Ruben Durante

ICREA-UPF and BSE - on leave at NUS

PhD, Brown University

Research interests

  • Political Economics
  • Media Economics
  • Experimental Economics
  • Economic Growth and Development
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Ruben Durante is ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and an Affiliated Professor of the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), currently on leave as Professor of Economics at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is Research Advisor at Gallup, Research Affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and Research Fellow of CESifo and IZA. He has served as associate editor for the Journal of the European Economic Association and the European Economic Review, and as member of the editorial panel of Economic Policy.

Professor Durante studies Political Economy with a focus on the functioning and impact of traditional and new media in democratic societies. His work has been published in top journals in economics, political science, and management, and is regularly featured in the press.

Awards, Grants, and Honors

Working Papers

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Real-Time Inequality and the Welfare State in Motion: Evidence from COVID-19 in Spain

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Oriol Aspachs,Ruben Durante,José García-Montalvo,Alberto Graziano, andJosep Mestres...
BSE Working Paper 1202
September 2020
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Asocial Capital: Civic Culture and Social Distancing during COVID-19

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Ruben Durante,Luigi Guiso, andGiorgio Gulino
BSE Working Paper 1181
May 2020
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Media Attention and Strategic Timing in Politics: Evidence from U.S. Presidential Executive Orders

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Milena DjourelovaandRuben Durante
BSE Working Paper 1125
November 2019

Publications

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The Impact of Online Competition on Local Newspapers: Evidence from the Introduction of Craigslist

Open Access
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Milena Djourelova, Ruben Durante, and Gregory J Martin
Review of Economic Studies

May 2025
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Unpacking Social Capital

Open Access
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Ruben Durante, Nicola Mastrorocco, Luigi Minale, and James M. Snyder
The Economic Journal

April 2025
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The Virus of Fear: The Political Impact of Ebola in the United States

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Filipe Campante, Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, and Ruben Durante
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics and Health Economics

February 2024
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Salience and Accountability: School Infrastructure and Last-Minute Electoral Punishment

Open Access
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Nicolás AjzenmanandRuben Durante
Economic Journal

September 2023
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Climate Risk, Cooperation and the Co-Evolution of Culture and Institutions

Open Access
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Johannes C. BuggleandRuben Durante
The Economic Journal

November 2022
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Real-time inequality and the welfare state in motion: evidence from COVID-19 in Spain

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Oriol Aspachs, Ruben Durante, José García-Montalvo, Alberto Graziano, Josep Mestres, and Marta Reynal-Querol
Economic Policy

July 2022
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Media Attention and Strategic Timing in Politics: Evidence from U.S. Presidential Executive Orders

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Milena DjourelovaandRuben Durante
American Journal of Political Science

January 2022
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Internal migration networks and mortality in home communities: Evidence from Italy during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Ruben DuranteandMichele Valsecchi
European Economic Review and Health Economics

October 2021
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Tracking the impact of COVID-19 on economic inequality at high frequency

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Oriol Aspachs, Ruben Durante, José García-Montalvo, Alberto Graziano, Josep Mestres, and Marta Reynal-Querol
PloS One

April 2021
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Advertising Spending and Media Bias: Evidence from News Coverage of Car Safety Recalls

Open Access
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Graham Beattie, Ruben Durante, Brian G. Knight, and Ananya Sen
Management Science

March 2021
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Asocial capital: Civic culture and social distancing during COVID-19

Open Access
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Ruben Durante, Luigi Guiso, and Giorgio Gulino
Health Economics and Journal of Public Economics

January 2021
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The Politics of Distraction: Evidence of strategic timing from presidential executive orders

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Milena DjourelovaandRuben Durante

March 2020
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Building Nations Through Shared Experiences: Evidence from African Football

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Filipe Campante, Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, and Ruben Durante
American Economic Review

February 2020
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Politics 2.0: The Multifaceted Effect of Broadband Internet on Political Participation

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Ruben Durante
Journal of the European Economic Association

November 2019
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The Political Legacy of Entertainment TV

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Ruben Durante, Paolo Pinotti, and Andrea Tesei
American Economic Review

October 2018
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Attack When the World Is Not Watching? U.S. News and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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Ruben DuranteandEkaterina Zhuravskaya
Journal of Political Economy

January 2018
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