This paper uses novel and comprehensive data on electronic payments from SIBS, the main
provider of point of sale terminals and on-line payments in Portugal, to study the impact of …

We use novel and comprehensive monthly data on electronic payments, by municipality and
sector, together with cash withdrawals, to study the impact of Covid‐19 in Portugal. Our …

We study the firm-level responses to a substantial increase in transportation costs in the
wake of a quasi-experiment that introduced tolls in a subset of Portuguese highways …

This study examines the impact of the Sicilian Mafia on the allocation of European Union
(EU) funding. Our focus is on the number of EU projects and the amount of EU funds …

This paper takes a deep and comprehensive look into the firm-level behavioral reactions to
a massive transportation cost shock. Exploiting rich data encompassing the universe of …

This thesis explores an array of natural and eld experiments to produce causal estimates of
the impact of interventions on four populations: firms, workers, consumers, and voters …

This study examines the impact of the Sicilian Mafia on the allocation of European Union
(EU) funding. Our focus is on the number of EU projects and the amount of EU funds …