Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - UC3M

Research interests

Economic History of Europe and Latin America in the XIX y XX centuries.International trade and economic growth. Political economy of trade-barriers.

Current research projects

Nuevas Interpretaciones sobre la integración económica de Las periferias europeas y latinoamericanas entre 1850-1950
Principal Investigator: Antonio Tena Junguito.
Funded by the Ministry of Education. 2008-2011.

The main objective of this project is to elaborate new indicators and advance new interpretations of the process of trade and financial integration of poor independent economies of Europe and Latin America between 1850 and 1950. On one hand, this objective is related to the recent debate about globalization, growth and convergence in historical perspective—a debate which, however, focused almost exclusively on the North Atlantic economy and neglected both the European peripheries and most of Latin America

Current Teaching

Master in Economic Development and Growth - Economic growth, Convergence and Globalization in the Long Term

Relevant/Recent publications:

• "BARIOCH REVISITED. TARIFF STRUCTURE AND GROWTH IN LATE 19TH CENTURY" European Economic History Review. 2010. nº1, vol 14. pp.111-141.
• TARIFF HISTORY LESSONS FROM THE EUROPEAN PERIPHERY. PROTECTION INTENSITY AND THE INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT IN SPAIN AND ITALY 1870-1930" Historical Social REsearch-Historische Sozial Forschun. Vol.35 nº1 2010, pp.340-363.
• “MEASURING PROTECTION OVER TIME. REVENUE AND PROTECTIVE TARIFFS IN 19TH CENTURY COMMERCIAL POLICY HISTORY” PROTECTIONISM AND FREE TRADE IN EUROPE 1850-1930. Ed. Jean-Pierre Dormois and Pedro Lains. Routledge (to be published october 2005).
• “EL SECTOR EXTERIOR EN LA ECONOMÍA ESPAÑOLA” EN Albert Carreras y Xavier Tafunel ediciones: Las Estadísticas Históricas de España siglo XIX y XX. Fundación BBV.(para ser publicado en el 2005).
• “WAS ITALY A PROTECCIONIST COUNTRY?” EUROPEAN REVIEW OF ECONOMIC HISTORY, 2: PP. 73-97, 1998 (con Giovanni Federico) CLAVE: A
• "ON THE ACCURACY OF INTERNATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS (1909-1935). MORGENSTERN REVISITED", EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY, VOL. 28, Nº 3, 1991 (CON G. FEDERICO). CLAVE: A

Working Papers and Proceedings

• "The good reputation of late XIX century protectionism: manufacture versus total protection in The European growth debate". Propuesta para el European Historical Economics Conference in Instabul sep. 2005.(documento en proceso)
• “Measuring protection over time. Revenue and protective tariffs in 19th century European tariff growth debate". ( 1ª versión 01-72 (04) Measuring Protection over time. Revenue and Protective Tariffs in 19th Century Commercial Policy History...Nueva versión: documento inédito feb 2005. INCLUIR).
• "Measuring protection and the infant industry argument in Spain and Italy 1870-1930” (Documento inédito 2003 a incorporar).

• "Did trade policy foster italian industrialization? Evidences from effective pretection rates 1870-1930" (with Giovanni Federico). WP 98-55 (04).
• "Un nuevo perfil del proteccionismo español durante la Restauración, 1875-1930". WP 98-19 (02).