Articles

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Competition for Procurement Shares (with Matthias Dahm), Games and Economic Behavior (2013)

We propose a new procurement procedure which allocates shares of the total amount to be...

 

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The Minimal Overlap Rule: Restrictions on Mergers for Creditors' Consensus (with José A. Silva-Reus and María del Carmen Marco-Gil), TOP (2012)

As it is known, there is no rule satisfying additivity in the complete domain of...

 

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On the Complete Information First-Price Auction and its Intuitive Solution (with Matthias Dahm), International Game Theory Review (2011)

Despite the popularity of auction theoretical thinking, it appears that no one has presented an...

 

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Rent Seeking and Rent Dissipation: A Neutrality Result (with Matthias Dahm), Journal of Public Economics (2010)

We consider rent seeking contests between at least two agents who might value the prize...

 

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The Minimal Overlap Rule Revisited (with María del Carmen Marco-Gil and José A. Silva), Social Choice and Welfare (2008)

This paper provides an analysis of the Minimal Overlap Rule, a solution for bankruptcy problems...

 

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Tullock and Hirshleifer: A Meeting of the Minds (with Matthias Dahm), Review of Economic Design (2007)

We introduce the serial contest by building on the desirable properties of two prominent contest...

 

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Coalition Formation and Stability (with Antonio Romero-Medina), Social Choice and Welfare (2006)

This paper studies a class of NTU coalition formation games in which every player's payoff...

 

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Bankruptcy Games and the Ibn Ezra's Proposal (with María del Carmen Marco-Gil and José A. Silva), Economic Theory (2005)

This paper explores an old solution for bankruptcy problems, described by Ibn Ezra in the...

 

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Sequential Decisions in the College Admissions Problem (with Antonio Romero-Medina), Economics Letters (2005)

This paper models a contractual process by a sequential mechanism, which mimics matching procedures for...

 

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Researching with whom? Stability and manipulation (with Pablo Revilla), Journal of Mathematical Economics (2004)

This paper explores the existence of stable research teams, when the preferences of each agent...

 

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A Proposal for Sharing Costs (with José A. Silva), Journal of Mathematical Economics (2000)

This paper proposes a cost-sharing rule for the specific case in which the agents’ demands...

 

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Simple Mechanisms to Implement the Core of College Admissions Problems (with Antonio Romero-Medina), Games and Economic Behavior (2000)

This paper analyzes simple mechanisms implementing (subselections of) the core correspondence of matching markets. We...

 

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Pigouvian Taxes: A Strategic Approach (with Luis C. Corchón and Bernardo Moreno), Journal of Public Economic Theory (1999)

This paper analyzes the problem of designing mechanisms to implement efficient solutions in economies with...

 

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The Role of Unions in Hiring Procedures for Job Markets (with Pablo Revilla), Economics Letters (1999)

This paper studies simple hiring procedures for job markets. We show that when agents act...

 

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Hiring Procedures to Implement Stable Allocations (with David Pérez-Castrillo and Antonio Romero-Medina), Journal of Economic Theory (1998)

We implement the stable correspondence of a job matching market in Subgame Perfect Equilibrium. We...

 

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Diseño de Tarifas en Empresas Reguladas: Nueva Axiomatixación del Sistema de Aumann-Shapley, Economía Mexicana (1996)

This paper proposes a new axiomatic justification for the employ of the Aumann-Shapley value for...

 

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Implementation of Stable Solutions to Marriage Problems, Journal of Economic Theory (1996)

This paper analyzes the possibility of implementing stable outcomes for marriage markets. Our first result...

 

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Exchange-Proofness or Divorce-Proofness? Stability in One-Sided Matching Markets, Economic Design (1995)

Two stability concepts for one-sided matching markets are analyzed: Gale-Shapley stability and ξ-stability. The first...

 

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Top Dominance and the Possibility of Strategyproof Stable Allocations to Matching Problems (with Salvador Barberà), Economic Theory (1994)

This paper explores the possibility of designing strategy-proof mechanisms yielding satisfactory solutions to the marriage...

 

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Modelos de Emparejamiento: Conflicto y Coincidencia de Intereses en la Contratación Descentralizada de la Mano de Obra, Cuadernos Económicos de I.C.E. (1992)

This paper studies, from a theoretical point of view, the assignament of workers to different...

 

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El Impuesto Personal sobre la Renta: Alternativas (with Adela Chaves and Antonia Díaz), Hacienda Pública Española (1990)

We compare different (direct) tax systems from an efficiency perspective.

 

Contributions to Books

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A New Prospect of Additivity in Bankruptcy Problems (with María del Carmen Marco-Gil and José A. Silva), Contributions to Game Theory and Management (2010)

As is known, there is no rule satisfying Adittivity on the complete domain of bankruptcy...

 

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Servicios Universales: Decisiones de Implementación y Financiación, La Construcción de la Paz. Propuestas Multidisciplinares (2008)

This work proposes a novel way to finance the public services in order to reach...

 

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Mecanismos de Asignación en el Mercado de Trabajo, Jóvenes Economistas en Andalucía (2000)

This paper proposes an strategic analysis of mechanisms assigning workers to firms. We point out...

 

Press (Divulgative Contributions)

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Salvador Barberà: Un Modelo de Economista (with Antonio Romero-Medina), Expansión (2007)
 

Working Papers

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Tax Burden Degree as a Tool to Design Tax Systems (with José A. Silva-Reus and María del Carmen Marco-Gil), QM&ET Working Paper no. 12-11. (2012)

This paper explores an integrated taxation system. Taking as a premise the proposals by the...

 

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Fair School Placement (with Antonio Romero-Medina), QM&ET Working Papers 11-01 (2011)

This paper introduces τ-fairness as a compromise solution reconciling Pareto efficiency and equity in School...

 

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On Integration Policies and Schooling (with Begoña Subiza), SSRN WP 1768813 (2011)

This paper proposes a reform for school allocation procedures in order to help integration policies...

 

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Re-Reforming the Bostonian System: A Novel Approach to the Schooling (with Antonio Romero-Medina), SSRN 1743082 (2011)

This paper proposes the notion of ε-stability to conciliate Pareto efficiency and fairness. We propose...