Research Interests

  • Microeconomics.

  • Applied Game Theory.

  • Political Economy.

  • Informational Economics.

  • Economics of Regulation

  • Public Economics.

 

Published articles

  1. «Fiscal Decentralization and Political Budget Cycles», (jointly with Paula González, and Jean Hindriks. Journal of Public Economic Theory, forthcoming.
  1. «Implementing registries and results databases of clinical trials: is there a side effect?» (jointly with Matthias Dahm and Paula González). Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research (2010) Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 247-251.

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  1. «Trials, Tricks and Transparency: How Disclosure Rules Affect Clinical Knowledge», (jointly with Matthias Dahm and Paula González). Journal of Health Economics (2009) Vol 28, pp. 1141-1153.

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  1. «Strategic Quality Competition and the Porter Hypothesis», (jointly with Francisco J. André and Paula González). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2009) Vol. 57(2), pp. 182-194.

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  1. «The Role of Mediation in Peacemaking and Peacekeeping Negotiations», (jointly with Ester Camiña). European Economic Review (2009) Vol. 53(1), pp. 73-92.

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  1. «Side-Effects of Campaign Finance Reform», (jointly with Matthias Dahm). Journal of the European Economic Association (2008) Vol. 6, pp. 1057–1077.

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  1. «Biased Contests», (jointly with Matthias Dahm). Public Choice (2008) Vol. 136-1, pp. 55-67.

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  1. «Common Agency Games with Separable Preferences». (jointly with Andrea Attar, Dipjyoti Majumdar and Gwenaël Piaser). Mathematical Social Sciences (2008) Vol. 56-1, pp. 75-95.

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  1. «Informational Lobbying under the Shadow of Political Pressure», (jointly with Matthias Dahm). Social Choice and Welfare (2008) Vol 30-4, pp. 531-559.

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  1. «Pressure Groups and Experts in Environmental Regulation». Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2008) Vol 65-1, pp. 156-175.

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  1. «Negotiation and take-it or leave-it in common agency with non-contractible actions», (jointly with Andrea Attar and Gwenaël Piaser). Journal of Economic Theory (2007) Vol 135-1, pp. 590-593.

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  1. «An Efficient and Egalitarian Negotiation Procedure for Economies with Externalities». Social Choice and Welfare (2007) Vol. 28-1, pp. 19-40.

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  1. «A Note on Common Agency Games of Moral Hazard», (jointly with Andrea Attar and Gwenaël Piaser). Economics Letters (2007) Vol. 95-2, pp. 278-284.

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  1. «Sequential Formation of Coalitions through Bilateral Agreements in a Cournot Setting», (jointly with Inés Macho-Stadler and David Pérez-Castrillo). International Journal of Game Theory (2006) Vol. 34-2, pg. 207-228.

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  1. «Regulation of Specialized Medical Care with Public and Private Provision». European Journal of Political Economy (2005) Vol. 21, pg. 221-246.

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Other Publications (in Spanish)

  1. «Teoría y Política del copago en Sanidad» (jointly with Paula González and José Luis Pinto). Technical Report for the Cátedra de Economía de la Salud, Consejería de Salud, (Junta de Andalucía) and Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 1/2011.
  1. «Algunas consideraciones sobre el papel del copago en sanidad» (jointly with Paula González and José Luis Pinto). Situación Andalucía, BBVA Research, July 2011.
  1. «Nuevos Enfoques en el Diseño de los Copagos Farmacéuticos» (jointly with Paula González). Revista Temas de Actualidad nº 48, Fundación Centro de Estudios Andaluces, 2010.

 

Working papers

  1. «Optimal Coexistence of Short-Term and Long-Term Contracts in Labor Markets», (jointly with Inés Macho-Stadler and David Pérez-Castrillo).

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  1. «Choosing High-Court Judges by Political Parties», (jointly with Antonio Villar)

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Media Coverage: Newspaper El País and Newspaper ABC.

  1. «The Political Economy of Interest Groups: Pressure and Information», (jointly with Matthias Dahm). CORE Discussion Paper 2003/57.

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Work in progress

  1. «An Axiomatic Approach for the Design of Pharmaceutical Copayments», (jointly with Paula González and José Luis Pinto).
  1. «A Principal-Agent Foundation for the Porter Hypothesis», (jointly with Francisco J. André and Paula González).
  1. «Monitoring Selective Reporting: Increasing the Penalty or the Probability of Detection», (jointly with Matthias Dahm and Paula González).