Julio A. Ramos Pastrana

Impact Evaluation Consultant. Inter-American Development Bank

External Faculty Affiliate. Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University

Research Interests : Public Finance, Institutional Economics, Development Economics, Health Economics

Publications

(10) Julio A. Ramos Pastrana and Ricardo A. Bello-Gomez. “The Accountability Effect of Term Limits on Local Government Performance: Performative Signaling of Governmental Action.” - Online First at Local Government Studies (2024).

(9) Johabed G. Olvera, and Julio A. Ramos Pastrana. “Enhancing information to improve outcomes: the impact of home visiting programs on maternal health.” – Online First at Journal of Population Economics (2024).

(8) Johabed G. Olvera, Felipe Lozano-Rojas, Julio A. Ramos Pastrana, and Sumedha Gupta “Opioid Prescribing Restrictions and Homelessness: Evidence from Hydrocodone Rescheduling.” – Accepted at Journal of Housing Economics (2024).

(7) Lueck, Dean, and Julio A. Ramos Pastrana. “The Institutional Legacy of Mexican Land and Water in California.” The Journal of Law and Economics 67, no. 1 (2024): 31-66. SSRN

(6) Lueck, Dean, Julio A. Ramos Pastrana, and Gustavo Torrrens. “Campaign Contributions, Partisan Politics, and Environmental Polarization in the US Congress.” The Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (2023): ewad018. LSE Blog SSRN

(5) Ramos Pastrana, Julio A., Johabed G. Olvera, and Claudia N. Avellaneda. “Do Political Hawks Prioritize Different Policies Than Technocrats? Politicization and Governors’ Spending Priorities.” Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy 4, no. 3 (2023): 333-371. “SSRN”

(4) Victoria Perez, and Julio A. Ramos Pastrana. “Finding Fraud: Enforcement, Detection, and Recoveries after the ACA.” International Journal of Health Economics and Management 23, no. 3 (2023): 393-409.

(3) Ramos Pastrana, Julio A. ““Hit From Abroad: Party Dominance and the Fiscal Response to External Economic Shocks.” Economics & Politics 36, no. 3 (2022): 7-38. SSRN

(2) Lee J. Alston, Marie Duggan, and Julio A. Ramos Pastrana. “The Spanish Mission Legacy on Native American Reservations.” Journal of Historical Political Economy 2, no. 4 (2022): 527-551. NBER SSRN

(1) Julio A. Ramos Pastrana. “Who’s Getting the Office: Party Dominance and Elected Executives Career Path” Kyklos 74, no. 2 (2021): 270-297.

Working Papers

“The effect of asymmetric regulation on market competition: the case of 2013 Telecomm Reform in Mexico”, jointly with Rodrigo Alcázar Silva and Sully Calderón - Submitted

“Hospitals, Maternal and Infant Health: Impact of the Opening of Public Hospitals in Mexico”, jointly with Eduardo Fajnzylber and Sebastian Bauhoff - Winner 2024 ASHECON Health and Development Program Chair Award

“ACA Medicaid Expansion and Homelessness: Increasing the Overall Capacity of the Safety Net”, jointly with Johabed Olvera

“Property Rights Changes and Public Investment: Evidence from a Land Certification Program in Mexico”, jointly with Mario Miguel Pérez