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Casas Lupiáñez, Agustín Alberto
Economics
PhD: Northwestern University
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BIO
Upon completion of his PhD at Northwestern University, he spent one year at the European University Institute (EUI) as a postdoc and four as a visiting professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
His research focuses on understanding decision-making processes in organizations, whether economic or political. Specifically, he focuses on looking for the formal and informal determinants of such decisions. He studies, for example, the effects of certain regulations and/or customs on the decision to participate in elections or executive boards.
His papers have been published in international journals such as the Journal of Public Economics, American Political Science Review, World Development, Economic Theory, etc. Some of them have been cited by national and international media (CNN, BBC, Washington Post, Slate, La Nación, etc.).
Research IDs:
Orcid: 0000-0001-8588-5562
Scopus ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56779677900
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=XV-Fbm8AAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Northwestern University
M.A. in Economics, Northwestern University and M.A. in Economics, Universidad de San Andres
B.A. in Economics, Universidad de San Andres
Research Interests
Applied Micreoconomics, Political Economy, Institutional Economics, Industrial Organization.
Career
Assistant Professor (visiting), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2012-2016.
Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute, 2011-2012.
Office of the Chief of Staff & Ministry of Defense, Argentina, 2002-2003.
Antitrust Office, Argentina, Summer 2001-2002.
Publications in Scientific Journals
Balart, Pau; Casas, Agustín; Troumpounis, Orestis: “Technological change, campaign spending and polarization”, Journal of Public Economics, 211, Art. 104666, 2022.
Casas, Agustín: “Ideological extremism and primaries”, Economic Theory, 69(3), 829-860, 2020.
Casas, Agustín: “Distributive politics with vote and turnout buying”, American Political Science Review, 112(4), 1111-1119, 2018.
Casas, Agustín; Diaz, Guillermo; Trindade, André: “Who monitors the monitors? Effect of party observers on electoral outcomes”, Journal of Public Economics, 145, 136-149, 2017.
Casas, Agustín; Fawaz, Yarine; Trindade, André: “Surprise me if you can: The influence of newspaper endorsements in US presidential elections”, Economic Inquiry, 54(3), 1484-1498, 2016.
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