Publications

Journal articles

1. 22.
   Electronic voting and invalid votes: evidence from a natural experiment in Peru Public Choice, August 2025 (with Alberto Chong and Angelo Cozzubo) paper
2. 21.
   Assessing misallocation in agriculture: plots vs farms Food Policy, vol. 128, October 2024 (with Juan Pablo Rud and Diego Restuccia) paperreplication package
3. 20.
   COVID-19 and economic preferences: evidence from a panel of cab drivers Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, vol. 112, 102257, October 2024 (with Noelia Bernal, Mariano Bosch and Oswaldo Molina) paperreplication package
4. 19.
   Job displacement costs of phasing out coal Journal of Public Economics, vol. 236, August 2024 (with Michael Simmons, Gerhard Toews, and Juan Pablo Rud) paper
5. 18.
   The long-term impact of a resource-based fiscal windfall: evidence from the Peruvian canon Resources Policy, 87 part A, 2023 (with Hernan Winkler) paperreplication package
6. 17.
   The persistent effects of COVID-19 on labor outcomes: evidence from Peru Applied Economics Letters, 30:8, pp. 1065-1076, 2023 (with Minoru Higa and Carlos Ospino) paperworking paperonline appendix
7. 16.
   Are small farms really more productive than large farms? Food Policy, 106, 2022 (with Juan Pablo Rud and Diego Restuccia) paper
8. 15.
   Custom Elections and Local Policies: the Case of Canada's First Nations AEA Papers & Proceedings, 111, pp. 238-42, 2021 (with Anke Kessler) paperworking paperonline appendix
9. 14.
   Climate Change and Agriculture: Farmer Responses to Extreme Heat American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 13(1) pp. 1-35, 2021 (with Juan Pablo Rud and Francisco Oteiza) paperworking paperVoxDev blog
10. 13.
    National or sub-national parties: Does party geographic scope matter? Journal of Development Economics, 146, 2020 (with Ricardo Pique and Alexey Makarin) working paper
11. 12.
    Credit lines in microcredit: Short-term evidence from a randomized controlled trial in India Journal of Development Economics, 146, 2020 (with Alex Karaivanov and Karuna Krishnaswamy) paperworking paperreplication package
12. 11.
    Property rights and risk aversion: Evidence from a titling program World Development, 134, 2020 (with Oswaldo Molina and Ingo Leon-Outes) paperworking paper
13. 10.
    Better the Devil You Know? Re-elected Politicians and Policy Outcomes Under no Term Limits Public Choice, 182, issue 1-2, pp 1–16, 2020 (with Ricardo Pique) paperworking paperonline appendix
14. 9.
    Property rights on First Nations’ reserve land Canadian Journal of Economics, 53 (2), pp. 460-495, 2020 (with Anke Kessler) paper
15. 8.
    Resource shocks, employment, and gender: evidence from the collapse of the UK coal industry Labour Economics, 52, pp. 54-67, 2018 (with Juan Pablo Rud and Gerhard Toews) paper
16. 7.
    Particulate matter and labor supply: the role of caregiving and non-linearities Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 86, pp. 295-330, 2017 (with Juan Jose Miranda and Paulina Oliva) paper
17. 6.
    Polluting Industries and Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from Mining in Ghana Economic Journal, 126 (597), pp. 1980-2011, 2016 (with Juan Pablo Rud) paperonline appendix
18. 5.
    Do better property rights improve local income?: Evidence from First Nations‘ treaties Journal of Development Economics, 116, pp. 43-56, 2015 paperonline appendixpolicy e-brief
19. 4.
    Why do Parties Use Primaries?: Political Selection vs. Candidate Incentives? Public Choice, 160(1), 2014 paperonline appendix
20. 3.
    Natural Resources and Local Communities: Evidence from a Peruvian Gold Mine American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 5(2), May 2013 (with Juan Pablo Rud) paperonline appendix
21. 2.
    Local Spending, Transfers and Costly Tax Collection National Tax Journal, 66(2), 343-370, June 2013 paperonline appendix
22. 1.
    Candidate Nomination Procedures and Quality of Government B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (contributions), 13(2), 783-810, 2013 paper

Other publications

1. 2.
   The Local Economic Impacts of Resource Abundance: What Have We Learned? Chapter 2 in “Socioeconomic Impact of Mining on Local Communities in Africa”, World Bank Group, Report No. ACS14621, June 2015 (with Punam Chuhan-Pole and Bryan C. Land) paperblog postlink to book
2. 1.
   Local Governments’ Technical Capacity and Performance: Evidence from Peruvian Municipalities Perspectivas, 7(1) pp. 89-113, Bogota: Andean Development Corporation (CAF), 2009 (with Carlos Casas) paper