Referred journal articles

The political economy of coastal development (with Pierre Magontier & Albert Solé-Ollé)  Journal of Public Economics, 238, Article 105178, 2024

The role of historical amenities in shaping cities (with Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López)  Regional Science and Urban Economics, 109, Article 104042, 2024

Transportation and suburbanization in European cities (with Miquel Angel Garcia-López & Ilias Pasidis) Journal of Economic Geography, 24(6) 843-869, 2024

Paving the way to modern growth. Evidence from the Bourbon roads in Spain (with Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López Alfonso Herranz & Filippo Tassinari) Explorations in Economic History 90 Article 101544, 2023 

Congestion in highways when tolls and railroads matter: Evidence from European cities  (with Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López & Ilias Pasidis) Journal of Economic Geography, 22/5, 931-960, 2022 

Building(s and) cities: Delineating urban areas with a machine learning algorithm  (with Daniel Arribas-Bel & Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López) Journal of Urban Economics, 125, Article 103217, 2021 

Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility (with Konstantin Buchel, Max v. Ehrlich & Diego Puga) Journal of Urban Economics 119, Article 103277, 2020

Can urban renewal policies reverse neighborhood ethnic dynamics? (with Nicolás González-Pampillón & Jordi Jofre-Monseny) Journal of Economic Geography, 20/2, 419-457, 2020

Housing booms and local spending (with Albert Solé-Ollé) Journal of Urban Economics, 113, Article 103185, 2019 

Big plant closures and local employment  (with Jordi Jofre-Monseny & Maria Sánchez-Vidal) Journal of Economic Geography   18, 163-186, 2018 

Next train to the polycentric city: The effect of railroads on subcenter formation  (with Miquel-Àngel García-López & C. Hémet) Regional Science and Urban Economics 67, 50-63, 2017

How does transportation shape intrametropolitan growth? An answer from the Regional Express Rail  (With Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López & Camille Hémet) Journal of Regional Science 57, 758-780, 2017 

Market potential and city growth: 1860-1960  (with Rafael González-Val & Dani Tirado) Cliometrica, 11, 31-61, 2017 

Does zoning follow highways? (with Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López & Albert Solé-Ollé) Regional Science and Urban Economics 53, 148-155, 2015

Suburbanization and the highways: when the Romans, the Bourbons and the first cars still shape Spanish cities (with Miquel-Àngel García-López & Adelheid Holl) Journal of Urban Economics 85, 52-67, 2015

‘Sequential city growth in the US: does age matter? (with Maria Sánchez-Vidal & Rafael González-Val) Regional Science and Urban Economics 44, 29-37, 2014

Localization and urbanization economies: Evidence from the location of new firms in Spain (with Jordi Jofre-Monseny & Raquel Marín-López) Journal of Regional Science 54, 313-337, 2014 

Do political parties matter for local land use policies? (with Albert Solé-Ollé) Journal of Urban Economics 78, 42-56, 2013 

Lobbying, political competition and local land supply: recent evidence from Spain (with Albert Solé Ollé) Journal of Public Economics, 96, 10-19, 2012

The mechanisms of agglomeration: Evidence from the effect of inter-industry relations on the location of new firms, (with Jordi Jofre-Monseny & Raquel Marín-López) Journal of Urban Economics 70, 61-74, 2011 

Industrial location at the Intra-metropolitan level: The role of agglomeration economies, (with Josep M Arauzo) Regional Studies 43, 545-558, 2009 

Cities and the Internet: The end of distance? (with Jordi Pons) Journal of Urban Technology 13, 109-131, 2006 

Agglomeration economies and industrial location: city-level evidence, Journal of Economic Geography 4, 565-582, 2004.

Central cities as engines of metropolitan area growth, (with Albert Solé Ollé) Journal of Regional Science 44, 321-350, 2004 

The location of new firms and the lifecycle of industries (with M.Teresa Costa & Agustí Segarra) Small Business Economics, 22, 265-281. 2004 

Kaldor’s laws and spatial dependence. Evidence for the European Regions, (with Jordi Pons) Regional Studies 33, 443-451, 1999 

The district effect and the competitiveness of manufacturing companies in local productive systems, (with M. Teresa Costa) Urban Studies, 36, 2085-2098. 1999 

Recent book chapters

Spain once-substantial rental market is now one of the smallest in Europe. (with Ghizlen Ouasbaa). In J. Schuetz and S. Crump (Eds) What the US can learn from rental housing markets across the globe. Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Washington DC (2021)

Working from home and the future of cities (with Jordi Jofre-Monseny) IEB Report (2021)

The Mechanisms of Agglomeration: Evidence from the Effect of Inter-Industry Relations on the Location of New Firms. (with Jordi Jofre-Monseny and Raquel Marín) In W.C Strange (editor) The Economics of Agglomeration. Edward Elgar (2019)

Les effets du RER sur la localisation et croissance de l’emploi; une analyse économétrique. (with Miquel-Àngel Garcia López and Camille Hémet) In Jean Claude Prager (Ed.) Le Grand Paris Express. Les enjeux économiques et urbains. Economica. Paris (2019)

Taxation, tourism and housing speculation in big cities.(with Albert Solé-Ollé)In Núria Bosch, Alejandro Esteller and Pilasr Sorribas (Eds) Tourism and Gentrification in Global Cities: Could Fiscal Policy be Useful? IEB Report. (2018)