José García-Montalvo

UPF and BSE

PhD, Harvard University

Research interests

  • Banking and Housing Finance
  • Development
  • Education and youth labor markets
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José García-Montalvo is Professor of Economics and ICREA-Academia Fellow at UPF and BSE Research Professor. He is also a Research Professor of IVIE. He holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University. His areas of research include the real estate market and the Spanish banking crisis. He is the author of 15 books and over 100 articles in scholarly journals, including the American Economic Review, the Economic Journal and the Review of Economics and Statistics, among many others.

Working Papers

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The Effect of Rent Controls along the ‘Excess’ Price Distribution

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José García-MontalvoandJoan Monràs
BSE Working Paper 1345
April 2022
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Measuring Inequality from Above

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José García-Montalvo,Juan Carlos Muñoz Mora, andMarta Reynal-Querol
BSE Working Paper 1252
May 2021
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Gender Stereotype and the Scientific Career of Women: Evidence from Biomedical Research Centers

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Daniele Alimonti,José García-Montalvo, andSonja Reiland
BSE Working Paper 1212
November 2020
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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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Distributional Effects of COVID-19 on Spending: A First Look at the Evidence from Spain

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José García-MontalvoandMarta Reynal-Querol
BSE Working Paper 1201
September 2020
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Colonization, Early Settlers and Development: The Case of Latin America

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José García-MontalvoandMarta Reynal-Querol
BSE Working Paper 1189
July 2020
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Transaction-tax Evasion in the Housing Market

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José García-Montalvo,Amedeo Piolatto, andJosep M. Raya
BSE Working Paper 1080
March 2019
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Gender and Credit Risk: A View From the Loan Officer’s Desk

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José García-MontalvoandMarta Reynal-Querol
BSE Working Paper 1076
March 2019
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Bayesian Forecasting of Electoral Outcomes with new Parties’ Competition

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José García-Montalvo,Omiros Papaspiliopoulos, andTimothée Stumpf-Fétizon
BSE Working Paper 1065
December 2018
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Earthquakes and Terrorism: The Long Lasting Effect of Seismic Shocks

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José García-MontalvoandMarta Reynal-Querol
BSE Working Paper 1020
February 2018
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The Impact of Progressive Tuition Fees on Dropping Out of Higher Education: A Regression Discontinuity Design

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José García-Montalvo
BSE Working Paper 1017
January 2018
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Constraints on LTV as a Macroprudential Tool: A Precautionary Tale

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José García-MontalvoandJosep M. Raya
BSE Working Paper 1008
December 2017
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Ethnic Diversity and Growth: Revisiting the Evidence

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José García-MontalvoandMarta Reynal-Querol
BSE Working Paper 992
October 2017
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The Microeconomics of Corruption. A Review of Thirty Years of Research

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Roberto Burguet,Juan-José Ganuza, andJosé García-Montalvo
BSE Working Paper 908
June 2016
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The Real Estate and Credit Bubble: Evidence from Spain

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Ozlem Akin,José García-Montalvo,Jaume Garcia-Villar,José-Luis Peydró, andJosep M. Raya
BSE Working Paper 772
September 2015
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A New Approach to Measure the Impact of Highways on Business Location with and Application to Spain

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Teresa Garcia-MilàandJosé García-Montalvo
BSE Working Paper 754
September 2015
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The Role of Awareness, Information Gathering and Processing in School Choice

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Ghazala AzmatandJosé García-Montalvo
BSE Working Paper 639
September 2015
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Finite Mixture Analysis of Beauty-Contest Data Using Generalised Beta Distributions

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Antoni Bosch-Domènech,José García-Montalvo,Rosemarie Nagel, andAlbert Satorra
BSE Working Paper 455
September 2015
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The curse of aid

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Simeon Djankov,José García-Montalvo, andMarta Reynal-Querol
BSE Working Paper 257
September 2015

Publications

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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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Measuring inequality from above

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José García-Montalvo, Juan Carlos Muñoz Mora, and Marta Reynal-Querol

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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Colonial settlers and economic development in Latin America

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José García-MontalvoandMarta Reynal-Querol

October 2020
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Ethnic Diversity and Growth: Revisiting the Evidence

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José García-MontalvoandMarta Reynal-Querol
The Review of Economics and Statistics

July 2020
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Transaction-tax evasion in the housing market

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José García-Montalvo, Amedeo Piolatto, and Josep M. Raya
Regional Science and Urban Economics

March 2020
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Understanding Tax Evasion: Lessons from the Spanish Housing Market

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José García-Montalvo, Amedeo Piolatto, and Josep M. Raya

November 2019
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Earthquakes and terrorism: The long lasting effect of seismic shocks

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José García-MontalvoandMarta Reynal-Querol
Journal of Comparative Economics

September 2019
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Bayesian forecasting of electoral outcomes with new parties’ competition

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José García-Montalvo, Omiros Papaspiliopoulos, and Timothée Stumpf-Fétizon
European Journal of Political Economy

February 2019
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Constraints on LTV as a macroprudential tool: A precautionary tale

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José García-MontalvoandJosep M. Raya
Oxford Economic Papers

September 2018
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A Finite Mixture Analysis of Beauty-Contest Data Using Generalized Beta Distributions

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Antoni Bosch-Domènech, José García-Montalvo, Rosemarie Nagel, and Albert Satorra
Experimental Economics

December 2015
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Aid with Multiple Personalities

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Simeon Djankov, José García-Montalvo, and Marta Reynal-Querol
Journal of Comparative Economics

December 2015
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Comment on John Quigley: Wrong Incentives in the Mortgage Industry and a Solution

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José García-Montalvo
Economists' Voice

December 2015
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Cultural Diversity, Conflict, and Economic Development

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José García-MontalvoandMarta Reynal-Querol
Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture

December 2015
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Does Foreign Aid Help?

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Simeon Djankov, José García-Montalvo, and Marta Reynal-Querol
Cato Journal

December 2015
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Ethnic Polarization and the Duration of Civil Wars

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José García-MontalvoandMarta Reynal-Querol
Economics of Governance

December 2015
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For Public Service or Money: Understanding Geographical Imbalances in the Health Workforce.

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Abigail Barr, José García-Montalvo, Magnus Lindelow, and Pieter Serneels
Health Policy and Planning

December 2015
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Free and Non Discriminatory Access to Airports: a Proposal for Latin America

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Antoni Bosch-DomènechandJosé García-Montalvo
International Journal of Transport Economics

December 2015
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Regional Evolutions in Labor Markets in the Philippines: a Dynamic Approach

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José García-Montalvo
Journal of Asian Economics

December 2015
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The Pattern of Growth and Poverty Reduction in China

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José García-MontalvoandMartin Martin Ravallion
Journal of Comparative Economics

December 2015
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The Real Estate and Credit Bubble: Evidence From Spain

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Ozlem Akin, José García-Montalvo, Jaume Garcia-Villar, José-Luis Peydró, and Josep M. Raya
SERIEs

December 2015
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Voting after the Bombings: a Natural Experiment on the Effect of Terrorist Attacks on Democratic Elections

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José García-Montalvo
Review of Economics and Statistics

December 2015
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Who Wants to Work in a Rural Health Post? the Role of Intrinsic Motivation, Rural Background and Faith-Based Institutions in Ethiopia and Rwanda

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Jean Damascene Butera, José García-Montalvo, Aklilu Jean Kidanu, Tomas Lievens, Gunilla Pettersson, and Pieter Serneels
Bulletin of the World Health Organization

December 2015
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Re-Examining the Evidence on the Electoral Impact of Terrorist Attacks: the Spanish Election of 2004

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José García-Montalvo
Electoral Studies

January 2012
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Do Educated Leaders Matter?

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Timothy Besley, José García-Montalvo, and Marta Reynal-Querol
The Economic Journal

January 2011
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The Curse of Aid

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Simeon Djankov, José García-Montalvo, and Marta Reynal-Querol
Journal of Economic Growth

January 2008
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Discrete Polarisation with an Application to the Determinants of Genocides

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José García-MontalvoandMarta Reynal-Querol
The Economic Journal

January 2008
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Fighting Against Malaria: Prevent Wars While Waiting for the Miraculous Vaccine

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José García-MontalvoandMarta Reynal-Querol
Review of Economics and Statistics

January 2007
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