Research Interests: Macroeconomics: Trade, Growth and Development.
Senior Economist, World Bank (Macroeconomics and Growth team of the WB’s Research Department) CEPR Research Affiliate (Macroeconomics and Growth)
Associate professor with tenure at UPF (on leave) Research Associate at CREI (on leave) Affiliated Professor at Barcelona School of Economics (on leave)
• Government Procurement and Access to Credit: Firm Dynamics and Aggregate Implications (joint with Julian di Giovanni, Priit Jeenas, Enrique Moral-Benito, and Josep Pijoan-Mas) [Working Paper (pdf)] [Online Appendix (pdf)]
• Understanding Local Bias in Procurement: Evidence from National and Subnational Governments (joint with Marta Santamaría)
Publications:
• Investment Demand and Structural Change (joint with Josep Pijoan-Mas and Lucciano Villacorta) [CEPR Working Paper 11636 (pdf)]. Econometrica, 2021, 89(6), 2751-2785.
• On the Direct and Indirect Real Effects of Credit Supply Shocks (joint with Laura Alfaro and Enrique Moral-Benito) [Working Paper (pdf)] Journal of Financial Economics, 2021, 139, 895-921. Editor's choice: notable articles co-authored by female researchers Featured in a Vox column
• Growing like Spain: 1995-2007 (joint with Enrique Moral-Benito, Josep Pijoan-Mas, and Roberto Ramos), International Economic Review, 2020, 61(1), 383-416. CEPR Working Paper 11144 (pdf) Coverage in The Economist, El País (in Spanish), El Mundo (in Spanish), Nada es Gratis (in Spanish) Shortlisted for the 2016 Vanguardia de la Ciencia award (interview, in Spanish) Featured in a Vox column
• Competition and the Welfare Gains from Transportation Infrastructure: Evidence from the Golden Quadrilateral in India (joint with Jose Asturias and Roberto Ramos). Journal of European Economic Association, 2019, 17, 6, 1881-1940. CEPR Working Paper 11283 (pdf) Technical Appendix (pdf) Awarded a PEDL grant from the CEPR [project page] Awarded the Hicks-Tinbergen medal 2020 for the best paper published in the JEEA over the past two years Featured in a VoxDep column
• From Final Goods to Inputs: the Cascade Effect of Preferential Rules of Origin (joint with Paola Conconi, Laura Puccio, and Roberto Venturini). American Economic Review, 2018, 108, 8, 2335-65. CEPR Working Paper 11084 (pdf) Featured in a Vox column, LSE Blog
• The Reservation Laws in India and the Misallocation of Production Factors (joint with Josep Pijoan Mas). Journal of Monetary Economics, 2014, 66, 193-209 Working paper (pdf) Technical Appendix (pdf)
• Distortions and the Size Distribution of Plants: Evidence from Cross-Country Data (joint with Roberto Ramos). SERIES: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2015, 6(3), 279-312. Working Paper (pdf)
