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El fuero en México: entre inmunidad e impunidad
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2017)
El fuero es un instrumento legal que confiere inmunidad procesal a determinados actores políticos, concebido para evitar abusos entre esferas de poder; no obstante, en los últimos años este instrumento ha sido considerado ...
Congressional negotiations with costly voting: understanding the reforms to PEMEX in 2006-2008
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2016)
The state-owned petroleum company in Mexico has played a fundamental role in the economy, but its productivity has been worryingly in decline. Several presidents of Mexico before Felipe Calderón tried to modernize Pemex ...
Should we expect primary elections to create polarization?: a robust median voter theorem with rational parties
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2017)
A core concern about the use of primary elections is whether they induce political parties to adopt extremist ideological positions. Many scholars and pundits have blamed primary elections as a source of polarization, but ...
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 ...
Criminal violence and the subnational distribution of foreign direct investment
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2015)
How does violence affect foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries? Most research on this question examines political violence, such as war, terrorism, or political instability. However, we know little about ...
The risk of partyarchy and democratic backsliding: Mexico's electoral reform
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2012)
Following the 2006 post-electoral crisis, important changes were made to the Constitution and several ordinary laws in Mexico. Authorities touted that electoral reform as a major triumph for the country’s democracy. However, ...
Índices para medir la delegación de autoridad para emitir decretos
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2013)
Este artículo presenta un nuevo instrumento para medir la amplitud de las delegaciones de autoridad para emitir decretos que realizan las asambleas en favor de los presidentes (DADs). Las dos variantes de este índice ...
A preliminar study on pro and counter Zapatista protests
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2010)
Using negative binomial models and data on pro- and counter-protest activity from 1994 to 2003 surrounding the Zapatista movement that developed in Chiapas, Mexico, this study tests some of the claims made in the literature ...
Élites y violencia organizada en México
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2014)
Después de su transición exitosa a la democracia, México se ha deslizado hacia una guerra civil económica, la llamada guerra de las drogas, que hasta la fecha ha causado alrededor de 95 mil muertos. ¿Cómo perciben las ...
The twin uncertainty of authoritarian regimes
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2012)
Authoritarian rulers have a twin problem of uncertainty. They have a problem of “institutional uncertainty.” Their survival in power is insecure. And they have a problem of “informational uncertainty.” The foundations of ...