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	Research interests
	Transport Economics, Industrial Organization, Economics of Information, Contract Theory, Game Theory.
	Research Projects
	Title of the project: “Integración del transporte aéreo y alta velocidad ferroviaria: impactos sobre accesibilidad y medio ambiente (AERO-AVE). Financed by Ministerio de Fomento. Duration: 2009-2010. Title of the project: “Public Investment under Budgetary Constraints in New Member States”. Financed by the European Investment Bank (EIBURS Program). Duration: 2008-2010. Title of the project: “Evaluación socioecónomica y financiera de proyectos de transporte” (PT-2007-001-02IAPP). Financed by Ministerio de Fomento. Duration: 2008-2010. Title of the project: “Differentiation of Charges and Tolls (DIFFERENT)”. Financed by the European Commission (SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME). Duration: 2006-2008. Title of the project: “Política de competencia: desarrollos recientes y aplicaciones” (UNI2005/19). Financed by Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Duration: 2006-2007. Title of the project: “Generalisation of Research on Accounts and Cost Estimation (GRACE)”. Financed by the European Commission (SIXTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME). Duration: 2005-2007. Title of the project: “Regulación, competencia y estructura financiera. Aplicaciones al caso español” (UNI2004/43). Project leader. Financed by Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Duration: 2005-2006. Title of the project: “Directrices para la financiación del transporte urbano y metropolitano desde los Presupuestos Generales del Estado”. Financed by Secretaría General de Presupuestos y Gastos del Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda. Duration: 2005-2005. Title of the project: “Análisis y tratamiento de las externalidades en las infraestructuras y servicios de transporte” (SEJ2004-00143). Financed by Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. Duration: 2004-2007. Title of the project: “Formación de grupos, organización y reparto de los beneficios de la cooperación” (BEC 2003-01132). Financed by Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. Duration: 2003-2006. Title of the project: “Economía Pública: política tecnológica e industrial, economía de la salud y diseño de mecanismos” (BEC 2000-0172). Financed by Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. Duration: 2000-2003.
	Publications:
	“Optimality of environmental policies in air transport markets and changes in the schedule delay: a theoretical approach” (jointly with Ofelia Betancor), Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (2011) 45(9), 850-860. Impact Factor: 1.715 (JCR Social Sciences Edition 2009). “Infrastructure investment and incentives with supranational funding” (jointly with Ginés de Rus), Transition Studies Review (2010) 17(3), 551-567. “El transporte en la sociedad del siglo XXI: política europea y española de transporte” (jointly with Javier Campos), Ekonomíaz (2010) 73, 12-33. “The costs of a peak-load demand: an application to Gran Canaria airport” (jointly with Ofelia Betancor and Juan Luis Jiménez), Journal of Air Transport Management (2010) 16(2), 59-64. Impact Factor: 0.828 (JCR Social Sciences Edition 2009).  “The effectiveness of the Spanish urban transport contracts in terms of incentives” (jointly with Ginés de Rus), Applied Economics Letters (2010) 17(9), 913-916. Impact Factor: 0.219 (JCR Social Sciences Edition 2008). “The welfare effects of the allocation of airlines to different terminals” (jointly with Ofelia Betancor), Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review (2010) 46E(2), 236-248. Impact Factor: 1.958 (JCR Social Sciences Edition 2009).  “Internalización de los costes externos del transporte” (jointly with Ofelia Betancor), Papeles de Economía Española (2009) 121, 159-169. “A new era for airport regulators through capacity investments” (jointly with Juan Carlos Martín), Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (2009) 43, 618-625. Impact Factor: 1.715 (JCR Social Sciences Edition 2009). “R&D investment as a signal in corporate takeovers”, Managerial and Decision Economics (2009) 30, 335-350.  “La financiación de las infraestructuras en España”, Economistas (2009) 119, 300-303. “Mergers under uncertainty: The effects of debt financing”, The Manchester School (2007), 75(5), 580-597. Impact Factor: 0.153 (JCR Social Sciences Edition 2007).  “Optimal technology policy under asymmetric information in a research joint venture”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2007) 62(1), 76-97. Impact Factor: 0.772 (JCR Social Sciences Edition 2007). “El futuro de los aeropuertos en España” (jointly with Ofelia Betancor), Economistas (2006) 110, 6-12. “Mergers and the importance of fitting well”, Economics Letters (2004) 82 (2), 269-274. Impact Factor: 0.361 (JCR Social Sciences Edition 2004).
	Working Papers
	“La financiación del transporte urbano y metropolitano desde los Presupuestos Generales del Estado” (jointly with Ginés de Rus), Documentos de Trabajo- Secretaría de Estado de Hacienda y Presupuestos. Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda 2006-02, 1-41. “The effects of airline and high speed train integration” (jointly with M. Fernanda Viecens).
Last updated: September 2011