Published and forthcoming papers:
"Sequential Banking Externalities" with G. DiGiorgi and A. Drenik. Forthcoming at The American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
"Voting with One’s Neighbors: Evidence from Migration within Mexico", with F. Finan and A. Simpser. Forthcoming at the Journal of Public Economics, Volume 202, October 2021.
"Assortative Matching of Exporters and Importers", with Y. Sugita and K. Teshima. June 2021. Accepted at the Review of Economics and Statistics
"The Effectiveness of Sin Food Taxes: Evidence from Mexico", with A. Aguilar and E. Gutierrez. Journal of Health Economics, Volume 77. 2021
"How Debit Cards Enable the Poor to Save More", with P. Bachas, P. Gertler, S. Higgins. Journal of Finance, Volume 76, Issue 4, August 2021.
"The Quality of Votes Tallies: Causes and Consequences", with Alberto Simpser and Cristian Challú. American Political Science Review, Volume 114, Issue 4, November 2020.
"An Economic Perspective on Mexico's Nascent Deregulation of Retail Petroleum Markets", with W. Davis Lucas, McRae Shaun. Journal Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy (EEEP), Volume 8, Issue 2, 2019
"Digital Financial Services Go a Long Way: Transaction Costs and Financial Inclusion" with P. Bachas, P. Gertler, S. Higgings. American Economic Review P&P, Volume 108, May 2018.
“Borrowing on the Wrong Credit Card? Evidence from Mexico”, with A. Ponce and G. Zamarripa. American Economic Review, Volume 107, April 2017. Appendix
"Are Information Disclosures Effective? Evidence from the Credit Card market", with A. Elizondo and E. Laguna. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Volume 9, February 2017. Appendix
“On the Distributive Costs of Drug-Related Homicides", with N. Ajzenman and S. Galiani. Journal of Law and Economics, Volume 58, November 2015.
“Entry Regulation and Business Start-Ups: Evidence from Mexico”, with E. Piedra and D. Kaplan. Journal of Public Economics, Volume 95, December 2011.
“Comparing Open and Sealed Bid Auctions: Evidence from Timber Auctions”, with S. Athey and J. Levin. Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 126, February 2011.
"Voting with One’s Neighbors: Evidence from Migration within Mexico", with F. Finan and A. Simpser. Forthcoming at the Journal of Public Economics, Volume 202, October 2021.
"Assortative Matching of Exporters and Importers", with Y. Sugita and K. Teshima. June 2021. Accepted at the Review of Economics and Statistics
"The Effectiveness of Sin Food Taxes: Evidence from Mexico", with A. Aguilar and E. Gutierrez. Journal of Health Economics, Volume 77. 2021
"How Debit Cards Enable the Poor to Save More", with P. Bachas, P. Gertler, S. Higgins. Journal of Finance, Volume 76, Issue 4, August 2021.
"The Quality of Votes Tallies: Causes and Consequences", with Alberto Simpser and Cristian Challú. American Political Science Review, Volume 114, Issue 4, November 2020.
"An Economic Perspective on Mexico's Nascent Deregulation of Retail Petroleum Markets", with W. Davis Lucas, McRae Shaun. Journal Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy (EEEP), Volume 8, Issue 2, 2019
"Digital Financial Services Go a Long Way: Transaction Costs and Financial Inclusion" with P. Bachas, P. Gertler, S. Higgings. American Economic Review P&P, Volume 108, May 2018.
“Borrowing on the Wrong Credit Card? Evidence from Mexico”, with A. Ponce and G. Zamarripa. American Economic Review, Volume 107, April 2017. Appendix
"Are Information Disclosures Effective? Evidence from the Credit Card market", with A. Elizondo and E. Laguna. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Volume 9, February 2017. Appendix
“On the Distributive Costs of Drug-Related Homicides", with N. Ajzenman and S. Galiani. Journal of Law and Economics, Volume 58, November 2015.
“Entry Regulation and Business Start-Ups: Evidence from Mexico”, with E. Piedra and D. Kaplan. Journal of Public Economics, Volume 95, December 2011.
“Comparing Open and Sealed Bid Auctions: Evidence from Timber Auctions”, with S. Athey and J. Levin. Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 126, February 2011.
In the review process:
"The Impact of a Private Supplement to Public Health Care: The Mexico Diabetes Experiment", with A. Bronsoler and J. Gruber.
"Information and Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico's Labor Courts", with J. Sadka and C. Woodruff. Revise and Resubmit at the Review of Economic Studies.
Presentation of the paper can be found here.
"Contract Terms, Employment Shocks, and Default in Credit Cards", with E. Alcaraz, S. Castellanos, D. Jimenez, and A. Mahajan. Reject and Resubmit at the Review of Economic Studies.
"Should the Government Sell You Goods? Evidence from the Milk Market in Mexico" with D. Jiménez-Hernández.
"The competitive effects of entry in deregulated Mexican gasoline market.", with L. Davis and S. McRae.
"Autonomy and Specificity in Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from Mexico", with C. Corral, X. Giné and A. Mahajan.
"Information and Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico's Labor Courts", with J. Sadka and C. Woodruff. Revise and Resubmit at the Review of Economic Studies.
Presentation of the paper can be found here.
"Contract Terms, Employment Shocks, and Default in Credit Cards", with E. Alcaraz, S. Castellanos, D. Jimenez, and A. Mahajan. Reject and Resubmit at the Review of Economic Studies.
"Should the Government Sell You Goods? Evidence from the Milk Market in Mexico" with D. Jiménez-Hernández.
"The competitive effects of entry in deregulated Mexican gasoline market.", with L. Davis and S. McRae.
"Autonomy and Specificity in Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from Mexico", with C. Corral, X. Giné and A. Mahajan.
Working papers (finished):
Working papers (preliminary):
“The Long Term Effects of Temporary Incentives to Save: Results Field Experiment in Mexico”, with P. Gertler, S. Higgins, and A. Scott.
"Internalities and the effectiveness of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages", with P. Gertler, T. Gracner, and R. Miranda.
"The limits of self-commitment and private paternalism", with C. McIntosh, I. Meza, J. Sadka.
"Does corruption and government ineffectiveness undermine democracy?", with S. Jha and E. Rivera.
"Protecting Democracy: Promoting Civic Values at Scale", with Alberto Simpser.
"Improving Labor Courts: Fighting Corruption with Competition", with E. DalBo, F. Finan, J. Sadka
"SME credit, formal employment and investment", with P. Dupas, E. Esquivel.
"The role of equal status in prejudice reduction via interpersonal contact", With K. Greene, E. Rossiter, A. Simpser.
"Internalities and the effectiveness of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages", with P. Gertler, T. Gracner, and R. Miranda.
"The limits of self-commitment and private paternalism", with C. McIntosh, I. Meza, J. Sadka.
"Does corruption and government ineffectiveness undermine democracy?", with S. Jha and E. Rivera.
"Protecting Democracy: Promoting Civic Values at Scale", with Alberto Simpser.
"Improving Labor Courts: Fighting Corruption with Competition", with E. DalBo, F. Finan, J. Sadka
"SME credit, formal employment and investment", with P. Dupas, E. Esquivel.
"The role of equal status in prejudice reduction via interpersonal contact", With K. Greene, E. Rossiter, A. Simpser.
Policy Papers:
"Retos para el cobro del impuesto sobre la renta en la economía digital", with E. Pineda and A. Rasteletti
"Algunos hechos sobre educación en México", with S. Aguilar y P. Mejia
