Academic and Applied Research

Academic Research

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.
Jul 15, 2026
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.
Apr 10, 2026
Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Narratives of FinTech: The Political Economy of Disruptive Discourse

Working Paper
Fintech Regulation
R
Preprint Manuscript (AOM) examining how central banks narrate FinTech disruption within a shared, circumscribed regulatory framework.
Dec 10, 2025
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.…
Apr 12, 2024
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…
Mar 8, 2024
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…
May 12, 2023
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…
Nov 29, 2021
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…
Nov 29, 2021
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…
Sep 25, 2021
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…
May 10, 2020
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…
Jan 1, 2017
Julius Horvath, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez
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Applied Policy Research

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.
Oct 14, 2025
Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Water Intergrity 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…
Jan 17, 2024
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…
May 15, 2023
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…
Dec 1, 2022
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…
Jan 14, 2022
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…
Apr 7, 2021
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…
Oct 2, 2020
Johannes Wachs, Mihály Fazekas, Alfredo Hernández Sánchez, Ágnes Czibik
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