations (13)
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2020) View citations (16)
   Post-Print, HAL (2022) View citations (8)
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2020) View citations (15)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (14)
   See also Journal Article Exposure to transit migration: Public attitudes and entrepreneurship, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (13) (2022)
2. The Giving Advice Effect: Reducing Teacher Sorting Through Self-Persuasion
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank
3. Unraveling the Paradox of Anticorruption Messaging:Experimental Evidence from a Tax Administration Reform
   Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia
   Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2024)

2024

4. From Flat to Fair? The Effects of a Progressive Tax Reform
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
5. Seemingly Irrelevant Factors and Willingness to Block Polluting Investments
   Working Papers, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE)
   Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2023)

2023

6. Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter
   Working Papers, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE) View citations (4)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2023) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association (2025) (2025)
7. Humans versus Chatbots: Scaling-up Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Teacher Shortages
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER
   Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2023)
8. Rooting for the Same Team: On the Interplay between Political and Social Identities in the Formation of Social Ties
   Working Papers, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE)

2021

9. (Successful) Democracies Breed Their Own Support
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2021) View citations (16)
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2021) View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article (Successful) Democracies Breed Their Own Support, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2025) View citations (3) (2025)
10. Altruism or Money? Reducing Teacher Sorting Using Behavioral Strategies in Peru
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (4)
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2020) View citations (7)
    Working Papers, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE) (2021) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Altruism or Money? Reducing Teacher Sorting Using Behavioral Strategies in Peru, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2024) View citations (4) (2024)
11. Crime concentration and hot spot dynamics in Latin America
    Working Papers, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE)
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2016) View citations (12)
12. Immigration, Crime, and Crime (Mis)Perceptions
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE) (2021) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Immigration, Crime, and Crime (Mis)Perceptions, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (18) (2023)
13. More than Words: Leaders' Speech and Risky Behavior During a Pandemic
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (4)
    Also in Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge (2020) View citations (73)
    Working Papers, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE) (2021) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article More than Words: Leaders' Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemic, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (19) (2023)
14. Nudging Parents to Increase Preschool Attendance in Uruguay
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER
15. Order Effects and Employment Decisions: Experimental Evidence from a Nationwide Program
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (4)
    Also in IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2021) View citations (2)
16. Salience and accountability: School infrastructure and last-minute electoral punishment
    Working Papers, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE)
    Also in School of Government Working Papers, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (2019) View citations (1)
    Documentos de Trabajo, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) (2020) View citations (2)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Salience and Accountability: School Infrastructure and Last-Minute Electoral Punishment, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2023) View citations (5) (2023)

2020

17. More than Words: Leaders’ Speech and Risky Behavior During a Pandemic
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (83)

2019

18. Lessons from Behavioral Economics to Improve Treatment Adherence in Parenting Programs: An Application to SMS
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (5)

2018

19. Essays in political economy
    (Essais en économie politique)
    Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL

2014

20. On the Distributed Costs of Drug-Related Homicides - Working Paper 364
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (1)
21. On the Distributive Costs of Drug-Related Homicides
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (5)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (4)
    CEDLAS, Working Papers, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2014) View citations (4)
    Working Papers, Centro de Investigacion Economica, ITAM (2014) View citations (16)
    IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank (2014) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article On the Distributive Costs of Drug-Related Homicides, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (2015) View citations (20) (2015)

Journal Articles

2025

1. (Successful) Democracies Breed Their Own Support
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2025, 92, (2), 621-655 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (Successful) Democracies Breed Their Own Support, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (17) (2021)
2. Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter
   American Economic Review: Insights, 2025, 7, (3), 357-75
   See also Working Paper Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter, Working Papers (2023) View citations (4) (2023)

2024

3. Altruism or Money? Reducing Teacher Sorting Using Behavioral Strategies in Peru
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2024, 42, (4), 1049 - 1091 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Altruism or Money? Reducing Teacher Sorting Using Behavioral Strategies in Peru, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (4) (2021)

2023

4. Immigration, Crime, and Crime (Mis)Perceptions
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15, (4), 142-76 View citations (18)
   See also Working Paper Immigration, Crime, and Crime (Mis)Perceptions, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
5. More than Words: Leaders' Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemic
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023, 15, (3), 351-71 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper More than Words: Leaders' Speech and Risky Behavior During a Pandemic, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
6. Salience and Accountability: School Infrastructure and Last-Minute Electoral Punishment
   The Economic Journal, 2023, 133, (649), 460-476 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Salience and accountability: School infrastructure and last-minute electoral punishment, Working Papers (2021) (2021)

2022

7. A behavioral intervention to increase preschool attendance in Uruguay
   Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 159, (C) View citations (1)
8. Exposure to transit migration: Public attitudes and entrepreneurship
   Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 158, (C) View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Exposure to transit migration: Public attitudes and entrepreneurship, School of Government Working Papers (2025) (2025)
9. Immigration and Labor Market (Mis)perceptions
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 402-08 View citations (2)

2021

10. Career choice motivation using behavioral strategies
    Economics of Education Review, 2021, 84, (C) View citations (5)
11. The Power of Example: Corruption Spurs Corruption
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13, (2), 230-57 View citations (27)

2016

12. Promoting Handwashing Behavior: The Effects of Large‐scale Community and School‐level Interventions
    Health Economics, 2016, 25, (12), 1545-1559 View citations (12)

2015

13. On the Distributive Costs of Drug-Related Homicides
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2015, 58, (4) View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper On the Distributive Costs of Drug-Related Homicides, Research Department Publications (2014) View citations (5) (2014)