About Me
Welcome! I am an environmental economist working at the intersection of applied microeconomics and public policy. My research focuses on transportation, fuel transitions, and land use change, with a particular interest in the environmental impacts of policies such as the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
I am currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico City. I received my PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis.
Outside of research, I enjoy soccer, cooking, biking, skiing, and playing the drums.
This paper analyzes the impact of decentralizing vehicle registration fees in Mexico, highlighting increased tax avoidance and a shift toward cheaper, fuel-efficient but higher-emission cars. Using a differences-in-differences approach with synthetic controls, it models individual tax responses and explores scenarios, finding that tax avoidance mitigates the tax's distortionary effects.
Sep 9, 2024
This project explores the trade-offs between refineries specialized in renewable diesel and those capable of flexible production between renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Using technical production data, we estimate the value of flexibility in switching between fuels. Scenarios such as on-road fuel demand decline and shifts in policy support for SAF allow us to analyze how timing of incentives impacts refinery decisions. These insights provide a clearer understanding of optimal production strategies, helping refineries adapt to evolving market conditions and policy shifts.
Jan 1, 2024
The Low Carbon Fuel Standard provides credits to biofuel producers once they get a pathway approved. The subsidy provided by the credit is greater the less carbon-intensive a fuel is. I use the approval of pathways as price shocks to study the change in crops planted used to produce biofuels.
Jan 1, 2024
UC Davis (Evaluations)
- Applied Economics Research Workshop. (Instructor, Undergraduate) Syllabus
- Financial Management of the Firm. (TA, Undergraduate)
University of Chicago
- Analytical Politics. (TA, Graduate) Book
ITAM (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México)
- Introductory Microeconomics (Instructor, Undergraduate)
- Energy and Environmental Economics (TA, Undergraduate)
- Introductory Microeconomics (TA, Undergraduate)