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Working Papers

2023

1. Ramsey Pricing Revisited: Natural Monopoly Regulation with Evaders
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2023)

2022

2. Fare Evasion and Monopoly Regulation
   Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2022) View citations (1)

2021

3. How Do Subnational Governments React to Shocks to Different Revenue Sources? Evidence from Hydrocarbon-Producing Provinces in Argentina
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article How do subnational governments react to shocks to different revenue sources? Evidence from hydrocarbon-producing provinces in Argentina, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
4. How do subnational governments react to shocks to revenue sources? Evidence from Argentina
   Working Papers, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE) View citations (3)
   Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2019) View citations (3)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2019) View citations (3)

2019

5. Tax Decentralization Notwithstanding Regional Disparities
   Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. View citations (1)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2019) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Tax decentralization notwithstanding regional disparities, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (6) (2021)

2017

6. Public Expenditures and Debt at the Subnational Level: Evidence of Fiscal Smoothing from Argentina
   Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. View citations (5)
   Also in Research Department working papers, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica (2017) View citations (5)

2015

7. Regional State Capacity and the Optimal Degree of Fiscal Decentralization
   Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Regional state capacity and the optimal degree of fiscal decentralization, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (23) (2018)
8. The Flypaper Effect is not a Puzzle
   Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

2011

9. The economics of tax evasion
   Research Department working papers, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica

2010

10. Inspectors or Google Earth? Optimal fiscal policies under uncertain detection of evaders
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
11. Optimal taxes and penalties when the government cannot commit to its audit policy
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

2009

12. Modernization of Tax Administrations and Optimal Fiscal Policies
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Modernization of Tax Administrations and Optimal Fiscal Policies, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
13. The Political Economy of the (Weak) Enforcement of Sales Tax
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (4)

2008

14. NIMBY and mechanism design under different constitutional constraints
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article NIMBY and mechanism design under different constitutional constraints, International Tax and Public Finance, Springer (2010) View citations (9) (2010)

2004

15. Are Hard Budget Constraints for Sub-National Governments Always Efficient?
    The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    Also in Economic Research Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics View citations (2)
16. Exerting local tax effort or lobbying for central transfers?: Evidence from Argentina
    Econometric Society 2004 Latin American Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (5)

2002

17. Construction of facilities under asymmetric information: do constitutions matter ?
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

2000

18. Fiscal Federalism, Local Public Works and Corruption
    Liege - Groupe d'Etude des Mathematiques du Management et de l'Economie, UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE, Faculte d'economie, de gestion et de sciences sociales, Groupe d'Etude des Mathematiques du Management et de l'Economie
    Also in CREPP Working Papers, Centre de Recherche en Economie Publique et de la Population (CREPP) (Research Center on Public and Population Economics) HEC-Management School, University of Liège (2000)

1999

19. Central Funding of Local Public Works
    Working Papers, Toulouse - GREMAQ View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2023

1. How do subnational governments react to shocks to different revenue sources? Evidence from hydrocarbon-producing provinces in Argentina
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2023, 136, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper How Do Subnational Governments React to Shocks to Different Revenue Sources? Evidence from Hydrocarbon-Producing Provinces in Argentina, CESifo Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (2) (2021)

2021

2. Tax decentralization notwithstanding regional disparities
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 123, (C) View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Tax Decentralization Notwithstanding Regional Disparities, Documentos de Trabajo (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2018

3. Regional state capacity and the optimal degree of fiscal decentralization
   Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 159, (C), 225-243 View citations (23)
   See also Working Paper Regional State Capacity and the Optimal Degree of Fiscal Decentralization, Documentos de Trabajo (2015) View citations (1) (2015)

2013

4. The Political Economy of the (Weak) Enforcement of Indirect Taxes
   Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2013, 15, (6), 856-883 View citations (8)

2010

5. NIMBY and mechanism design under different constitutional constraints
   International Tax and Public Finance, 2010, 17, (2), 114-132 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper NIMBY and mechanism design under different constitutional constraints, Department of Economics Working Papers (2008) View citations (4) (2008)

2009

6. Modernization of Tax Administrations and Optimal Fiscal Policies
   Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2009, 11, (6), 897-926 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Modernization of Tax Administrations and Optimal Fiscal Policies, Department of Economics Working Papers (2009) View citations (3) (2009)
7. Tax enforcement may decrease government revenue
   Economics Bulletin, 2009, 29, (4), 2665-2672 View citations (16)

2008

8. BAILOUTS IN FEDERATIONS: IS A HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINT ALWAYS BEST?
   International Economic Review, 2008, 49, (2), 577-593 View citations (53)
   Also in International Economic Review, 2008, 49, (2), 577-593 (2008) View citations (11)
9. The relationship between tax evasion and tax revenue in Chang, Lai and Chang (1999)
   Economics Bulletin, 2008, 5, (15), 1-6 View citations (1)

2004

10. COLLUSION IN LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS
    International Economic Review, 2004, 45, (4), 1193-1219 View citations (7)
11. Local public works and intergovernmental transfers under asymmetric information
    Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (1-2), 353-375 View citations (24)