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Working Papers

2021

1. The Relevance of the Specification Assumptions when Modelling the Correlates of Physical Activity: an Analysis across Dimensions
   Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics
   Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2021)

2019

2. Subnational purchasing power of parity in OECD countries: Estimates based on the Balassa-Samuelson hypothesis
   OECD Regional Development Working Papers, OECD Publishing View citations (7)

2018

3. eSports: Profile of Participants, Complementarity with Sports and its Perception as Sport. Evidence From Sports Video Games
   Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics
   Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2018) View citations (1)

2016

4. Forecasting football match results: Are the many smarter than the few?
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2015

5. The Real Estate and Credit Bubble: Evidence from Spain
   Working Papers, Barcelona School of Economics View citations (48)
   Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2014) View citations (52)
   See also Journal Article The real estate and credit bubble: evidence from Spain, SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Springer (2014) View citations (52) (2014)

2014

6. Who is afraid of the big bad ban? An evaluation of the effects of the Spanish clean air law on expenditure at hospitality venues
   Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

2008

7. A Microeconometric Analysis of the Expenditure and the Frequency of Purchase of Football Pools Bets in Spain
   IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists
8. Estimation of a Structural Model of the Determinants of the Time Spent in Physical Activity and Sport: Evidence for Spain
   IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists View citations (1)
9. Football consumers: fan profiles and demand behavior
   IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists
10. Income and Body Mass Index in Europe
    Economic Reports, FEDEA View citations (2)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2008) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Income and body mass index in Europe, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2009) View citations (70) (2009)
11. What Have We Learnt About Attendance Demand in Sports During the Last Decades?: A Meta-Regression Analysis
    IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists

2007

12. Initial Offers and Outcomes in Wage Barganing: Who Wins?
    Working Papers, FEDEA View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Initial offers and outcomes in wage bargaining: who wins?, Empirical Economics, Springer (2010) View citations (7) (2010)
13. Spanish Football: Competitive Balance and the Impact of the UEFA Champions League
    IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists View citations (3)
14. The evolution of adult height in Europe: A brief note
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article The evolution of adult height in Europe: A brief note, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2007) View citations (27) (2007)

2006

15. Body size, activity, employment and wages in Europe: A first approach
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (2)
16. Match Attendance and TV Audiences in the Spanish Football League
    IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists
17. Obesity, Wages and Employment in Europe
    Labor and Demography, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (29)

2005

18. The effect of provincial socio-economic factors on the demand for football pools in Spain
    IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists
19. The illusion of control, the structures of prizes and the demand for football pools in Spain
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
    Also in IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists (2004)
20. The willingness to pay to keep a fooball club in a city
    IASE Conference Papers, International Association of Sports Economists View citations (3)

2002

21. An investigation of the relationship between job characteristics and the gender wage gap
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (2)

2001

22. Demand for private health insurance: Is there a quality gap?
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Research Center on Health and Economics, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2001) View citations (8)
23. Efectos de la reforma del IRPF sobre la oferta laboral de las mujeres
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
24. Female labour supply in Spain: The importance of behavioural assumptions and unobserved heterogeneity specification
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
25. The determinants of football match attendance revisited: Empirical evidence from the Spanish Football League
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (1)

2000

26. ¿Es posible reducir el gasto sanitario a través del subsidio a los seguros sanitarios privados? La doble cobertura sanitaria en Catalunya. Estimación de patrones de utilización de servicios sanitarios y simulación de costes asociados a la asistencia
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
    Also in Working Papers, Research Center on Health and Economics, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2000) View citations (3)

1998

27. Claim, offer and information in wage bargaining
    UC3M Working papers. Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía
28. How wide is the gap? An investigation of gender wage differences using quantile regression
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
    See also Journal Article How wide is the gap? An investigation of gender wage differences using quantile regression, Empirical Economics, Springer (2001) View citations (123) (2001)

1993

29. A cross-section model with zeros: an application to the demand for tobacco
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (6)

1991

30. Wage determination in the Spanish industry
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Journal Articles

2025

1. Beyond work-life balance: decomposing the gender gap in physical activity
   Journal of Applied Economics, 2025, 28, (01), 2581914
2. Interest in Sports and Sports Betting
   Journal of Sports Economics, 2025, 26, (3), 336-352

2024

3. Evolution of the convergence in the European regions: 2000–2019
   The Annals of Regional Science, 2024, 73, (4), 1625-1648

2023

4. The relevance of specification assumptions when analyzing the drivers of physical activity practice
   Economic Modelling, 2023, 119, (C)

2022

5. Nationalist sentiment and lottery markets: Evidence from Catalonia
   International Gambling Studies, 2022, 22, (1), 63-81

2015

6. A Study of Traveller Decision-Making Determinants: Prioritizing Destination or Travel Mode?
   Tourism Economics, 2015, 21, (6), 1149-1167 View citations (5)
7. Who is afraid of smoking bans? An evaluation of the effects of the Spanish clean air law on expenditure at hospitality venues
   The European Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 16, (8), 813-834

2014

8. Are All Quality Dimensions of Equal Importance when Measuring the Perceived Quality of Official Statistics? Evidence from Spain
   Journal of Official Statistics, 2014, 30, (3), 547-562
9. The real estate and credit bubble: evidence from Spain
   SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2014, 5, (2), 223-243 View citations (52)
   See also Working Paper The Real Estate and Credit Bubble: Evidence from Spain, Working Papers (2015) View citations (48) (2015)

2013

10. LA (INELÁSTICA) DEMANDA DE JUEGOS LOTTO
    Revista de Economia Aplicada, 2013, 21, (2), 91-113

2012

11. Which Are the Real Determinants of Tenure? A Comparative Analysis of Different Models of the Tenure Choice of a House
    Urban Studies, 2012, 49, (16), 3645-3662 View citations (2)

2011

12. Estimation of a Structural Model of the Determinants of the Time Spent on Physical Activity and Sport
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2011, 12, (5), 515-537 View citations (10)
13. Price and Income Elasticities of Demand for Housing Characteristics in the City of Barcelona
    Regional Studies, 2011, 45, (5), 597-608 View citations (16)
14. The Willingness to Pay to Keep a Football Club in a City: How Important are the Methodological Issues?
    Journal of Sports Economics, 2011, 12, (4), 464-486 View citations (16)

2010

15. Economic analysis of navel orange cv. 'Lane late' grown on two different drought-tolerant rootstocks under deficit irrigation in South-eastern Spain
    Agricultural Water Management, 2010, 97, (1), 157-164 View citations (11)
16. Initial offers and outcomes in wage bargaining: who wins?
    Empirical Economics, 2010, 39, (3), 815-846 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Initial Offers and Outcomes in Wage Barganing: Who Wins?, Working Papers (2007) View citations (1) (2007)
17. Local Public Expenditures and Housing Prices
    Urban Studies, 2010, 47, (7), 1501-1512 View citations (10)

2009

18. Income and body mass index in Europe
    Economics & Human Biology, 2009, 7, (1), 73-83 View citations (70)
    See also Working Paper Income and Body Mass Index in Europe, Economic Reports (2008) View citations (2) (2008)
19. RISK ATTITUDES AND THE DEMAND FOR PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE: THE IMPORTANCE OF ‘CAPTIVE PREFERENCES’
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2009, 80, (4), 499-519 View citations (10)
20. Sports attendance: A survey of the Literature 1973-2007
    Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dello Sport, 2009, 5, (2), 111-151 View citations (30)

2008

21. Football Pool Sales: How Important Is a Football Club in the Top Division?
    International Journal of Sport Finance, 2008, 3, (3), 167-176

2007

22. The evolution of adult height in Europe: A brief note
    Economics & Human Biology, 2007, 5, (2), 340-349 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper The evolution of adult height in Europe: A brief note, Economics Working Papers (2007) View citations (28) (2007)

2003

23. Demand for private health insurance: how important is the quality gap?
    Health Economics, 2003, 12, (7), 587-599 View citations (45)
24. Female labour supply and income taxation in Spain: The importance of behavioural assumptions and unobserved heterogeneity specification
    Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, 2003, 164, (1), 9-27 View citations (3)
25. Measuring socioeconomic health inequalities: fiction or reality?
    International Journal of Social Economics, 2003, 30, (8), 883-892

2001

26. How wide is the gap? An investigation of gender wage differences using quantile regression
    Empirical Economics, 2001, 26, (1), 149-167 View citations (123)
    See also Working Paper How wide is the gap? An investigation of gender wage differences using quantile regression, Economics Working Papers (1998) (1998)

1996

27. Alternative Approaches to Modelling Zero Expenditure: An Application to Spanish Demand for Tobacco
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1996, 58, (3), 489-506 View citations (73)

1991

28. Métodos de estimación de modelos de oferta de trabajo basados en la predicción de los salarios
    Investigaciones Economicas, 1991, 15, (2), 429-455
29. Una interpretación de las diferencias salariales entre sectores
    Investigaciones Economicas, 1991, 15, (1), 143-167 View citations (1)

Edited books

2013

1. The Econometrics of Sport
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (5)

Chapters

2023

1. Count Data Regression: Modeling Diversification in Sports Participation in Spain
   Springer

2013

2. The determinants of football match attendance in Spanish football: an empirical analysis
   Chapter 9 in The Econometrics of Sport, 2013, pp 154-166

2011

3. Guessing Who Wins or Predicting the Exact Score: Does it Make Any Difference in Terms of the Demand for Football Pools?
   Chapter 7 in Contemporary Issues in Sports Economics, 2011
4. Physical Activity and Obesity in Spain: Evidence from the Spanish National Health Survey
   Chapter 3 in The Economics of Sport, Health and Happiness, 2011

2006

5. Obesity, Employment and Wages in Europe
   A chapter in The Economics of Obesity, 2006, pp 187-217 View citations (1)
6. The Economics of Soccer in Spain
   Chapter 51 in Handbook on the Economics of Sport, 2006