Alejandro Abarca , Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Practice - Department of Economics

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Education

• Ph.D., Oregon State University, 2024
• Certificate: Expert in Machine Learning, 2022
• Certificate: Expert in Data Science, 2019
• M.A., University of British Columbia, Canada, 2014
• Litentiate in Economics, Universidad de Costa Rica, 2013
• B.A., Universidad de Costa Rica, 2010

Research Interests

• Primary fields:  Crime Economcis, Development Economics
• Secondary fields:  Applied Econometrics, Causual Inference

Courses Offered

• 3310  Sports Economics
• 4368  Machine Learning for Economists

Selected Publications

Bartlett, A., Alix-Garcia, J., Abarca, A., Walker, S., Van Den Hoek, J., Murillo-Sandoval, P., & Friedrick, H. K. (2024).  the unintended consequences of production bans: the case of the 2018 Kenya logging moratorium.  Environmental Research Letters, 19(9), 094007.

Abarca, Alejandro & Ramirez-Varas Surayabi. (2025) A Farewell to Arms:  The peace Dividend of Costa Rica's Army Aboliton.  The Journal of Development Studies.  Forthcoming.