luciano ayala

PROFESOR-INVESTIGADOR EN LA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN, FACULTAD DE ECONOMÍA


RESEARCH

“Economic development is not an act of charity, but a process of expanding the real freedoms that individuals enjoy.”

Amartya Sen

JOURNAL ARTICLES


  1. “Agricultural Factor Misallocation and Land Rentals in Vietnam” The Developing Economies (2026).
  2. “Determinantes de los precios en el mercado de refrescos en México: un enfoque de precios hedónicos” EconoQuantum, Revista de Economía y Finanzas 23.2 (2026): 83-97.
  3. “A note on the determinants and impacts of agricultural commercialization: the case of small-scale rice farmers in Vietnam” HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE – ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, (2025) 16.
  4. “Land titling and household labor supply: evidence from Mexico” Investigación Económica, (2025) 84.
  5. “The effect of land tenure security on household labour supply: evidence from Vietnam (2008-2016)” Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía, (2025) 56 .
  6. “Social Connectedness and Migration Patterns: A Case Study of Mexico to the United States” Entreciencias: Diálogos en la Sociedad del Conocimiento , (2024) 12.
  7. “Setting an example: political leaders’ cues and health behavior in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico” Latin American Policy (2024) 12. [joint with Federico Fabio Frattini and Bruno Morando]
  8. “Rental Markets, Gender and Land Certificates: Evidence From Viet Nam” Food Policy (2020) 94 [joint with Bruno Morando]
  9. “Residential Water Demand and Price Perception under Increasing Block Rates”, Economics Bulletin (2017) 37 [joint with Rene Cabral and Víctor Hugo Delgado]

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS


  1. “Chapter 3: Agricultural production and market access” in Characteristics of the Vietnamese Rural Economy: Evidence from a 2016 Rural Household Survey in 12 Provinces of Viet Nam. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER (2018)