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44
Citations
27495
World Ranking
1780
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Overview

Diego Puga is affiliated with the Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros in Spain. Their research spans various areas within economics and related disciplines, with notable contributions to both theoretical and empirical work.

Their recent academic output includes papers published in multiple venues such as DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)), The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Econometrica, Journal of Urban Economics, and SSRN Electronic Journal. Some notable papers are:

  • "The Economics of Urban Density," 2020, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • "Urban Growth and Its Aggregate Implications," 2023, Econometrica
  • "Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility," 2020, Journal of Urban Economics
  • "Informe del GTM: Entender y combatir la desinformación sobre ciencia y salud," 2021, DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
  • "Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

The frequent coauthors in their work include José M. Ordovás, Mariano Estéban, Rocío García-Retamero, Beatriz González López-Valcárcel, and Alfonso Gordaliza, each collaborating on multiple publications.

They have contributed regularly to several academic venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). Others include The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Econometrica, Journal of Urban Economics, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Their research fields extend mainly into Economics and Econometrics, with additional work in Transportation and Sociology and Political Science. The subfields and topics covered in their work include:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Transportation
  • Sociology and Political Science

  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
  • Housing Market and Economics

Diego Puga has been recognized as an Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association, indicating peer recognition within the broader economics community.

Best Publications

  • Microfoundations of Urban Agglomeration Economies

    Gilles Duranton;Diego Puga

  • Micro-foundations of urban agglomeration economies

    Gilles Duranton;Diego Puga

  • Nursery Cities: Urban Diversity, Process Innovation, and the Life Cycle of Products

    Gilles Duranton;Diego Puga

  • The rise and fall of regional inequalities

    Diego Puga;Diego Puga

  • Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa

    Nathan Nunn;Diego Puga

  • European regional policies in light of recent location theories

    Diego Puga

  • THE PRODUCTIVITY ADVANTAGES OF LARGE CITIES: DISTINGUISHING AGGLOMERATION FROM FIRM SELECTION

    Pierre-Philippe Combes;Gilles Duranton;Laurent Gobillon;Diego Puga

  • Diversity and specialisation in cities. Why, where and when does it matter?

    Gilles Duranton;Diego Puga

  • Agglomeration in the Global Economy: A Survey of the ‘New Economic Geography’

    Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano;Diego Puga

  • From sectoral to functional urban specialisation

    Gilles Duranton;Diego Puga

  • THE MAGNITUDE AND CAUSES OF AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES

    Diego Puga

  • Causes of Sprawl: A Portrait from Space

    Marcy Burchfield;Henry G. Overman;Diego Puga;Matthew A. Turner

  • Chapter 48 – Micro-Foundations of Urban Agglomeration Economies

    Gilles Duranton;Diego Puga

  • Learning by working in big cities

    Jorge De la Roca;Diego Puga

  • The Spread of Industry: Spatial Agglomeration in Economic Development

    Diego Puga;Anthony J. Venables

  • Unemployment clusters across Europe's regions and countries

    Henry G. Overman;Diego Puga

  • The growth of cities

    Gilles Duranton;Diego Puga

  • Preferential trading arrangements and industrial location

    Diego Puga;Diego Puga;Anthony J. Venables;Anthony J. Venables

  • Urban Land Use

    Gilles Duranton;Gilles Duranton;Diego Puga;Diego Puga

  • Agglomeration and Economic Development: Import Substitution vs. Trade Liberalisation

    Diego Puga;Anthony J. Venables

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry G. Overman
Henry G. Overman London School of Economics and Political Science
Gilles Duranton
Gilles Duranton University of Pennsylvania
Daniel Trefler
Daniel Trefler University of Toronto
Anthony J. Venables
Anthony J. Venables University of Manchester
Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano
Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano Bocconi University
Neil Wrigley
Neil Wrigley University of Southampton

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