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Working Papers

2025

1. Government Support in Times of Crisis: Transfers and the Road to Socialism
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
2. The Dark Side of Infrastructure: Roads, Repression, and Land in Authoritarian Paraguay
   Post-Print, HAL
   See also Journal Article The Dark Side of Infrastructure: Roads, Repression and Land in Authoritarian Paraguay, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2025) (2025)

2024

3. Dictatorship, Higher Education, and Social Mobility
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2020) View citations (6)
4. Empowerment or Indoctrination? Female Training Programs under Dictatorship
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2023

5. Higher education and mortality: legacies of an authoritarian college contraction
   Working Papers, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Higher Education and Mortality: Legacies of an Authoritarian College Contraction, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
6. The Economics of the Public Option: Evidence from Local Pharmaceutical Markets
   Working Papers, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance
   Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2021)
   Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2021) View citations (1)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The Economics of the Public Option: Evidence from Local Pharmaceutical Markets, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2024) View citations (3) (2024)
7. The Political Consequences of Vaccines: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Eligibility Rules
   Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
8. The limits of hegemony: U.S. banks and Chilean firms in the Cold War
   Working Papers, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance
   Also in SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2021) View citations (1)
   IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2022)
   Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2022)
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2022)
   See also Journal Article The limits of hegemony: U.S. banks and Chilean firms in the Cold War, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2024) View citations (2) (2024)

2022

9. Does Higher Education Reduce Mortality? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
   IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) View citations (2)
   Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2021) View citations (1)
   Working papers, Red Investigadores de Economía (2021) View citations (3)
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2020) View citations (1)
10. The Intergenerational Transmission of College: Evidence from the 1973 Coup in Chile
    IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST)
    Also in SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2022)
    Working papers, Red Investigadores de Economía (2022)
11. The impact of police violence: Evidence from student protests
    IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST)
    Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2022)
    Working papers, Red Investigadores de Economía (2020)
    Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2021)
    SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2020)
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2020)
12. Uncertainty from dictatorship to democracy: Evidence from business communications
    SocArXiv, Center for Open Science

2021

13. Lost in transition? The persistence of dictatorship mayors
    SocArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (11)
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2019) View citations (1)
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2019)
    See also Journal Article Lost in transition? The persistence of dictatorship mayors, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (11) (2021)
14. Police Repression and Protest Behavior: Evidence from Student Protests in Chile
    HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network
15. The Impact of the Women’s March on the U.S. House Election
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
16. The Legacy of the Pinochet Regime
    Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario
    Also in SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2021)

2020

17. Chile's Missing Students: Dictatorship, Higher Education and Social Mobility
    HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network View citations (2)
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2020) View citations (3)
    Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2020) View citations (3)
    Working papers, Red Investigadores de Economía (2020) View citations (4)
18. Does Higher Education Reduce Mortality? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Chile
    Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario View citations (1)
19. Privatization and business groups: Evidence from the Chicago Boys in Chile
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. View citations (12)
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2019)
    See also Journal Article Privatization and business groups: Evidence from the Chicago Boys in Chile, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2020) View citations (16) (2020)
20. Railroads, specialization, and population growth in small open economies: Evidence from the First Globalization
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile (2020) View citations (4)

2019

21. Collective Action and Policy Implementation: Evidence from Salvador Allende’s Expropriations
    Working Papers ClioLab, EH Clio Lab. Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Collective Action and Policy Implementation: Evidence from Salvador Allende’s Expropriations, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2021) View citations (8) (2021)
22. Geography of Dictatorship and Support for Democracy
    Working Papers ClioLab, EH Clio Lab. Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile View citations (3)
    Also in Working papers, Red Investigadores de Economía (2018) View citations (1)
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2019) View citations (3)
    Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2018) View citations (1)
    Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC) Working Papers, Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (2019) View citations (5)
23. Losing Your Dictator: Firms During Political Transition
    Working Papers ClioLab, EH Clio Lab. Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile View citations (1)
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2017) View citations (1)
    Working papers, Red Investigadores de Economía (2019) View citations (3)
    Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2018) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Losing your dictator: firms during political transition, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2020) View citations (24) (2020)
24. Non-economic factors in violence: Evidence from organized crime, suicides and climate in Mexico
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Non-economic factors in violence: Evidence from organized crime, suicides and climate in Mexico, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2019) View citations (24) (2019)
25. The Evolution of Ownership Structures: Privatization, Business Groups, and Pyramids
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
26. The Privatization Origins of Political Corporations
    Working Papers ClioLab, EH Clio Lab. Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile View citations (2)
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2018) View citations (1)
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2018) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Privatization Origins of Political Corporations: Evidence from the Pinochet Regime, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2020) View citations (29) (2020)

2018

27. Collective Action in Networks: Evidence from the Chilean Student Movement
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Collective action in networks: Evidence from the Chilean student movement, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (27) (2020)
28. Economic and Non-Economic Factors in Violence: Evidence from Organized Crime, Suicides and Climate in Mexico
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
29. Políticas de inclusión universitaria y comportamiento estratégico en educación secundaria1
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. View citations (1)
30. The Value of Political Capital: Dictatorship Collaborators as Business Elites
    Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario View citations (16)
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2018) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article The value of political capital: Dictatorship collaborators as business elites, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2018) View citations (9) (2018)

2017

31. Can Television Bring Down a Dictator? Evidence from Chile's “No" Campaign
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. View citations (1)
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2017) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Can television bring down a dictator? Evidence from Chile’s “No” campaign, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (17) (2018)
32. Distorted Quality Signals in School Markets
    Documentos de Trabajo, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
    See also Journal Article Distorted quality signals in school markets, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (16) (2020)

2016

33. Start-up Nation? Slave Wealth and Entrepreneurship in Civil War Maryland
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article Start-up Nation? Slave Wealth and Entrepreneurship in Civil War Maryland, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2017) View citations (14) (2017)

2015

34. War and local collective action in Sierra Leone: A comment on the use of coefficient stability approaches
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article War and local collective action in Sierra Leone: A comment on the use of coefficient stability approaches, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (39) (2015)

2010

35. Land Reform and Government Support: Voting Incentives in the Countryside
    Working Papers ClioLab, EH Clio Lab. Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Undated

36. The intergenerational transmission of higher education: Evidence from the 1973 coup in Chile
    Working Papers, Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance
    See also Journal Article The intergenerational transmission of higher education: Evidence from the 1973 coup in Chile, Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier (2023) (2023)

Journal Articles

2025

1. JUE insight: Efficiency of bus priority infrastructure
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2025, 146, (C)
2. The Dark Side of Infrastructure: Roads, Repression and Land in Authoritarian Paraguay
   The Economic Journal, 2025, 135, (666), 653-669
   See also Working Paper The Dark Side of Infrastructure: Roads, Repression, and Land in Authoritarian Paraguay, Post-Print (2025) (2025)

2024

3. Higher Education and Mortality: Legacies of an Authoritarian College Contraction
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024, 22, (4), 1762-1797 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Higher education and mortality: legacies of an authoritarian college contraction, Working Papers (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
4. Police Violence, Student Protests, and Educational Performance
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106, (3), 712-727 View citations (3)
5. The Economics of the Public Option: Evidence from Local Pharmaceutical Markets
   American Economic Review, 2024, 114, (3), 615-44 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper The Economics of the Public Option: Evidence from Local Pharmaceutical Markets, Working Papers (2023) (2023)
6. The limits of hegemony: U.S. banks and Chilean firms in the Cold War
   Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 166, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper The limits of hegemony: U.S. banks and Chilean firms in the Cold War, Working Papers (2023) (2023)

2023

7. The intergenerational transmission of higher education: Evidence from the 1973 coup in Chile
   Explorations in Economic History, 2023, 90, (C)
   See also Working Paper The intergenerational transmission of higher education: Evidence from the 1973 coup in Chile, Working Papers

2021

8. Collective Action and Policy Implementation: Evidence from Salvador Allende’s Expropriations
   The Journal of Economic History, 2021, 81, (2), 405-440 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Collective Action and Policy Implementation: Evidence from Salvador Allende’s Expropriations, Working Papers ClioLab (2019) View citations (1) (2019)
9. Lost in transition? The persistence of dictatorship mayors
   Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 151, (C) View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Lost in transition? The persistence of dictatorship mayors, SocArXiv (2021) View citations (11) (2021)
10. Railroads, specialization, and population growth: evidence from the first globalization
    Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34, (3), 1027-1072 View citations (7)

2020

11. Collective action in networks: Evidence from the Chilean student movement
    Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 188, (C) View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Collective Action in Networks: Evidence from the Chilean Student Movement, Documentos de Trabajo (2018) View citations (5) (2018)
12. Distorted quality signals in school markets
    Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 147, (C) View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Distorted Quality Signals in School Markets, Documentos de Trabajo (2017) (2017)
13. Immigration and human capital: consequences of a nineteenth century settlement policy
    Cliometrica, 2020, 14, (3), 443-477 View citations (1)
14. Losing your dictator: firms during political transition
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2020, 25, (2), 227-257 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Losing Your Dictator: Firms During Political Transition, Working Papers ClioLab (2019) View citations (1) (2019)
15. Privatization and business groups: Evidence from the Chicago Boys in Chile
    Explorations in Economic History, 2020, 78, (C) View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Privatization and business groups: Evidence from the Chicago Boys in Chile, Documentos de Trabajo (2020) View citations (12) (2020)
16. Reply to: Temporal displacement, adaptation and the effect of climate on suicide rates
    Nature Climate Change, 2020, 10, (6), 502-504
17. The Privatization Origins of Political Corporations: Evidence from the Pinochet Regime
    The Journal of Economic History, 2020, 80, (2), 417-456 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper The Privatization Origins of Political Corporations, Working Papers ClioLab (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

2019

18. Non-economic factors in violence: Evidence from organized crime, suicides and climate in Mexico
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 168, (C), 434-452 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Non-economic factors in violence: Evidence from organized crime, suicides and climate in Mexico, Department of Economics, Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (7) (2019)
19. ¿Candidatas o espectadoras? Un análisis del impacto de la ley de cuotas
    Estudios Públicos, 2019, (154), 7-41

2018

20. Can television bring down a dictator? Evidence from Chile’s “No” campaign
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46, (1), 349-361 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Can Television Bring Down a Dictator? Evidence from Chile's “No" Campaign, Documentos de Trabajo (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
21. Higher temperatures increase suicide rates in the United States and Mexico
    Nature Climate Change, 2018, 8, (8), 723-729 View citations (68)
22. Políticas de inclusión universitaria y comportamiento estratégico en educación secundaria
    Estudios Públicos, 2018, (149), 41-73 View citations (1)
23. The value of political capital: Dictatorship collaborators as business elites
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 155, (C), 217-230 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper The Value of Political Capital: Dictatorship Collaborators as Business Elites, Documentos de Trabajo (2018) View citations (16) (2018)

2017

24. La reforma agraria chilena: hechos estilizados a la luz de una nueva base de datos
    Estudios Públicos, 2017, (146), 7-48 View citations (3)
25. Start-up Nation? Slave Wealth and Entrepreneurship in Civil War Maryland
    The Journal of Economic History, 2017, 77, (2), 373-405 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Start-up Nation? Slave Wealth and Entrepreneurship in Civil War Maryland, NBER Working Papers (2016) (2016)

2015

26. Drug Trafficking Organizations and Local Economic Activity in Mexico
    PLOS ONE, 2015, 10, (9), 1-10 View citations (1)
27. War and local collective action in Sierra Leone: A comment on the use of coefficient stability approaches
    Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 128, (C), 30-33 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper War and local collective action in Sierra Leone: A comment on the use of coefficient stability approaches, Department of Economics, Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (2) (2015)

2013

28. Can Land Reform Avoid a Left Turn? Evidence from Chile after the Cuban Revolution
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2013, 13, (1), 31-72 View citations (2)

Chapters

2023

1. The Legacy of the Pinochet Regime in Chile
   Springer