Professor in the Department of Social Science at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Post graduate studies in the Department of History and Civilization in the European University Institute and PHD in economics in the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. Served as Chief Editor on Revista de Historia Economica- Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History and Director of the Figuerola Institute of Social Sience History. His current research interests are on the field of the International Economic History in19th and 20th century.

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How many people on earth? World population 1800-1938
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- Development 
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The World Trade Historical Database
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- Economic history 
- International trade
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The globalisation in the long run: Gains from trade and openness 1800-2014
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- Economic history 
- International trade
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World trade, 1800-2015
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- Economic history 
- International trade