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Jose Morales-Arilla

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Calle del puente 222

Col Ejidos de Huipulco

Mexico City, Querétaro 76130

Mexico

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (13)

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1.

Impact of the 2017 Sanctions on Venezuela: Revisiting the Evidence

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 08 Apr 2021
Dany Bahar, Sebastián Bustos, Jose Morales-Arilla and Miguel Angel Santos
Brown University - Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Tecnológico de Monterrey and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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Economic Development in Historical Political Economy

Morales Arilla, José, Joan Ricart-Huguet, and Leonard Wantchekon. Economic Development in Historical Political Economy. In Jeffery A. Jenkins and Jared Rubin (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy, Oxford University Press.
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Oct 2022
Jose Morales-Arilla, Joan Ricart-Huguet and Leonard Wantchekon
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Loyola University Maryland and Princeton University
Downloads 559 (123,051)

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economic development, geography, institutions, human capital, state-led development

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Panama beyond the Canal: Using Technological Proximities to Identify Opportunities for Productive Diversification

CID Working Paper No. 324, HKS Working Paper No. RWP16-046
Number of pages: 130 Posted: 07 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2021
Ricardo Hausmann, Jose Morales-Arilla and Miguel Angel Santos
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Tecnológico de Monterrey and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
Downloads 390 (189,093)
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Captured participatory institutions in non-democracies: Theory and evidence from Venezuela's Consejos Comunales.

Number of pages: 114 Posted: 24 Oct 2024
Jose Morales-Arilla and Jared Abbott
Tecnológico de Monterrey and California State University, Los Angeles
Downloads 168 (449,518)
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Participatory Institutions, Autocratic governance, Development, Consejos Comunales, Venezuela, Difference-in-differences, Interviews

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Escaping From Hardship, Searching for Comfort: Climate Matching in Refugees’ Destination Choices

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Escaping From Hardship, Searching for Comfort: Climate Matching in Refugees’ Destination Choices

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Dec 2024
Diego Martin, Jose Morales-Arilla and Alvaro Morales
Harvard University, Tecnológico de Monterrey and Harvard University
Downloads 94 (743,299)

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F2, O15, R23 Refugees, Mass migration, Climate matching, Gravity migration models, Social media

Escaping from Hardship, Searching for Comfort: Climate Matching in Refugees’ Destination Choices

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Nov 2024
Jose Morales-Arilla, Diego Martin and Alvaro Morales
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Purdue University and Harvard University
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Refugees, Mass migration, Climate matching, Gravity migration models, Social media.

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Autocrats in crisis mode: Strategic favoritism during economic shocks

Number of pages: 96 Posted: 29 Oct 2025 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2025
Jose Morales-Arilla
Tecnológico de Monterrey
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Autocracy, Economic shocks, Favoritism, Protest, Repression

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Diagnóstico de Complejidad Económica de El Salvador (Diagnostic of Economic Complexity for El Salvador)

Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública Working Paper No. 1 Junio 2024
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 Aug 2024
Fernando Gómez, Hermilo Cortés, Víctor Espinoza, Jose Morales-Arilla and Miguel Angel Santos
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Tecnológico de Monterrey and Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública
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Identifying Export Side Effects of Law Enforcement During the Mexican Drug War

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2024
Jose Morales-Arilla, Jesus Gorrin Leon and Bernardo Ricca
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Universitat de les Illes Balears and Insper
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Exports, Violence, Mexico, Regression Discontinuity

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Coalition trimming in spiraling economies: Evidence from the fall of Venezuela's Oil Czar

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Apr 2024
Jose Morales-Arilla, Raul Duarte and Jesus Daboin Pacheco
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Harvard University and Harvard University - The Growth Lab
Downloads 58 (989,921)

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Economic crisis, Public contracts, Government appointments, Patronage, Political Economy, Coalition Dynamics

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Vulnerability, Fear of Retaliation and Clientelism: Organizer Identity and the Backfire of Solidarity

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 16 Apr 2024
Jose Morales-Arilla and Salvador Traettino
Tecnológico de Monterrey and Inter-American Development Bank
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Clientelism, Vulnerability, Retribution, Venezuela

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There is a Future after Cars: Economic Growth Analysis for Hermosillo, Sonora

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 08 Apr 2021
Douglas Barrios, Ana Grisanti, Jose Morales-Arilla, Juan Obach, Johanna Ramos, Miguel Angel Santos and Jorge Tapia
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Center for International Development (CID), Tecnológico de Monterrey, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), National University of Colombia, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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From Collective Punishment to Constraints on Authority: Rethinking the Impacts of US Sanctions on Venezuela

Santos MA, Morales-Arilla J, Cornielles ZP. From Collective Punishment to Constraints on Authority: Rethinking the Impact of US Sanctions on Venezuela. Cambridge University Press; 2026.
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 22 May 2026
Miguel Angel Santos, Jose Morales-Arilla and Zinedine Partipilo
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Tecnológico de Monterrey and Harvard University
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13.

Direct Flights, Trade and Specialization

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 Sep 2025
Jose Morales-Arilla and Sebastian Bustos
Tecnológico de Monterrey and Harvard University
Downloads 35 (1,332,057)

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Direct Flights, Business Travel, Trade, Specialization