Politics, Spending and Local Economic Growth: Evidence from Mexico

Presented: SEA 2021, MEA 2020, EGSO 2020, Bank of Mexico 2020-2022, Cornell-2022, Brookings 2022, Universidad del Rosario-2022, EAFIT 2022, Banco Mundial 2022, Compass Lexecon 2022

Awards: PIV, Bank of Mexico 2020, Georgetown 2021

Political alignment brings disproportional public spending but has unintended consequences for employment growth.

Distributional Impacts of Federal Transfers

with Kiyomi Cadena, Laura Moreno and Carlos Rodríguez

Placed-based policies aim to spur development in distressed local economies. Local economic growth masks the fact that benefits are concentrated in non-poor residents of poor places

Heterogeneous Spending, Heterogeneous Multipliers

with Umberto Muratori and Pedro Juarros

Awards: Doctoral Grants, Washington Center of Equitable Growth

Public spending has a higher impact on employment and output when it goes to sectors with a higher labor intensity