Peer-reviewed Articles
28. Álvarez Rascón, Guadalupe, Rodrigo Velázquez López Velarde, and Aldo Ponce. Forthcoming. “¿Cuándo Funcionan los Límites a los Gastos de Campaña?: El Funcionamiento de las Sanciones para Regular los Gastos de Campaña de los Partidos Políticos: Evidencia de la Ciudad de México.” Revista de Ciencia Política (RCP)
Title in English: “When Do Campaign Spending Limits Work? The Effectiveness of Sanctions in Regulating Political Party Campaign Expenditures: Evidence from Mexico City”
27. Ponce, Aldo, and Susan Scarrow. 2025. “Party Organizational Resources and Election Campaigns: Explaining Party Contacting.” Party Politics.
26. Macías-Medellín, Martín, and Aldo Ponce. 2024. “Strategic Resources for Drug Trafficking Organizations and the Geography of Violence: Evidence from Mexico” Latin American Politics and Society (LAPS). doi: 10.1017/lap.2024.11
25. Ponce, Aldo. 2023. “Explaining the Allocation of Legislative Specialization.” The Japanese Journal of Political Science (JJPS), 24(4): 391-408.
doi:10.1017/S1468109923000245
24. Ponce, Aldo. 2023. “¿A Qué Candidato Elimino? El Uso de las Tachas Electorales en las Elecciones Subnacionales Peruanas.” Política y Gobierno, 30(2): 1-23.
Title in English: "Which Candidate Do I Eliminate? The Use of Electoral Challenges in the Peruvian Subnational Elections"
23. Ponce, Aldo, and Susan Scarrow. 2022. “Party Institutionalization and Partisan Mobilization”. Government & Opposition. Available at https://www.doi.org/10.1017/gov.2021.67.
22. Lagunes, Gabriel, and Aldo Ponce. 2022. “Cuando el Castigo no es Piadoso: El Miedo al Delito y las Demandas por Penas Severas. Evidencia del Caso Mexicano.” Revista Mexicana de Análisis Político y Administración Pública (REMAP), XI(22): 41-68. Available at: http://www.remap.ugto.mx/index.php/remap/article/view/389
Title in English: “When Punishment is not Merciful: Fear of Crime and Preferences for Severe Penalties. Evidence from the Mexican Case”
21. Ponce, Aldo, and Ching-Hsing Wang. 2022. “The Hong Kong Crisis and its Effect on the 2020 Presidential Election in Taiwan”. Political Science. Available at DOI: 10.1080/00323187.2022.2042337
20. Ponce, Aldo, Fernanda Somuano, and Rodrigo Velázquez. 2021. “Meet the Victim: Police Corruption, Violence, and Political Mobilization” Governance. Available at https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12629
19. Kingstone, Peter, and Aldo Ponce. 2021. “Investment in the Latin American Telecommunications Sector: Assessing the Role of Political Institutions” Politics & Policy, 49(5): 1092-1120.
18. Rojas, Javier, and Aldo Ponce. 2021. “Lento or Presto? Subnational Government Capacities and the Pace of Implementation of Contentious Policies” Education Policy Analysis Archives, 29(107): 1-21
17. Ponce, Aldo, Susan Scarrow, and Susan Achury. 2020. “Quotas, Women’s Leadership, and Grassroots Women Activists: Bringing Women into the Party?" European Journal of Political Research (EJPR), 59(4): 867-885.
16. Ponce, Aldo, Rodrigo Velázquez, and Jaime Sáinz Santamaría. Online First. “Do Local Elections Increase Violence? Electoral Cycles and Organized Crime in Mexico”. Trends in Organized Crime. DOI 10.1007/s12117-019-09373-8
15. Ponce, Aldo, and Rodrigo Velázquez. 2019. “Understanding the Political Goals of Non-Binding Resolutions: Evidence from the Mexican Chamber of Deputies” The Journal of Legislative Studies (JLS), 25(2): 229-249.
14. Ponce, Aldo. 2019. Violence and Electoral Competition: Criminal Organizations and Municipal Candidates in Mexico. Trends in Organized Crime.
13. De Lira, Héctor, and Aldo Ponce. 2018. “La Política del Gasto Público Estatal en México: El Rol de la Fragmentación Legislativa y del Gobierno Dividido” Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Análisis Político (SAAP).
Title in English: “The Politics of State Public Expenditures in Mexico: The Role of Legislative Fragmentation and Divided Government”
12. Atuesta, Laura, and Aldo Ponce. 2017. “Meet the Narco: Increased Competition among Criminal Organizations and the Explosion of Violence in Mexico." Global Crime
11. Córdova, Jassel, and Aldo Ponce. 2017. "Los Tipos de Corrupción y la Satisfacción con los Servicios Públicos. Evidencia del Caso Mexicano.” región y sociedad. Revista de el Colegio de Sonora, XXIX (70): 231-262.
Title in English: “Types of Corruption and Satisfaction with Public Services: Evidence from the Mexican Case"
10. Anaya-Muñoz, Alejandro, Héctor Núñez, and Aldo Ponce. 2017. “Setting the agenda: Social influence in the effects of the Human Rights Committee in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe,” The Journal of Human Rights.
9. Ponce, Aldo. 2016. “Cárteles de Droga, Violencia y Competitividad Electoral a Nivel Local: Evidencia del Caso Mexicano”. Latin American Research Review (LARR), 51(4): 62-85.
Title in English: “Drug Cartels, Violence, and Electoral Competitiveness at the Local Level: Evidence from the Mexican Case”.
8. Ponce, Aldo, and Susan Scarrow. 2014. "Which Members? Using Cross-National Surveys to Study Party Membership." Party Politics, 1-14.
7. Ponce, Aldo, and Cynthia McClintock. 2014. “The Explosive Combination of Inefficient Local Bureaucracies and Mining Production: Evidence from Localized Societal Protests in Peru." Latin American Politics and Society (LAPS), 56(3): 118-140.
6. Calvo, Ernesto and Aldo Ponce. 2013. “Meet the Producer: Exchange Rate Shocks, Public
Media, and the Legislative Importance of Economic Sectors." Studies in Comparative International Development
(SCID), 48(4): 331-355.
5. Alemán, Eduardo, Aldo Ponce, and Iñaki Sagarzazu. 2011. “Legislative Parties in Volatile Non-Programmatic Party Systems: The Peruvian Case in Comparative Perspective,” Latin American Politics and Society (LAPS), 53(3): 57-81.
4. Tiede, Lydia and Aldo Ponce. 2011. “Ruling against the Executive in Amparo Cases: Evidence from the Peruvian Constitutional Tribunal,” The Journal of Politics in Latin America (JPLA), 3(2): 107-140.
3. Ponce, Aldo and Susan Scarrow. 2011. “Who Gives? Political Donations in Europe.” West European Politics (WEP), 34 (5), 997–1020.
2. Ponce, Aldo. 2010. “Foreign Direct Investment and Civil Rights: Testing Decreasing Returns to Civil Rights.” Romanian Journal of Political Science, 10 (1), 5-21.
1. Ponce, Aldo. 2006. “Apertura comercial e inversión directa extranjera: el impacto de los tratados de libre comercio en América Latina.” Revista Apuntes, No. 58-59, 139-160.
Peer-reviewed Edited Books
1. Ponce, Aldo . 2022. Huellas de la Guerra: Los Costos Sociales de la Violencia Criminal en México. Mexico City: Editorial CIDE.
Peer-reviewed Research Notes
2. Tiede, Lydia, and Aldo Ponce. 2014. "Evaluating Theories of Decision-making on the Peruvian Constitutional Tribunal." The Journal of Politics in Latin America (JPLA), 2: 139-164.
1. Ponce, Aldo, Amalia Mena-Mora, and Brandon Rottinghaus. 2012. “El Papel de la Propensión al Riesgo en las Decisiones de Voto: El Caso de las Elecciones Mexicanas del Año 2000”, Política y Gobierno, 19(1): 71-99.
Peer-reviewed Essays
1. Ponce, Aldo. 2023. “Inestabilidad Política, Deterioro Institucional y Debilidad del Sistema de Partidos: Lecciones del Caos Peruano”. Política y Gobierno, 30(2): 1-25.
Title in English: “Political Instability, Institutional Deterioration and Weakness of the Party System: Lessons from Peruvian Chaos”
Peer-reviewed Book Chapters
11. Ponce, Aldo. 2024. “¿Cuándo las Pesadillas Finalizan?: La Debilidad de los Partidos y la Corrupción Desenfrenada en el Perú.” In Miradas Actuales sobre América Latina: Democracia, Violencia y Representación Política, edited by Juan Poom. Mexico City: Instituto Nacional Electoral Press.
Title in English: When Do Nightmares End?: The Weakness of the Parties and Rampant Corruption in Peru
10. Ponce, Aldo. 2024. “The Weakening of the Mexican Party System: The Rise of AMLO’S MORENA” In Political Parties and the Crisis of Democracy, edited by Thomas Poguntke and Wilhelm Hofmeister. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
9. Macias, Martín, and Aldo Ponce. 2022. “Los Narcos y los Corruptos: Las Organizaciones Criminales y sus Efectos sobre la Percepción de la Corrupción en México” In Huellas de la Guerra: Los Costos Sociales de la Violencia Criminal en México, edited by Aldo Ponce. Mexico City: Editorial CIDE.
8. Ponce, Aldo. 2019. “Drug Policy, Violence, and Support for the Judiciary in Latin America: The “Drug Trafficking Trap”” Research Handbook on Law and Courts. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
7. Ponce, Aldo. 2019. “La Democracia a Nivel Local Bajo Ataque: La Violencia y sus Costos Políticos en México” In Lecturas sobre Problemas de la Democracia en México, edited by Juan Poom. Hermosillo: El Colegio de Sonora.
6. Ponce, Aldo. Forthcoming. "Supervisión Legislativa Ex Ante en un Contexto de Partidos Débiles y Limitadas Capacidades Legislativas. Evidencia del Caso Peruano” In Supervisión Legislativa del Poder Ejecutivo en América Latina, edited by Rodrigo Velázquez. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica.
5. Ponce, Aldo. 2016. “Strong Presidents, Weak Parties, and Agenda Control: Lawmaking in Democratic Peru” In Legislative Institutions and Lawmaking in Latin America,edited by Eduardo Alemán and George Tsebelis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
4. Ponce, Aldo. 2016. “From Freedom to Repression and Violence: The Evolution of Drug Policy in Peru.” In Drug Policies and the Politics of Drugs in the Americas, edited
by Beatriz Labate, Clancy Cavnar, & Rodrigues, Thiago Cham: Switzerland, Springer International Publishing.
3. Ponce, Aldo. 2015. “Satisfacción Judicial, Procedimientos Judiciales y Delitos Contra la Salud: Evidencia de los Centros Federales de Readaptación Mexicanos”, Mexico City:
Editorial CIDE.
2. Pérez-Correa, Catalina, and Aldo Ponce. 2015. “Derechos de los internos y sobrepoblación carcelaria: Garantizando la integridad física de las personas privadas de libertad”, Mexico City:
Editorial CIDE.
1. Kingstone, Peter, and Aldo Ponce, 2010. “From Cardoso to Lula: The Triumph of Pragmatism in Brazil” In Leftist Governments in Latin America: Successes and Shortcomings, edited
by Kurt Weyland, Wendy Hunter and Raúl Madrid, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 98-123.
Other Publications
10. Ponce, Aldo, Fernanda Somuano, and Rodrigo Velázquez. 2021. “Enojo y Resignación: Corrupción Policial y Protesta en México”. Revista Nexos, October 18.
9. Rojas, Javier, and Aldo Ponce. 2021. “Fortalecer antes de Implementar: Capacidades Estatales, Federalismo y Reforma Educativa en México” Revista Nexos, September 15.
8. Ponce, Aldo, Rodrigo Velázquez, and Jaime Sáinz Santamaría. 2021. “Violencia Municipal y Espesa” Revista Nexos, February 1.
7. Ponce, Aldo, Susan Scarrow, and Susan Achury. 2020. “What can Parties do to Involve More Women in Party Politics?” Democratic Audit, February 18.
6. Ponce, Aldo. 2017. “Drug Cartels and their Interference in Politics: The Loss of Electoral Competitiveness in Municipal Elections in Mexico”. Panoramas, March 3.
5. Tiede, Lydia, and Aldo Ponce. 2015. “Decision-making on the Peruvian Constitutional Tribunal after Fujimori”. Panoramas, January 8.
4. Ponce, Aldo, and Cynthia McClintock. 2014. “Local Resource Curse and its Consequences on Localized Societal Protests: Evidence from Peru.” Panoramas, December 31.
3. Ponce, Aldo. 2014. “Narcos, Violencia y Competitividad Electoral a Nivel Municipal: Evidencia del Caso Mexicano.” Cuadernos de Trabajo del Monitor del Programa de Política de Drogas. Número 5
2. Ponce. Aldo. 2007. “Unemployment and Opportunism: The Piquetero movement.” Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research, 1(2).
1. Heffley, Dennis, William Lott, and Aldo Ponce. 2007. “The Painful Burden of Health Care Costs.” The Connecticut Economy, Vol. 15, Issue Winter.
Databases
Political Party Database. Case: Peru (Second Round). Available at: https://www.politicalpartydb.org/countries/peru/
Published Working Papers
14. Ponce, Aldo. 2026. “What Drives the People's Liberation Army's Daily Military Demonstrations Around Taiwan?”. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7039718 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7039718
13. Ponce, Aldo. 2016. “Criminal Organizations and the Number of Municipal Candidates in Mexico: Assessing the Effects of Violence on Electoral Competition” CIDE Working Paper 287.
12. Anaya-Muñoz, Alejandro, Héctor Núñez, and Aldo Ponce. 2015. International Organizations as Normative Agenda Setters: Social Influence and Reputation in the Effects of the International Human Rights Regime. CIDE DTEI 255.
11. Ponce, Aldo and Cynthia McClintock, Cynthia. 2014. Assessing Party System Polarization: The Role of Runoff. SSRN Paper 2451604, Available at SSRN:
https://ssrn.com/abstract=2451604
10. Ponce, Aldo. 2013. “Cárteles de la Droga, Violencia y Competitividad Electoral a Nivel Local: Evidencia del Caso Mexicano” CIDE DTEP 255.
9. Ponce, Aldo, and Cynthia McClintock. 2013. “Mining, Weak Local Bureaucracies, and Localized Societal Protests: Evidence from Peru” CIDE DTEP 248.
8. Ponce, Aldo. 2013. “What Do Parties Do in Congress? Explaining the Allocation of Legislative Specialization” University Library of Munich, MRPA Paper No 46573. Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/46573/.
7. Calvo, Ernesto, and Aldo Ponce. 2012. “Exchange Rate Shocks, Public Media Salience, and the Legislative Importance of Economic Sectors in Argentina,” CIDE DTEP 244.
6. Ponce, Aldo. 2011. “The Behavioralist Empire and its Enemies: a Comparative Study of Successes and Dissatisfactions in American Political Science” University Library of Munich, MRPA Paper No 35376. Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/35376/.
5. Ponce, Aldo. 2010. “Foreign Direct Investment and Civil Rights: Testing Decreasing Returns to Civil Rights” University Library of Munich, MRPA Paper No 22020. Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/22020/.
4. Ponce, Aldo. 2008. “Emergence, Organizational Transformations, and Decline of the Piquetero Movement: A Comparative Institutional Explanation.” University Library of Munich, MRPA Paper No 8748. Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/8748/.
3. Ponce, Aldo 2008. “Openness and foreign direct investment: the role of free trade agreements in Latin America.” University Library of Munich, MRPA Paper No 8858. Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/8858/.
2. Ponce, Aldo. 2007. “Unemployment and Clientelism: The Piqueteros of Argentina.” University Library of Munich, MRPA Paper No 4475. Online at:
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/4475/.
1. Ponce, Aldo. 2006. “Determinants of Success in the Integration at the Sub-Regional Level: a Comparative Study between the Andean Community and the Baltic Sea Region.” BaltSeaNet Working Paper Series, 2/2006.