Ongi Etorri!
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I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Vienna (non-tenure track).
I work on energy, environmental and political economy issues using the empirical industrial organization toolkit.
You can find my CV here.
Working Papers
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Delaying the Energy Transition: Local Regulators, Mines, and Coal Plant Closure Resistance
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Best paper in regulatory economics, International Industrial Organization Conference 2025.
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Abstract
I document how electricity regulators protect local coal mines at the expense of higher electricity prices. I focus on the U.S. electricity generation sector over 2008-2019, when demanding environmental regulations and stiff competition forced coal plants to either upgrade or close. Exploiting geographical and institutional variation, I show that regulators approved upgrades primarily to support local mines. Using a dynamic discrete choice model, I evaluate the political feasibility of welfare-improving policies. I show that consumer-to-mine transfers neutralize this distortion, enabling faster coal plant closures and thereby reducing both electricity prices and emissions
Work in Progress
Ballot Measures, Political Advertising, and Contribution Caps
With Cristian Navarro Serrano.
Good and Bad Discretion in Procurement
With Juan-José Ganuza and Gerard Llobet.
Optimal Regulation of User-Generated Content Digital Platforms
CEMFI Master Thesis
Teaching
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Empirical Energy and Environmental Economics
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University of Vienna graduate course.
Instructor. Summer 2026.
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Applied Economics
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University of Vienna undergraduate course.
Instructor. Winter 2025.
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Economics of Market Regulation
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Barcelona School of Economics graduate course.
Teaching assistant for Professor Gerard Llobet. Spring 2024.
Regulation and Competition Policy
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CEMFI graduate course.
Teaching assistant for Professor Gerard Llobet. Fall 2021, 2022.
Best teaching assistant award, 2022.
Uncertainty and Information
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CEMFI graduate course.
Teaching assistant for Professor Guillermo Caruana. Winter 2021.
Policy Work
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Under The Hood
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Policy Report, 2025.
With Erica Chuang, Peter Howard, and Jason A. Schwartz.
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to BOEM on Preparation of Five-Year Offshore Leasing Plan
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Public Comment, 2025.
With Jennifer Danis and Max Sarinsky.
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Cost-Benefit Analysis in Offshore Oil and Gas Planning
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Policy Report, 2025.
With Jennifer Danis and Peter Howard.
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to DOE on 2024 LNG Export Study
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Pubic Comment, 2025.
With Jennifer Danis and Peter Howard.
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Contratación Pública en Espana
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Book Chapter in Reformas para impulsar la competencia en España, 2023
With Juan-José Ganuza and Gerard Llobet.
Public Engagement
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The EPA’s proposed air standards repeal is a gift to the coal industry
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Op-Ed at The Hill, 2025.
With Bridget Pals.
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The road to energy dominance is not paved with coal
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Op-Ed at The Hill, 2025.
With Jennifer Danis.
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Op-Eds in Basque
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Collection of articles.
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