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Working Papers

2023

1. Do Search Engines Increase Concentration in Media Markets?
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
   Also in UB School of Economics Working Papers, University of Barcelona School of Economics (2021)

2021

2. Preemptive Entry and Technology Diffusion: The Market for Drive-in Theaters
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2016

3. As Seen on TV: Price Discrimination and Competition in Television Advertising
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
4. The Value of Relational Adaptation in Outsourcing: Evidence from the 2008 shock to the US Airline Industry
   Discussion paper series, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University View citations (2)

2015

5. "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked": Population, Crime, and the 2013 Government Shutdown
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
6. ’Make or Buy’ as Competitive Strategy: Evidence from the Spanish Local TV Industry
   Working Papers, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia View citations (1)

2014

7. Optimal Pricing of Access and Secondary Goods with Repeat Purchases: Evidence from Online Grocery Shopping and Delivery Fees
   Working Papers, NET Institute

2013

8. 'Make-or-Buy' of Peripheral Services in Manufacturing: Evidence from Spanish Plant-Level Data
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

2012

9. Does Regulation Drive Competition? Evidence from the Spanish Local TV Industry
   Working Papers, NET Institute

2011

10. Does regulation drive market competition? Evidence from the Spanish local TV industry
    IESE Research Papers, IESE Business School
11. Price discrimination and competition in two-sided markets: Evidence from the Spanish local TV industry
    IESE Research Papers, IESE Business School View citations (9)
12. Vertical integration and product market competition: Evidence from the Spanish local TV industry
    IESE Research Papers, IESE Business School

2010

13. Vertical Integration, Exclusivity and Game Sales Performance in the US Video Game Industry
    Working Papers, NET Institute View citations (5)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (3)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2009)
    See also Journal Article Vertical Integration, Exclusivity, and Game Sales Performance in the US Video Game Industry, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2015) View citations (8) (2015)

2009

14. The Role of Repeated Interactions, Self-Enforcing Agreements and Relational [Sub]Contracting: Evidence from California Highway Procurement Auctions
    University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers, University of California Transportation Center View citations (5)
    Also in University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers, University of California Transportation Center (2009) View citations (5)
    University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers, University of California Transportation Center (2009) View citations (7)
    University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers, University of California Transportation Center (2009) View citations (6)
    University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers, University of California Transportation Center (2009) View citations (6)
15. The determinants of changes in the organization of production: Evidence from Spanish plant-level data
    IESE Research Papers, IESE Business School

2008

16. Why Does Popcorn Cost So Much at the Movies? An Empirical Analysis of Metering Price Discrimination
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (1)

2007

17. The Organizational Implications of Creativity: The US Film Industry in Mid-XXth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2006

18. Renegotiation, Learning and Relational Contracting
    CEI Working Paper Series, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University View citations (2)
19. The economics of IPR protection policies
    IESE Research Papers, IESE Business School View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Economics of IPR Protection Policies, Review of Network Economics, De Gruyter (2006) View citations (2) (2006)

2003

20. Do Democracies Have Different Public Policies than Nondemocracies?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Do Democracies Have Different Public Policies than Nondemocracies?, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2004) View citations (280) (2004)

2002

21. Social Security and Democracy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article Social Security and Democracy, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2010) View citations (16) (2010)

Journal Articles

2025

1. The Value of Information in Competitive Markets: Evidence from Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
   Journal of Political Economy, 2025, 133, (1), 252 - 305

2024

2. Political backlash and consumer boycotts: Evidence from the NFB relocation and movie demand in Canada
   Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2024, 57, (3), 933-960
3. Vertical Integration and Market Foreclosure in Media Markets: Evidence from the Chinese Motion Picture Industry
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2024, 67, (1), 143 - 193

2023

4. Social Benefits and Private Costs of Driving Restriction Policies: The Impact of Madrid Central on Congestion, Pollution, and Consumer Spending
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21, (3), 1227-1267 View citations (3)

2022

5. Relationships Under Stress: Relational Outsourcing in the U.S. Airline Industry After the 2008 Financial Crisis
   Management Science, 2022, 68, (2), 1256-1277 View citations (2)
6. Why Did Firms Practice Segregation? Evidence from Movie Theaters during Jim Crow
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2022, 65, (4), 635 - 663 View citations (5)

2021

7. Does competition increase quality? Evidence from the US airline industry
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2021, 77, (C) View citations (7)
8. Technological change and managerial challenges in the movie theater industry
   Journal of Cultural Economics, 2021, 45, (2), 239-262 View citations (3)

2020

9. Can free-shipping hurt online retailers?
   Quantitative Marketing and Economics (QME), 2020, 18, (3), 305-342 View citations (4)
10. Relational Adaptation Under Reel Authority
    Management Science, 2020, 66, (5), 1868-1889 View citations (10)
11. What Do News Aggregators Do? Evidence from Google News in Spain and Germany
    Marketing Science, 2020, 39, (1), 134–167 View citations (23)

2019

12. Relational Contracting in Developed Economies: Lessons From Slot Exchanges in the US Airline Industry
    The Japanese Economic Review, 2019, 70, (3), 411-421 View citations (3)
    Also in The Japanese Economic Review, 2019, 70, (3), 411-421 (2019) View citations (3)

2018

13. On the determinants and consequences of informal contracting
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2018, 27, (4), 726-741 View citations (15)
14. Residential segregation, discrimination, and African-American theater entry during Jim Crow
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2018, 108, (C), 18-35 View citations (6)
15. The Impact of Competition on “Make-or-Buy” Decisions: Evidence from the Spanish Local TV Industry
    Management Science, 2018, 64, (3), 1121-1135 View citations (8)

2017

16. DOES TELEVISION ENTRY DECREASE THE NUMBER OF MOVIE THEATERS?
    Economic Inquiry, 2017, 55, (2), 736-756 View citations (1)
17. Does Job Satisfaction Increase Sales and Customer Satisfaction? Evidence from Retail Banking in South Korea
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2017, 17, (3), 18

2016

18. New Frontiers in Empirical Research on Informal Contracting
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2016, 172, (2), 390-407 View citations (10)

2015

19. Does Vertical Integration Decrease Prices? Evidence from the Paramount Antitrust Case of 1948
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2015, 7, (2), 162-91 View citations (14)
20. Outsourcing of peripheral services: Evidence from Spanish manufacturing plant-level data
    European Economic Review, 2015, 78, (C), 328-344 View citations (6)
21. Vertical Integration, Exclusivity, and Game Sales Performance in the US Video Game Industry
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2015, 31, (suppl_1), i143-i168 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Vertical Integration, Exclusivity and Game Sales Performance in the US Video Game Industry, Working Papers (2010) View citations (5) (2010)

2014

22. Regulation, enforcement, and entry: Evidence from the Spanish local TV industry
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2014, 32, (C), 11-23 View citations (7)
23. The Adoption of New Technologies: Understanding Hollywood's (Slow and Uneven) Conversion to Color
    The Journal of Economic History, 2014, 74, (4), 987-1014 View citations (3)

2013

24. Self-Enforcing Agreements and Relational Contracting: Evidence from California Highway Procurement
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2013, 29, (2), 239-277 View citations (49)
25. The Interplay of Formal and Relational Contracts: Evidence from Movies
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2013, 29, (3), 681-710 View citations (14)

2012

26. Underneath the Red Carpet: Government Intervention in the Spanish Movie Industry
    Journal of Media Economics, 2012, 25, (1), 54-72 View citations (1)
27. Using Revenue Sharing to Implement Flexible Prices: Evidence from Movie Exhibition Contracts
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 2012, 60, (2), 187-219 View citations (18)

2011

28. Airing Your Dirty Laundry: Vertical Integration, Reputational Capital, and Social Networks
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2011, 27, (2), 219-244 View citations (5)
29. Introducing managerial attention allocation in incentive contracts
    SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2011, 2, (3), 335-358 View citations (4)

2010

30. An empirical investigation of the Paramount antitrust case
    Applied Economics, 2010, 42, (2), 171-183 View citations (5)
31. Skipping class in college and exam performance: Evidence from a regression discontinuity classroom experiment
    Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29, (4), 566-575 View citations (51)
32. Social Security and Democracy
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2010, 10, (1), 46 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Social Security and Democracy, NBER Working Papers (2002) View citations (30) (2002)

2009

33. Empirical Analysis of Metering Price Discrimination: Evidence from Concession Sales at Movie Theaters
    Marketing Science, 2009, 28, (6), 1046-1062 View citations (20)
34. Revenue Sharing Distortions and Vertical Integration in the Movie Industry
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2009, 25, (2), 579-610 View citations (33)

2007

35. "Make-or-buy" in movies: Integration and ex-post renegotiation
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2007, 25, (4), 643-655 View citations (18)
36. Testing the Efficiency of Markets in the 2002 World Cup
    Journal of Prediction Markets, 2007, 1, (3), 255-270 View citations (17)
37. The Economics of IPR Protection Policies: Reply
    Review of Network Economics, 2007, 6, (4), 5 View citations (1)
38. The Role and Determinants of Concession Sales in Movie Theaters: Evidence from the Spanish Exhibition Industry
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2007, 30, (4), 325-347 View citations (8)

2006

39. Demand Shifts and Changes in Competition: Evidence from the Movie Theatre Industry
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2006, 13, (3), 407-428
40. The Economics of IPR Protection Policies
    Review of Network Economics, 2006, 5, (3), 21 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper The economics of IPR protection policies, IESE Research Papers (2006) View citations (2) (2006)

2004

41. Do Democracies Have Different Public Policies than Nondemocracies?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004, 18, (1), 51-74 View citations (280)
    See also Working Paper Do Democracies Have Different Public Policies than Nondemocracies?, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (13) (2003)

2002

42. Social spending and democracy: some evidence from South America
    Estudios de Economia, 2002, 29, (1 Year 2002), 5-33 View citations (1)

Chapters

2025

1. Governing Relationships: Theory, Evidence, and Opportunities
   Springer

2018

2. Contracting in innovative industries
   Chapter 7 in A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics, 2018, pp 62-71

2012

3. Clinical Papers in Organizational Economics
   A chapter in : The Handbook of Organizational Economics, 2012 View citations (3)