Julio A. Ramos Pastrana

Impact Evaluation Consultant. Inter-American Development Bank

External Faculty Affiliate. Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University

Research Interests : Impact Evaluation, Health Economics, Development Economics, Telecommunications Policy, Political Economy

Publications

Who’s Getting the Office: Party Dominance and Elected Executives Career Path
Julio A. Ramos Pastrana
Kyklos, 74(2): 270-297. 2021

The Spanish Mission Legacy on Native American Reservations
Lee J. Alston, Marie Duggan and Julio A. Ramos Pastrana
Journal of Historical Political Economy, 2(4): 527-551. 2022 NBER SSRN

“Finding Fraud: Enforcement, Detection, and Recoveries after the ACA”, Victoria Perez and Julio A. Ramos Pastrana
International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 23: 393-409. 2023

“Hit From Abroad: Party Dominance and the Fiscal Response to External Economic Shocks” - Online First, Economics & Politics SSRN

“Do Political Hawks Prioritize Different Policies Than Technocrats? Politicization and Governors’ Spending Priorities”, jointy with Johabed G. Olvera and Claudia N. Avellaneda - Forthcoming at the Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy

“Interest Groups, Partisan Politics, and Environmental Polarization”, jointly with Dean Lueck and Gustavo Torrens - Forthcoming at Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
LSE Blog

“The Institutional Legacy of the Mexican Rancho System in California”, jointly with Dean Lueck - Accepted at Journal of Law & Economics

Working Papers

“Improving Maternal and Infant Health Through Prenatal Care Home Visits”, jointly with Johabed G. Olvera - Revisions resubmitted at Journal of Population Economics

“The Accountability Effect of Term Limits on Local Government Performance: Performative Signaling of Governmental Action”, jointly with Ricardo A. Bello-Gomez - Revisions resubmitted at Local Government Studies

“Opioid Prescribing Restrictions and Homelessness: Evidence from Hydrocodone Rescheduling”, jointly with Johabed G. Olvera, Felipe Lozano-Rojas, and Sumedha Gupta - Revisions requested at Journal of Housing Economics

“Moving for Welfare: The Effect of ACA Medicaid Expansion on Homelessness”, jointly with Johabed Olvera and Hilary Wething - Submitted

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

“Unveiling Disparities: A Study on Wage Gaps Among Public and Private Employees”, jointly with Victoria Perez - Submitted

Work in Progress

“Reelection Incentives, Political Budget Cycles and Fiscal Policy: Evidence from Mexico’s Local Governments”, jointly with Gustavo Torrens

“Economic and Ideological Motivations of Bureaucrats Decision-Making: Evidence from Brazil”, jointly with Paula Rettl, Anthony Bertelli, and Tainá Souza

“The Economic Effect of Dominant-Party Alternation in Mexican States”, jointly with Francisco A. Castellanos-Sosa