Publications

In economics | In geography

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Economics

The spatial distribution of population in Spain: an anomaly in European perspective (with Gutiérrez, E., Moral-Benito, E., and Ramos, R.). Journal of Regional Science, 2023, 63(3): 728-750.

• 2021 EDITION: Replication of results with the EUROSTAT CENSUS GRID 2021.
• Dissemination: Twitter thread (1), Twitter thread (2), El Confidencial, Nada es Gratis, NIUS Diario, La Razón, vozpopuli, Géomètre, La Razón.

Ancient Colonialism and the Economic Geography of the Mediterranean (with Chronopoulos, D., Kampanelis, S., and Wilson, J.). Journal of Economic Geography, 2021, 21(5): 717–759.

• Dissemination: Twitter thread, VOXeu.org, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, atlantico.fr, Greek National TV Channel ERT.

Frontiers, Warfare and Economic Geography: The Case of Spain. Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 146, 102511. (SSRN link).

• Dissemination: Twitter thread, RESmedia briefings, The Long Run (the EHS blog), Nada Es Gratis, NIUS Diario, La Voz de Asturias, La Razón.

Historical Frontiers and the Rise of Inequality. The Case of the Frontier of Granada” (with Romero-Ávila D.), Journal of the European Economic Association, 2017, 15 (1): 54-98.

• Dissemination: IDEAL.es, Granada Hoy, La Vanguardia, Expansión, AULA MAGNA.

The Consequences of Persistent Inequality on Social Capital: A Municipal-Level Analysis of Blood Donation Data (with Romero-Ávila D.), Economics Letters, 2017, 151: 53-57. (SSRN link).

• Dissemination: NadaEsGratis

The Economic Consequences of the Spanish Reconquest: The Long-term Effects of Medieval Conquest and Colonization) (with Romero-Ávila D.), Journal of Economic Growth, 2016, 21 (4), 409–464.

• Dissemination: The Financial Times, De Groene Amsterdammer, RESmedia briefings, Yahoo! Finanzas, El Confidencial, NadaEsGratis, elEconomista.es, 20minutos, El Diario Vasco, La Sexta, La Soga (revista cultural), EL SALTO, VisualEconomik, VisualEconomik DE.

The Long-term Effects of Political Violence on Political Attitudes: Evidence from the Spanish Civil War”, Kyklos, 2015, 68 (3), 412–442 (SSRN link).

The Distribution of Legal Traditions around the World: A Contribution to the Legal Origins Theory” (with Romero-Ávila D.), Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57 (3), 561-628. (Link to the accepted manuscript).

Legal Traditions and Initial Endowments in Shaping the Path of Financial Development” (with Romero-Ávila D.), Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2014, 46 (1), 43-77.

Does Fiscal Decentralization Mitigate the Adverse Effects of Corruption on Public Deficits? (with Romero-Ávila D. and Usabiaga, C.), European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 32, 205-231.

Tracing the Link between Government Size and Growth: The Role of Public Sector Quality (with Romero-Ávila D.), Kyklos, 2013, 66 (2), 229-255.

Political/cultural geography

Do women commemorate women? How gender and ideology affect decisions on naming female streets (with Caballero-Cordero, V. & Carmona-Derqui, D.). Political Geography, 2025, 116 (103244).

• Dissemination: Bsky thread

Tabulating and visualizing street-name data in the US and Europe (with Carmona-Derqui, D. & Gutiérrez-Mora, D.). Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 2023.

• Dissemination: Twitter thread, UPO press brief, La Vanguardia, EL PAÍS, Canal Sur Radio, El Periódico de Aragón, Cope, Muy Interesante, The Conversation ES, The Conversation US.

Gendered cities: Studying urban gender bias through street names (with Gutiérrez-Mora, D). Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 2022, doi:10.1177/23998083211068844. (Pre-print).

• Dissemination: Gendered Cities-Website, Twitter thread, Press Brief UPO, Canal Sur (TV), EL PAÍS, Radio Principado de Asturias RPA, elDiario.es (I), … See full list of media coverage here.
• Policy impact: El Plural, El Confidencial.

What Do Street Names Tell Us? The ‘City-Text’ as Socio-Cultural Data. Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18 (1): 187–211.

• An application to UK street-name data here

• Dissemination: Press release, Scottish Daily Express, Scottish Daily Mail, Scottish Express, The Times, The Scotsman, The Herald, The Courier, NadaEsGratis, elDiario.es.