Working Papers
Work in Progress (Selection)
"Fiscal Space in the Andes" with Marta Ruiz-Arranz and Alejandro Puerta
“Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Crisis” with Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Pablo Evia
"Penny wise, pound wiser: Can incentives work at subnational level?" with Kenyi Cansino
"Productivity and Displacement: Evidence from Colombia's Coca Production" with Maria Cecilia Acevedo and Alejandro Herrera
"An Uphill Battle: The Relationship Betwen Geography and Terrorism" with Felipe Bedoya-Maya and Alejandra Montoya-Agudelo (Submitted)
“Polarized education levels and civil war” with Alejandra Montoya-Agudelo, Michael Jetter and Christopher Cotton (Submitted)
"Dumb Criminals?: Exploring the effects of education on crime" with Catalina Gomez-Toro
"The effects of football games on crime" with Catalina Gomez-Toro
“Can Financial Development Make you Richer? On the Effects of Financial Development and Wealth Concentration” with Maria Aristizabal-Ramirez and Felix Rioja
Working Papers
“Moving Citizens and Deterring Criminals: Innovation in Public Transport Facilities” with Juan Carlos Duque and Joaquin Urrego. CAF Working paper Nº 15 (2016).
“Income Inequality in Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador: Different Reasons” with Maria Aristizabal-Ramirez and Michael Jetter, (2015).
"Subnational Revenue Mobilization in Peru" with Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Cristian Sepulveda. Inter-American Development Bank Working Paper IDB-WP-299, (2012).
"Fiscal Transfers a Curse or Blessing? Evidence of Their Effect on Tax Effort for Municipalities in Sinaloa, Mexico" Nicolás Guadalupe Zúñiga Espinoza, ISP-Georgia State University. Working Paper 10-30, (2010).
"Targeting Aid to the Needy and Deserving" with Peter Nunnenkamp and Luis Triveño Kiel Institute for World Economics. Kiel Working Paper No. 1229, (2005).