Academic and Applied Research

Academic Research

Progressive and Conservative Imaginaries of Discontent: Anti-Corruption Agendas in Chile and the United States

Research Article

Corruption

Policy Narratives

Research article on corruption narratives published in American Behavioral Scientist.

Elitza Katzarova, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Circumscribed disruption: FinTech narratives in central banking

Research Article

Policy Narratives

FinTech

R

Research article on FinTech narratives published in New Political Economy.

Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Regulatory Sandbox Adoption and Policy Instrument Choice in Europe

Working Paper

QCA

Regulatory Sandboxes

R

Preprint Manuscript (AOM) examining why fintech regulatory sandboxes spread unevenly across Europe.

Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Overconfidence, Financial Literacy, and Crypto Asset Ownership in Europe

Working Paper

Cryptocurrencies

R

Preprint Manuscript (AOM) examining how financial literacy and overconfidence bias predict crypto-asset ownership in Europe.

Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

General and Substantive Accountability in Nursing Home Services: Assessing Messages from the Demand Side and the Supply Side

Accountability

Text Analysis

Covid-19

This study examines the extent to which general and substantive accountability is integrated into the language used by key actors involved in nursing home services.…

Ixchel Pérez-Durán, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

European solidarity and social class. An uneasy alliance

Social class

Solidarity

Multi-level Model

In response to various crises and a growing Eurosceptic electorate, the European Union (EU) has taken steps to implement solidarity measures aimed at mitigating economic…

Irina Ciornei, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

When vulnerabilities are exploited—The role of sextortion in the WASH sector in Bangladesh

Sextortion

Corruption

WASH

It has long been acknowledged that many aspects of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) are highly gendered and that women face an increased risk of violence when access to…

Ortrun Merkle, Umrbek Allakulov, Debora Gonzalez, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez, Sifat E. Rabbi, Zobair Hasan

Emergency Procurement: The Role of Big Open Data

Corruption

Big Data

Covid-19

The 2020 Global Pandemic has been a watershed moment for the world economy on a scale unseen since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. The COVID-19 crisis has demanded rapid…

Mihály Fazekas, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Transparency in nursing home services before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

Accountability

Text Analysis

Covid-19

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la transparencia en los servicios de residencias de personas mayores hacia sus beneficiarios. Para ello identificamos tres…

Ixchel Pérez-Durán, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Networked Corruption Risks in European Defense Procurement

Corruption

Big Data

Defense

In this chapter we study corruption risks in EU defense procurement. Defense procurement has long been thought to present significant potential for corruption and state…

Johannes Wachs, Mihály Fazekas, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez, Ágnes Czibik

Between Good Faith and Defiance

A Political Economy of Sovereign Debt in Latin America

Sovereign Debt

Latin America

Text Analysis

What drives world leaders to support the international financial system or voice their discontent? How can this be measured? I propose a three-level analytic framework to…

Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Sovereign Debt Crisis: Euro-Reality

Sovereign Debt

Financial Crisis

Euro

In the domestic credit market creditor and debtor rights are clearly defined. In contrast, sovereign debt repayment is largely contingent on the debtor government’s…

Julius Horvath, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Applied Policy Research

Learning from Regulatory Sandboxes

A Common Reporting Framework and Joint Thematic Calls for European Innovation Facilitators

Policy Paper

Fintech Regulation

Regulatory Sandboxes

A policy brief proposing a common reporting framework and joint thematic calls to help European authorities compare, share, and apply lessons from FinTech regulatory sandboxes.

Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

An Early Warning System for Fintech Supervision

Policy Paper

Fintech Regulation

Python

A lightweight early-warning prototype for fintech supervision that continuously scans open online sources to detect risk signals.

Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Water Integrity Risk Index Online Tool

Corruption

Big Data

WASH

The Water Integrity Risk Index (WIRI) is a tool for measuring integrity in the water and sanitation sector at the city level. It allows you to assess smaller changes in…

Alfredo Hernández Sánchez, Mihály Fazekas, Eszter Katona

Corruption risks in public procurement through the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe

Corruption

Big Data

Public Health

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major emergency globally, requiring rapid responses to protect citizens’ health and lives. In order to inform future emergency policies…

Mihály Fazekas, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez, Aly Abdou, Daniel Kofrán

Integrity Dividends: Procurement in the Water and Sanitation Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean

Corruption

Big Data

WASH

Public procurement represents a large portion of government expenditure, more so in developing economies. Inefficiencies in public expenditures thus place a heavy burden on…

Isabelle Adam, Mihály Fazekas, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez, Peter Horn, Nora Regos

Water and Sanitation Sector Integrity Risk Index

Corruption

Big Data

WASH

We employ a data-driven approach to develop a composite Water Integrity Risk Index (WIRI) made up of a host of objective proxy indicators as well as survey-based measures of…

Mihály Fazekas, Umrbek Allakulov, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Global Public Procurement Open Competition Index

Corruption

Big Data

Competition

This evidence paper seeks to clearly outline the benefits of open competition in public procurement, review the policies fostering it and measuring competitive outcomes in…

Isabelle Adam, Mihály Fazekas, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

State Capture and Defence Procurement in the EU

Corruption

Big Data

Defense

This paper is part of a broader research project which aims to assess state capture risks in the field of defence procurement using a combination of qualitative and…

Johannes Wachs, Mihály Fazekas, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez, Ágnes Czibik

Reviews

…and forgive them their debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption From Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year

…and forgive them their debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption From Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year. Michael Hudson. ISLET. 2018.

Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Adults in the Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment

Adults in the Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment By Yanis Varoufakis London: Random House, 2017

Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Too Little, Too Late: The Quest to Resolve Sovereign Debt Crises

Too Little, Too Late: The Quest to Resolve Sovereign Debt Crises Edited by Martin Guzman, José Antonio Ocampo, and Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University Press, 2016

Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

The Handbook of the Political Economy of Financial Crises

Martin H. Wolfson and Gerald A. Epstein (eds.) The Handbook of the Political Economy of Financial Crises Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 2013, 770 p.

Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

How Finance is Shaping the Economies of China, Japan, and Korea

Yung Chul Park and Hugh Patrick (eds): How Finance is Shaping the Economies of China, Japan, and Korea, Columbia University Press, New York, 2013.

Alfredo Hernández Sánchez