Felipe González

Assistant Professor in Economics at PUC-Chile, 2017-
Ph.D. Economics UC Berkeley, 2012-2017
Research areas: Political Economy, Economic History, Public Policy
Curriculum vitae  Research statement  Google Scholar  @fagonza4

Publications

  1. The geography of repression and opposition to autocracy
    with María Angélica Bautista, Luis Martínez, Pablo Muñoz, and Mounu Prem
    American Journal of Political Science, forthcoming. Online appendix
  2. Railroads, specialization, and population growth: Evidence from the first globalization
    with Andres Forero, Francisco Gallego, and Matias Tapia
    Journal of Population Economics, forthcoming. Pre-print
  3. Distorted quality signals in school markets
    with José Ignacio Cuesta and Cristián Larroulet Philippi
    Journal of Development Economics, 147:102532, 2020. Online appendix
    Nominated to the Juan Luis Londoño prize.
  4. Privatization and business groups: Evidence from the Chicago Boys in Chile
    with Felipe Aldunate, Mounu Prem, and Francisco Urzúa
    Explorations in Economic History, 78:101355, 2020. Online appendix
  5. Collective action in networks: Evidence from the Chilean student movement
    with myself
    Journal of Public Economics, 188:104220, 2020. Online appendix
  6. Losing your dictator: Firms during political transition
    with Mounu Prem
    Journal of Economic Growth, 25(2):227-257, 2020. Online appendix
  7. The privatization origins of political corporations: Evidence from the Pinochet regime
    with Mounu Prem and Francisco Urzúa
    Journal of Economic History, 80(2):417-456, 2020. Online appendix
    Winner of the Arthur H. Cole prize.
  8. Immigration and human capital: Consequences of a 19th century settlement policy
    with myself
    Cliometrica, 14(3):443-477, 2020.
  9. Non-economic factors in violence: Evidence from organized crime, suicides and climate in Mexico
    with Ceren Baysan, Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel, and Solomon Hsiang
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 168:434-452, 2019. Online appendix
  10. Higher temperatures increase suicide rates in the U.S. and Mexico
    with Marshall Burke et al.
    Nature Climate Change, 8(8):723-729, 2018.
  11. Can television bring down a dictator? Evidence from Chile's NO campaign
    with Mounu Prem
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 46(1):349-361, 2018. Online appendix
  12. The value of political capital: Dictatorship collaborators as business elites
    with Mounu Prem
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 155:217-230, 2018. Online appendix
  13. Start-up nation? Slave wealth and entrepreneurship in civil war Maryland
    with Guillermo Marshall and Suresh Naidu
    Journal of Economic History, 77(2):373-405, 2017. NBER working paper  Online appendix
  14. War and collective action in Sierra Leone: A comment on the use of coefficient stability
    with Edward Miguel
    Journal of Public Economics, 128:30-33, 2015.
  15. Can land reform avoid a left turn? Evidence from Chile after the Cuban Revolution
    with myself
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 13(1):31-72, 2013.

Working Papers

  1. Collective action and policy agenda: Evidence from Salvador Allende's expropriations
    with Felipe Vial
    resubmitted, Journal of Economic History
  2. Lost in transition? The persistence of dictatorship mayors
    with Pablo Muñoz and Mounu Prem
    revise and resubmit, Journal of Development Economics
  3. Police repression and protest behavior: Evidence from student protests in Chile
    with Mounu Prem
  4. Dictatorship, higher education, and social mobility
    with María Angélica Bautista, Luis Martínez, Pablo Muñoz, and Mounu Prem
  5. The impact of the Women's March on the U.S. House Election
    with Magdalena Larreboure
  6. Does higher education reduce mortality? Evidence from a natural experiment in Chile
    with María Angélica Bautista, Luis Martínez, Pablo Muñoz, and Mounu Prem
  7. The economics of the public option: Evidence from local pharmaceutical markets
    with Juan Pablo Atal, José Ignacio Cuesta, and Cristóbal Otero

Other Publications

  1. Reply to: Temporal displacement, adaptation and the effect of climate on suicide rates
    with Marshall Burke et al.
    Nature Climate Change, 10:499-501, 2020
  2. ¿Candidatas o espectadoras? Un análisis del impacto de la ley de cuotas
    with Joaquín Galeno and Francisco Gallego
    Estudios Públicos, 154:7-41, 2019
  3. Políticas de inclusión universitaria y comportamiento estratégico en educación secundaria
    with Esperanza Johnson
    Estudios Públicos, 149:41-73, 2018
  4. La reforma agraria Chilena
    with José Ignacio Cuesta, José Díaz, Francisco Gallego, and Guillermo Marshall
    Estudios Públicos, 146:7-48, 2017
  5. Drug trafficking organizations and local economic activity in Mexico
    with myself
    PLoS ONE, 10(9), 2015
  6. Local impacts of trade liberalization: Evidence from the Chilean agricultural sector
    with José Ignacio Cuesta and Francisco Gallego
    In: Economic Policy in Emerging-Market Economies, 2015