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Articles in peer reviewed journals
Articles in peer reviewed journals
(*) indicates student co-author
2025. “Reconsidering the Relationship between CBI and FIX” with David Bearce. International Studies Quarterly. DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqaf074. Open access.
2025. “Revisiting Central Bank Independence in the World: An Extended Dataset.” International Studies Quarterly. 69 (2), June 2025, sqaf024. Open access. doi:10.1093/isq/sqaf024
2025. “Good for the Economy, Good for the Planet? How Foreign Direct Investment Affects Protected Areas” with Muzhou Zhang*. International Interactions 51(2): 225–264. Open access.
2024. “Public Confidence in the Bank of England.” National Institute Economic Review for special issue “Advances in Central Banking.” doi:10.1017/nie.2024.30. Open access.
2024. “Reflections on Self-Care from an Academic Mother.” In 'Forum Introspective Journeys and Lessons Learned: Narratives of Self-Care in Academia,' International Studies Perspectives 25 (3): 542-546.
2023. “Organized Crime and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence From Criminal Groups in Mexico” with Brian J. Phillips. Journal of Conflict Resolution 67(9): 1675-1703 . Open access.
Replication materials: data and do-file.
2023. “Central Bank Independence and Inflation Volatility in Developing Countries” with César M. Rodríguez. Economic Analysis and Policy 78: 1320-1341. Open access.
Cited in the US White House CEA written materials, and amicus brief and brief of Amici Curiae (response) to the US Supreme Court.
2023. “Central Bank Independence in Latin America: Politicization and De-delegation” with Cristina Bodea. Governance 36(1): 59-80. Open access.
Referred in Central Banking
2022. “Central Banks and Civil War Termination.” Journal of Peace Research 59(4):508-525. Open access.
Supplemental materials, replication materials
Featured in Critical State
2022. “International Capital and Subnational Politics: Partisanship and Foreign Direct Investment in Mexican States.” Political Research Quarterly 75(4):1006-1020. Open access.
Supplemental materials, replication materials available upon request.
Interview for EMERiCs, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
2020. “More Effective Than We Thought: Central Banks and Inflation in Developing Countries” with César M. Rodríguez . Economic Modelling 85(1):87-105.
Paper (accepted version), data
Interviews for Marketplace (NPR, US), La Tercera (Chile) and El Pais (Uruguay), discussed in Central Banking.
Cited in Washington Post, Rappler (Philippines), La Tercera (Chile), Exame and Dinheiro Vivo (Brazil), Perfil and La PoliticaOnline (Argentina), speech of Governor of the Federal Reserve and policy reports (BIS, IA DB, PIIE, World Bank)
2020. “It’s (Almost) Always the Economy: Economic Performance and Political Realignments in Argentina” with Juan J. Negri. Revista de Ciencia Política. 40(2): 137-161. Open access.
2019 “Economic Institutions and Autocratic Breakdown: Monetary Constraints and Spending in Dominant-Party Regimes” with Cristina Bodea and Masaaki Higashijima in the Journal of Politics 81(2): 601-615.
2019. “Remittances, Monetary Institutions, and Autocracies” with Covadonga Meseguer in Oxford Development Studies 47(4):452-467.
Paper, article
2017. “Regulatory Lags, Liberalization, and Vulnerability to Banking Crises” in Regulation and Governance 11(2): 143-165
2017. “Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico: A Comparison of FDI from the U.S. and the Rest of the World” [in Spanish] in Foro Internacional, 228 (LVII-2), April-June:317-355.
2017. “Central Bank Independence. The “Conventional Wisdom” in the Light of New Data” [in Spanish] in Studia Politicae, 40 (primavera-verano):105-130.
2016. “Central Bank Reforms in the World. A New Dataset” in International Interactions 42(5): 849-868.
Paper, online appendix, data set , replication materials. Available: last version of the data.
2016. “Human Rights Regimes, Reputation, and Foreign Direct Investment” in International Studies Quarterly 60(1): 160-172.
Paper, online appendix, data, do file (main models), do file (appendix)
Blog post in OpenDemocracy
2015. “Attitudes toward Foreign Investment: The Case of Mexico” [in Spanish]. with Marc Grau Vidiella(*) in Foro Internacional, 221(LV-3), July-September: 879-916 (in Spanish).
2014. “Foreign Aid as a Signal to Investors: Predicting FDI in Post-Conflict Countries” with Brian J. Phillips in Journal of Conflict Resolution 58(2): 280 - 306.
Paper, online appendix, replication materials
2014. “Delegated Decree Authority (DDA): Instruments to Compare DDA Scope,with Application to Latin American Cases” [in Spanish] with Héctor Duarte(*) in Política y Gobierno XXI (1): 202-232.
2009. “Regime Type and Bilateral Treaty Formalization: Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Soup?” in Journal of Conflict Resolution, 53 (5): 698-726.
Book chapters and other publications (selected)
Book chapters and other publications (selected)
2025. Book review of “Manuela Moschella. 2024. Unexpected Revolutionaries: How Central Banks Made and Unmade Economic Orthodoxy.” International Affairs 101 (4): 1535–1537.
2024. “Forum Introspective Journeys and Lessons Learned: Narratives of Self-Care in Academia.” International Studies Perspectives 25 (3): 533-ff.
2023. “Box A: Public Confidence in the Bank of England.” National Institute UK Economic Outlook 12: 16-22.
2023. “Written Evidence IBE0019 -Inquiry on the Bank of England: How Is Independence Working?” Economic Affairs Committee. UK Parliament. April 27.
2020. “Central Bank Independence and the Fate of Authoritarian Regimes” with Cristina Bodea and Masaaki Higashijima. In Ernest Gnan and Donato Masciandro (eds.) Populism, Economic Policies and Central Banking. Vienna, Bocconi University and Baffi Carefin ISBN: 978-3-902109-89-7. Chapter 13, pages 161-179.
2015. Book review of “Leonardo Baccini and Johannes Urpelainen. 2014. Cutting the Gordian Knot of Economic Reform. When and How International Institutions Help (New York: Oxford University Press).” Review of International Organizations, 10 (3): 409-412.
2014. “Other Forms of Punishment of Human Rights Violations: The Case of Foreign Direct Investment” [in English] In Pavón Piscitello, Daniel (ed.) Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos: Manifestaciones, Violaciones y Respuestas Actuales. Córdoba (Argentina): Universidad Católica de Córdoba. Chapter 3, pp. 99-138.
2014. “The Path to Stability: Thirty Years of Monetary Policy in Brazil and Mexico” [in Spanish] with Maria Antonieta del Tedesco Linz. In La Integración de Políticas Públicas para el Desarrollo: Brasil y México en Perspectiva Comparada. México: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas. Chapter 2, pp. 55-103.
Work in progress
Work in progress
Advanced projects
Advanced projects
“A Gender Gap in Attitudes Towards Monetary Policy? The Case of Satisfaction with the Bank of England." R&R decision.
“Influence by Omission: The IMF's Lending Capacity and Central Bank Design” with Michael Gavin.
“Balancing Act or Policy Pitfall? The Effects of Central Bank Dual Mandates ” with César M. Rodríguez.
"Academia's Class Problem: First-Generation Scholars in Political Science" with Thomas Sattler.
“Information, Party Politics, and Public Support for Central Bank Independence ” with Matthew DiGiuseppe and Andreas Kern.
“Partisan Bias in Inflation Expectations ” with Matthew DiGiuseppe and Andreas Kern.
“Introducing a New Dataset on Central Bank Mandates”
Background for written evidence IBE0019. Enquiry “Bank of England: how is independence working?” House of Lords, UK Parliament, July 25, 2023.
Early drafts/projects
Early drafts/projects
“ 'Greening' Central banks mandates.” Presented at ISA 2025.
“Follow the Money: Integration in International Markets and External Support in Civil Wars” with Brian Phillips. Presented at ISA 2022.
“Political Science in the UK: Is Ethnic Diversity Driven by Female Scholars?”
“Stepping Up During Elections: Independent Central Banks and Inflation” with César M. Rodríguez.
“Determinants of Central Bank Independence in Developing Countries.” Presented at the 2015 Workshop on Monetary Policy and Central Banking: Historical Analysis and Contemporary Approaches. Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance. Princeton University.
“Monetary Institutions as Signaling Devices: The Case of Argentina.” Presented at the 2014 Empirical Methods in Economic History Conference. African School of Economics-CIDE-Princeton University. Published as working paper Documentos de Trabajo DTEP 288. México: CIDE.
(Larger) projects supported with external grants
(Larger) projects supported with external grants
“A servant of many masters: What are the consequences of assigning multiple mandates to central banks? ” Funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme small research grant.
Written evidence for the House of Lords for the enquiry "Bank of England: how is independence working?"
“Establishing an interdisciplinary network to address the economic consequences of criminal violence in Mexico” with Sandra Ley. Funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences, GCRF Networking Grants.
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