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Casas Lupiáñez, Agustín Alberto
PhD: Northwestern University
Office A4-23
Biography
Agustín Casas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at CUNEF Universidad. His research focuses on political economy, institutions, and microeconomics, with publications in The Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, and American Political Science Review, among others. He is co-founder and organizer of the Madrid Political Economy Workshop (MAPE). He obtained national and international grants and acts as a regular referee for international journals in Economics and Political Science. He also teaches Political Economy in the Master/Ph.D. programs at CEMFI and UC3M. His work has been featured by international media such as CNN and BBC, among others.
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Northwestern University
Master in Economics, Northwestern University and Master in Economics, Universidad de San Andres
Bachelor in Economics, Universidad de San Andres
Research Interests
Political Economy, Microeconomics, Applied Economics, Industrial Organization
Most relevant publications
Casas, A., Curci, F., & de Moragas, A. (2024). Judicial decisions, backlash and secessionism: The Spanish Constitutional Court and Catalonia. The Economic Journal, 134(664), 3202-3231.
Casas, A., & Kselman, D. (2024). Incentivizing brokers in clientelist parties. The Journal of Politics, 86(1), 375-382.
Balart, P., Casas, A., & Troumpounis, O. (2022). Technological change, campaign spending and polarization. Journal of Public Economics, 211, Art. 104666.
Casas, A. (2018). Distributive politics with vote and turnout buying. American Political Science Review, 112(4), 1111-1119.
Casas, A., Diaz, G., & Trindade, A. (2017). Who monitors the monitors? Effect of party observers on electoral outcomes. Journal of Public Economics, 145, 136-149.