Jordán Mosqueda Juárez
I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at the University of California San Diego.
I will be a Scientist at Uber based in the San Francisco Bay Area this upcoming Fall.
Broadly, I am interested in understanding how different costs and frictions prevent the flow of agents and goods across space, and the implications for workers, firms, and welfare. In my research I combine quantitative tools from International Trade and rich spatial microdata to study questions related to urban mobility, transportation, and regional integration.
Prior to my doctoral studies, I was an Economist at the Bank of Mexico researching issues on the industrial organization of the energy sector.
I have been recognized as 2026 Young Urban Economist by the IGC/World Bank, and have received the Clive Granger Research Award for Most Promising Graduate Student Research and the Walter Heller Memorial Prize for Best Third-Year Paper; awarded by UCSD.
You can find my CV here, and contact me at: jmosqued@ucsd.edu
Research Interests
Trade, Spatial Economics, Urban Economics, Macroeconomics, and Economic Development.
You can find my research statement here.
Working papers
- Equilibrium Commuting Costs: The Role of Private and Public Transit (Job Market Paper)
- Optimal Transit Networks in Developing Countries,
- Domestic Trade Frictions: Crime,
- Competition and Coordination in the Mexican Retail Market for Gasoline,
Clive Granger Research Award for Most Promising Graduate Student Research
Walter Heller Memorial Prize for Best Third-Year Paper
How are commuting costs determined in equilibrium in cities with mixed public-private transit? What are the welfare and spatial effects of price-shifting policies such as subsidies and price regulations? activity.
What is the planner's optimal transit network where she can choose between transit technologies with different fixed and marginal costs?
What is the effect of crime on the costs of transportation firms and agricultural goods prices? What are the aggregate welfare effects of crime and the channels through which crime operates?
Press mentions: El Universal