Claudia V. Montanía

Claudia V. Montanía is an Extension Economist at the Extension Regional Economic Analysis Program (EREAP).  Her research examines the role of sectoral linkages and spatial interactions among regions, exploring their impact on agricultural growth and their implications for land and water use in agricultural activities. She holds a PhD. in Economics with a focus on regional and agricultural economics. Before joining EREAP, she worked on rural development projects at the United Nations Development Programme's Accelerator Laboratory. Claudia’s research has been published in Papers in Regional Science, Economics System Research, Growth and Change, and Land Use Policy, among others.

Recent Publications

1. Montanía, C. V., Parra, C., Servent, M., Florentín, C., Kemper, A., Ríos, M., & Setrini, G. (2026). Trust and Community Interactions in Recycling Behavior: The Case of a Differentiated Waste Collection Program in Paraguay. Environmental Quality Management, 35(3), e70261.
2. Montanía, C. V., Franco-Solís, A., Fernández-Vázquez, E., & Hewings, G. J. (2025). Pro-independence feelings and the economic impacts of a secession: a study for the region of Catalonia. Global Challenges & Regional Science, 100023.
3. Montania, C.V., Duval, D., & Frisvold, G. (2025). Measuring Arizona Agriculture’s Export Contributions and Sensitivity to Trade Policy Shifts. Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy, 55(3), 91-96.
4. Montanía, C.V., Hewings, G. J., & Ray, D. M. (2025). Shift‐Share Analysis and Multifactor Partitioning: What do Aggregated Data Hide?. Growth and Change, 56(2), e70035.
5. Lasarte-Navamuel, E., Pérez-Rivero, J. L., & Montania, C (2025). An empirical analysis of regional phillips curve with spatial dependence. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 17(2), 100162.