En proceso/Work in progress

Research areas/Líneas de investigación:

1.     The Economics of the Outer Space

2.    Applications of Dynamic General Equilibrium models

3.    Military Operations Research

4.    Technological Change


The Economics of the Outer Space


1.     A dynamic investment model for satellites and orbital debris (with A. Bongers). RCEA Working Paper 21-11.

2.     Satellites and space pollution: Shielding and debris-free launch systems (with A. Bongers and B. Molinari).

3.     Interstellar: (Macro-)Economic Implications of the Special Relativity Theory (with A. Bongers and B. Molinari).

4.     Star Wars: Anti-satellite Military Tests and Space Debris (with A. Bongers).


Applications of Dynamic General Equilibrium models


5.     Banks, Securitisation, and the Macroeconomy (with Kul Luintel).

6.     Sharing Economy in Macroeconomics. Collaborative Consumption and Durable Goods (with José M. Ordóñez).

7.     Driving time, Productivity, and the Fundamental Law of Road Congestion (with Jesús Rodríguez).

8.     Labor share and income distribution: Size of the cake or the cake portion? (with Anelí Bongers and Benedetto Molinari) RCEA Working Paper 21-06.

9.     Government size and automation (with Pablo Casas).

10. Oil price shocks, government revenues and public investment: The case of Ecuador (with Igor Díaz-Kovalenco)


Military Operations Research


11.       A Bayesian estimation of the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway (with A. Bongers).


Technological Change


12. Consumer preferences and implicit prices of smartphone characteristics (with José A. Montenegro).