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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 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, ...
Was Mexico's 2012 election undemocratic?: assessing the fraud accusations
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Estudios Políticos, 2013)
This essay studies the main allegations of undemocratic practices in the 2012 election in Mexico, such as vote buying, clientelism and media bias. I evaluate the merit of each accusation based on the available evidence ...
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 ...
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 ...