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The effect of electoral rules on indigenous voting behavior in Mexico's state of Oaxaca
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2008)
This study analyzes whether subnational ethnic group and institutional variation leads to variation in ethnic group political behavior. To this end, I focus on the political behavior of indigenous groups in Mexico. Though ...
What makes strong federalism seem weak?: fiscal resources and presidential-provincial relations in Argentina
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2006)
Recent administrations support conflicting conclusions about the nature of Argentine federalism. President Carlos Saúl Menem (1989-1999) easily pushed through policy changes with the rubber stamp governors and Congress, ...
Politics and sector-specific stock market performance
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2009)
To date, studies of the effect of politics on markets have generated a variety of often conflicting conclusions. I argue that this conflict originates not from the need to refine current analyses but the need to move away ...
Some facts and fictions about violence and politics in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2012)
This essay examines the effect of Mexico’s security strategy and security situation on public opinion. Political and policy analysts are highly divided as to the merits of the Mexican government’s war against the nation’s ...
The (authoritarian) Governor's dilemma: supporting the national authoritarian regime without stoking local demands for political change
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2012)
Studies of authoritarian nations rarely consider the role and activities of regional officials. They are usually assumed to be the involuntary agents of national rulers, or the unwitting victims of local demands for political ...
Do investors assess the credibility of campaign commitments?: the case of Mexico's 2006 presidential race
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2006)
Do investors assess the credibility of campaign rhetoric? To answer this question, I develop several alternative arguments for how investors might consider candidates’ policy platforms and apply them to Mexico’s 2006 ...
The Catholic Church, political institutions and electoral outcomes in Oaxaca, Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2012)
This study analyzes two competing arguments about the role of the Catholic Church in state politics Oaxaca, Mexico in the 1990s and 2000s. One line of argument claims that progressive Catholic bishops supported and facilitated ...
Political career of party reputational concerns?: determining how partisan effects matter for subnational fiscal discipline, evidence from Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2009)
State governors copartisan with national presidents are known for greater fiscal discipline than those from opposition parties. Yet, scholars use two distinct mechanisms to explain this: some argue political career concerns ...
Latin America's (legal) subnational authoritarian enclaves: the case of Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2006)
This article evaluates two arguments about how local leaders perpetuate authoritarian control over subnational governments amidst national democracy. One argument highlights the important role of political isolation in ...
A rational partisan explanation for irrational (sub) sovereign debt behavior: evidence from municipal Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2014)
If investors and governments are rational, then governments with similar macro-economic characteristics should exhibit similarly balanced debt portfolios among financing instruments. Yet, anecdotal evidence suggests this ...