Alejandro Moreno Jimenez
PhD Student

Profile

Biography

Alejandro Moreno Jimenez is a PhD Student in the Department of Economics and Related Studies at the University of York. He completed a BSc and MSc in Economics at Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico). He has professional experience and interest in spatial econometrics, public finances, economic geography, and data analytics. Core skills in the management of software and programming language for data analytics (R, Python and Julia) and for spatial data analytics (QGis and Geoda).

Awards:

National Prize of Public Finances 2021, México. Second place with the work: Politics and subnational expenditure in Mexico: An analysis of the distribution factors from the democratic transition "Política y gasto subnacional en México: análisis de los factores de distribución a partir de la transición democrática"

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Math for economists – Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
• Economic History – University of York, United Kingdom

Research

Supervision

• Dr Thilo Huning
• Dr Michael Thornton
  
  

Publications

Full publications list

In press:

The wallet of the President: politics and arbitrariness in the national budget in states. "La cartera del Presidente: política y arbitrariedad en el gasto federal en las entidades" Nexos Magazine. With: Emmanuel Ramírez Casillas. Retrieved from: https://federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2021/12/la-cartera-del-presidente-politica-y-arbitrariedad-en-el-gasto-federal-en-las-entidades/

Published:

Moreno, A. and Ramirez, E. (2022). Politics and subnational expenditure in Mexico: An analysis of the distribution factors from the democratic transition. "Política y gasto subnacional en México: análisis de los factores de distribución a partir de la transición democrática". CEFP

Work in Progress:

Alternatives for the measurement of urban crime and the identification of criminogenic zones. New indicators based on the presence of population. "Alternativas para la medición de la delincuencia urbana y la identificación de zonas criminógenas. Nuevos indicadores basados en la presencia de población". With: Aurea Esther Grijalva Eternod