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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 ...
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 ...
Vote buying with illegal resources: manifestation of a weak rule of law in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2016)
Mexico’s consolidation strategy seems to be reaching a limit. The country’s transition from authoritarianism was largely based on a series of electoral reforms leveling the playing field in elections. While this strategy ...
Objetivos, instrumentos y resultados de política monetaria: México 1980-2010
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2010)
Este trabajo presenta una descripción estilizada de la evolución de los principales objetivos, instrumentos y resultados de la política monetaria implementada en México entre 1980 y 2010. El análisis se estructura en torno ...
Constituted powers in constitution-making processes: supreme court judges, constitutional reform and the design of judicial councils
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2010)
This paper focuses on amendment processes, their characteristics and their influence in constitutional development. The paper analyzes amendment processes that adopt or reform judicial councils. The central hypothesis is ...
The 2012 election in Mexico: campaigns, results and conflict
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2013)
This paper analyzes the 2012 election in Mexico: the campaigns, the results, and the post-electoral dispute. Given the party’s authoritarian past, victory of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has generated concern ...
Instituciones judiciales en los Estados de México: una perspectiva de largo plazo, 1917-2010
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2014)
En este documento describimos la arquitectura institucional del poder judicial establecida en las constituciones de los estados de México, y todas sus reformas a los artículos relevantes, desde 1917 hasta 2010. Analizamos ...
Social and political consequences of stereotypes related to racial phenotypes in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2011)
In this paper I study the social and political consequences of Mexicans’ different racial appearances. Common wisdom in Mexico claims that discrimination among Mexicans occurs along socioeconomic lines but that people’s ...
Regulatory lags, liberalization and vulnerability to systemic banking crises
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2011)
What factors make countries vulnerable to banking crises? Particularly, how do reforms in regulation affect the likelihood of banking crises’ onset? Several recent articles describe the “anatomy” of banking crises. However, ...
The origins of Mexico's municipal usos y costumbres regimes: supporting local political participation or local authoritarian control?
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2011)
Despite Mexico’s shift to nationally competitive politics, the majority of the nation’s subnational governments have experienced little to no political change. This study seeks to contribute to our understanding of subnational ...