Alejandro Abarca, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Practice
Department of Economics
Email: Alejandro.Abarca@ttu.edu
Phone: (806)834-2470
Faculty Office: 244 Holden Hall
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-1014
Link to Dr. Abarca's web page
Education
Ph.D., Oregon State University, 2024Certificate: 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 EconomicsSecondary fields: Applied Econometrics, Causual Inference
Courses Offered
3310 Sports Economics4368 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.
Department of Economics
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Address
Texas Tech University, Department Of Economics, P.O. Box 41014, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
806.742.2201 -
Email
economics.webmaster@ttu.edu