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Backlash against expert recommendations: Reactions to COVID-19 advice in Latin America (2024)
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Albornoz, F., Bottan, N., Cruces, G., Hoffmann, B., & Lombardi, M. (2024). Backlash against expert recommendations: Reactions to COVID-19 advice in Latin America. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 228, Article 106752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106752

Public adherence with health recommendations is vital for effective crisis response. During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments faced considerable challenges in persuading the public to adopt new recommendations. Using large-scale survey experiments a... Read More about Backlash against expert recommendations: Reactions to COVID-19 advice in Latin America.

To cut or not to cut: Deforestation policy under the shadow of foreign influence (2024)
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Aidt, T. S., Albornoz, F., & Hauk, E. (2024). To cut or not to cut: Deforestation policy under the shadow of foreign influence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 227, Article 106712

This article explores the complex interplay between deforestation policies and foreign influence, using a game theoretical model to analyze geopolitical factors influencing forest conservation decisions in countries with significant rainforests. The... Read More about To cut or not to cut: Deforestation policy under the shadow of foreign influence.

Sequentially exporting products across countries (2023)
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Albornoz, F., Calvo Pardo, H. F., Corcos, G., & Ornelas, E. (2023). Sequentially exporting products across countries. Journal of International Economics, 142, Article 103735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2023.103735

Exploiting disaggregated data on French exporters, we show that firms expand their product scope and geographical presence sequentially. This process of internationalization is uneven over time, exhibiting more volatility early than later in the life... Read More about Sequentially exporting products across countries.

Let's stay together: The effects of repeat student-teacher matches on academic achievement (2023)
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Albornoz, F., Contreras, D., & Upward, R. (2023). Let's stay together: The effects of repeat student-teacher matches on academic achievement. Economics of Education Review, 94, Article 102375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102375

We explore the effectiveness of repeating the student-teacher match on test scores, for the universe of 8th graders in Chile using information on all student-teacher matches across multiple subjects and years, and a national, anonymous measure of tes... Read More about Let's stay together: The effects of repeat student-teacher matches on academic achievement.

Foreign influence and domestic policy (2021)
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Aidt, T. S., Albornoz, F., & Hauk, E. (2021). Foreign influence and domestic policy. Journal of Economic Literature, 59(2), 426-487. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20201481

In an interconnected world, economic and political interests inevitably reach beyond national borders. Since policy choices generate external economic and political costs, foreign state and non-state actors have an interest in influencing policy acti... Read More about Foreign influence and domestic policy.

Training to Teach Science: Experimental Evidence from Argentina (2019)
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Albornoz, F., Anauati, V., Furman, M., Luzuriaga, M., Podesta, M. E., & Taylor, I. (2020). Training to Teach Science: Experimental Evidence from Argentina. World Bank Economic Review, 34(2), 393-417. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhy010

We evaluate the learning impact of different teacher training methods using a random controlled trial implemented in 70 state schools in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A control group receiving standard teacher training was compared with two alternative tr... Read More about Training to Teach Science: Experimental Evidence from Argentina.

Occupational Choice with Endogenous Spillovers (2018)
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Albornoz, F., Cabrales, A., & Hauk, E. (2019). Occupational Choice with Endogenous Spillovers. Economic Journal, 129(621), 1953-1970. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12634

© 2019 Royal Economic Society. Published by Oxford University Press. We study a model that integrates productive and socialising efforts with occupational choice, and endogenous spillovers. We show that more talented individuals work harder and contr... Read More about Occupational Choice with Endogenous Spillovers.

Immigrant children’s school performance and immigration costs: evidence from Spain (2018)
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Albornoz, F., Cabrales, A., Calvo, P., & Hauk, E. (2018). Immigrant children’s school performance and immigration costs: evidence from Spain. Economics Letters, 170, 27-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.05.015

This note provides evidence on how immigration costs affect school performance of immigrant children exploiting the information provided by the CDI; a standardized exam for all students enrolled in the last year of Primary education in the Madrid reg... Read More about Immigrant children’s school performance and immigration costs: evidence from Spain.

Microeconomic adjustments during an export boom: Argentina, 2003-11 (2018)
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Albornoz, F., García Lembergman, E., & Juarez, L. (2018). Microeconomic adjustments during an export boom: Argentina, 2003-11. World Economy, 41(8), 2129-2148. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12653

This paper examines Argentine exports at the firm level between 2003 and 2011, a period of exceptional and sustained export growth. While at the product level, the pattern of specialisation barely changed, exporters exhibit new dynamics in internatio... Read More about Microeconomic adjustments during an export boom: Argentina, 2003-11.

The golden hello and political transitions (2017)
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Aidt, T. S., Albornoz, F., & Gassebner, M. (2018). The golden hello and political transitions. Journal of Comparative Economics, 46(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2017.03.004

We analyze the influence of IMF and World Bank programs on political regime transitions. We develop an extended version of Acemoglu and Robinson’s [American Economic Review 91, 2001] model of political transitions to show how the anticipation of new... Read More about The golden hello and political transitions.

Immigration and the school system (2017)
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Albornoz, F., Cabrales, A., & Hauk, E. (in press). Immigration and the school system. Economic Theory, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-017-1041-4

This paper presents a tractable model to study the effect of immigration on host countries’ school system and student outcomes. In our model, education quality and student outcomes are determined endogenously by the interaction of parents, schools an... Read More about Immigration and the school system.

Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system (2017)
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Albornoz, F., Berlinski, S., & Cabrales, A. (2017). Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system. Journal of European Economic Association, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvx001

This paper studies a model where student effort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for example... Read More about Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system.

Intergenerational field transitions in economics (2017)
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Facundo, A., Cabrales, A., Hauk, E., & Warnes, P. E. (2017). Intergenerational field transitions in economics. Economics Letters, 154, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.02.001

This note documents trends of socialization and intergenerational mobility across research networks (fields) in economics. Using data on advisor-advisee pairs, we find that intergenerational field similarity is more prevalent in larger and successful... Read More about Intergenerational field transitions in economics.

Survival in export markets (2016)
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Albornoz, F., Fanelli, S., & Hallak, J. C. (2016). Survival in export markets. Journal of International Economics, 102, 262-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2016.05.003

This paper explores the determinants of firm survival in export markets. We build an exporter dynamics model where firms need to pay market-specific sunk and fixed costs to operate abroad and where firm export profitability in each foreign market fol... Read More about Survival in export markets.

Civil war and U.S. foreign influence (2014)
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Albornoz, F., & Hauk, E. (2014). Civil war and U.S. foreign influence. Journal of Development Economics, 110, 64-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.05.002

We study how foreign interventions affect civil war around the world. In an infinitely repeated game we combine a gambling for resurrection mechanism for the influencing country with the canonical bargaining model of war in the influenced country to... Read More about Civil war and U.S. foreign influence.

Market distortions and government transparency (2014)
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Albornoz, F., Esteban, J., & Vanin, P. (2014). Market distortions and government transparency. Journal of European Economic Association, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12052

In this paper, we investigate how government transparency depends on economic distortions. We first consider an abstract class of economies in which a benevolent policy maker is privately informed about the exogenous state of the economy and contempl... Read More about Market distortions and government transparency.