1. Social Networks as Contract Enforcement: Evidence From a Lab Experiment in the Field. Arun Chandrasekhar, Cynthia Kinnan, and Horacio Larreguy. 2018.
AEJ: Applied Economics,10(4):43-78. [Journal] [Download Replication Files from Journal] [PDF] [NBER Working Paper #20259]
2. Information Provision, Voter Coordination, and Electoral Accountability: Evidence from Mexican Social Networks. Eric Arias, Pablo Balan, Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall, and Pablo Querubin. 2019
American Political Science Review, 113(2):475-498. [Journal] [Replication Files from Dataverse] [PDF] [Appendix]
3. Testing Models of Social Learning on Networks: Evidence from two Experiments, with Arun Chandrasekhar, Horacio Larreguy, and Juan Pablo Xandri. 2020.
Econometrica, 88(1):1-32 [Journal] [Replication Files from Journal] [PDF]
4.Countering Misinformation Via WhatsApp Messages from a Trusted Source: Preliminary Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe. Jeremy Bowles, Horacio Larreguy and Shelley Liu. 2020.
PLoS ONE 15(10): e0240005 [Journal] [CID Faculty Working Paper #380] [Pre-registration]
Coverage [Drum Beat] [Internews] [J-PAL] [Stanford Social Innovation Review] [Rest of world] [The Communication Initiative]
5. Diffusing Political Concerns: How Unemployment Information Passed Between Social Ties Influences Danish Voters. James E. Alt, Amalie Jensen, Horacio Larreguy, David D. Lassen, and John Marshall. November 2022.
Journal of Politics, 84(1):383-404. [PDF] [Journal]
6. Network Centrality and Institutional Design: Evidence from a Lab Experiment in the Field. Arun Chandrasekhar, Emily Breza, and Horacio Larreguy. 2019. Revise and Resubmit to the Journal of Public Economics. [PDF] [NBER Working Paper #20309]
7. Empowering women facing gender-based violence amid COVID-19 through media campaigns. Fotini Christia, Horacio Larreguy, Elizabeth Parker-Magyar, and Manuel Quintero. 2023.
Nature Human Behavior, 7:1740–1752 [Journal] [JILAEE Presentation] [Pre-registration]
Coverage [MIT News] [Daily News] [Daily News]
8. Family Ties, Social Control, and Authoritarian Distribution to Elites. Antonella Bandiera, Horacio Larreguy, and Jorge Mangonnet. December 2024.
Accepted at the American Political Science Review [Download PDF]
9. Confounding, spillovers and interactions influence estimates of social distancing policy effects. José Ramón Enríquez, Horacio Larreguy, and Alberto Simpser. 2024.
Revise and Resubmit at Scientific Reports [Download PDF]
10. Leveling the Playing Field: How Campaign Advertising Can Help Non-Dominant Parties. Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall and James Snyder. 2018
Journal of the European Economic Association, 16(6):1812–1849. [Journal] [Replication Files] [PDF] [NBER Working Paper #22949]
11. Voter information campaigns and political accountability: Cumulative findings from a pre-registered meta-analysis of coordinated trials. Thad Dunning and 27 other collaborators. 2019.
Science Advances, 5(7):eaaw2612. [Journal (Open Access)] [Replication Files]
12. Publicising Malfeasance: When the Local Media Structure Facilitates Electoral Accountability in Mexico. Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall and James M. Snyder, Jr. 2020.
The Economic Journal, 130(631):2291–2327. [Journal] [Replication Files] [PDF] [Appendix][NBER Working Paper #20697]
In the press [NiemanLab] [Global Anticorruption Blog]
13. Able and Often Willing: An Empirical Anatomy of Information’s Effect on Voter Effort to Hold Politicians to Account in Senegal. Abhit Bhandari, Horacio Larreguy, and John Marshall. 2023.
American Journal of Political Science, 67(4): 1040-1066 [Journal] [PDF] [Pre-registration]
14. Priors rule: When do malfeasance revelations help and hurt incumbent parties?, with Eric Arias, John Marshall, and Pablo Querubin. 2022.
Journal of the European Economic Association, 20(4):1433-1477 [Journal] [PDF][NBER Working Paper #24888] [Pre-registration]
Coverage [EGAP Metaketa Page] [EGAP Policy Review]
15. Mass Political Information on Social Media: Facebook Ads, Electorate Saturation, and Electoral Accountability in Mexico. José Ramón Enríquez, Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall, and Alberto Simpser. 2024.
Journal of the European Economic Association, 22(4):1678–1722 [Download PDF] [Journal] [Pre-registration] [EGAP Policy Review]
16. Can low-cost, scalable, online interventions increase youth informed political participation in electoral authoritarian contexts? Romain Ferrali, Guy Grossman and Horacio Larreguy. June 2022.
Science Advances, 9 (26): eadf1222 [Journal] [Pre-registration]
Coverage [EGAP's post] [Phys.org's post]
17. Toolbox of Interventions Against Online Misinformation and Manipulation. Anastasia Kozyreva et al. 2024.
Nature Human Behavior, 8:1044–1052 [Download PDF] [Journal]
18. Who Debates, Who Wins? At-Scale Experimental Evidence on the Supply of Policy Information in a Liberian Election. Jeremy Bowles and Horacio Larreguy. April 2025.
American Political Science Review [Journal] [Download PDF] [Pre-registration]
Coverage [Behavioural Science Uncovered Podcast] [VoxDev] [EGAP Policy Review] [JPAL Policy Review] [Internews Website]
19. Sustained exposure to fact-checks can inoculate citizens against misinformation in the Global South. Jeremy Bowles, Kevin Croke, Horacio Larreguy, Shelley Liu, and John Marshall. 2025.
American Political Science Review [Journal] [Download PDF] [Pre-registration]
Coverage [EGAP's post]
20. Parties, Brokers and Voter Mobilization: How Turnout Buying Depends Upon the Party's Capacity to Monitor Brokers. Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall and Pablo Querubin. 2016.
American Political Science Review, 110(1):160-179. [Journal] [PDF] [Appendix] [Replication Files]
21. Political Brokers: Partisans or Agents? Evidence from the Mexican Teacher's Union. Horacio Larreguy, Cesar Montiel and Pablo Querubin. 2017.
American Journal of Political Science, 61(4): 877-891. [Journal] [Replication Files from Dataverse] [PDF] [Appendix]
Coverage [Oraculus]
22. Agents of the Regime? Traditional leaders and Electoral Behavior in South Africa. Daniel de Kadt and Horacio Larreguy. 2018.
Journal of Politics, 80(2):382-399. [Website] [PDF] [Replication Files from Dataverse]
2015 Fiona McGillivray Award for the best Political Economy paper at APSA.
23. A Signaling Theory of Distributive Policy Choice: Evidence From Senegal, with Jessica Gottlieb, Guy Grossman and Benjamin Marx. 2019.
Journal of Politics, (81)2: 631–647. [Journal] [Replication Files from Dataverse] [PDF]
24. An Informational Theory of Electoral Targeting in Young Clientelistic Democracies: Evidence from Senegal. Jessica Gottlieb. and Horacio Larreguy. 2020. [Journal][Replication Files] [PDF]
Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 15(1):73-104.
25. How Weakly Institutionalized Parties Monitor Brokers in Developing Democracies: Evidence from Post-conflict Liberia. Jeremy Bowles, Horacio Larreguy, and Shelley Liu. 2020. [Journal] [Replication Files from Dataverse] [PDF]
American Journal of Political Science, 64(4):952-967.
26. Political Competition and State Capacity: Evidence from a Land Allocation Program in Mexico. Leopoldo Fergusson, Horacio Larreguy, and Juan Felipe Riaño. August 2022. [Open Access PDF] Economic Journal, 132 (648): 2815–2834.
27. Who Gets Hired? Political Patronage and Bureaucratic Favoritism. Mai Hassan, Horacio Larreguy and Stuart Russell. [Download PDF] [Journal] American Political Science Review, 118(4):1913-1930.
28. Brokering Votes with Information Spread Via Social Networks. Raúl Duarte, Frederico Finan, Horacio Larreguy, and Laura Schechter. September 2024 [Download PDF] [NBER Working Paper] Forthcoming at the Review of Economic Studies
29. Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes. Kevin Croke, Guy Grossman, Horacio Larreguy, and John Marshall. 2016.
American Political Science Review, 110(3):579-600 [Journal] [Replication Files] [PDF] [Appendix] [Afrobarometer Working Paper #156]
In the press [Africa Portal] [Mail & Guardian Africa] [Publico]
30. The Effect of Education on Civic and Political Engagement in Non-Consolidated Democracies: Evidence from Nigeria. Horacio Larreguy and John Marshall. 2017.
Review of Economics and Statistics, 99(3):387-401 [Journal] [Replication Files from Dataverse] [PDF] [Appendix]
31. Relationships between Sickle Cell Trait, Malaria, and Educational Outcomes in Tanzania. Kevin Croke and 8 other collaborators. 2017.
BMC Infectious Diseases, 17(1):568 [Journal (Open Access)]
32. When does education increase political participation? Evidence from Senegal. Horacio Larreguy and Shelley Liu. 2024. Political Science Research and Methods, 12(2):354-371. [Journal] [Download PDF]
33. Missionary Activity, Education, and Long-run Political Development: Evidence Across Regime Types in Africa. Soeren Henn, Horacio Larreguy, and Carlos Schmidt-Padilla. February 2025. [Download PDF] Conditionally Accepted at the Comparative Political Studies
34. "When Does Information Increase Electoral Accountability? Lessons from a Field Experiment In Mexico." Arias, Eric, Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall and Pablo Information, Accountability, and Cumulative Learning: Lessons from Metaketa I. Dunning, T., G. Grossman, M. Humphreys, S. Hyde, C. McIntosh, and G. Nellis (editors). 2019.
Cambridge University Press. [Buy the Book]
35. “Social Network Effects in Developing Countries." Ceci Cruz, Horacio Larreguy, and John Marshall. In the Oxford Handbook of Electoral Persuasion. Grofman, B., E. Suhay, and A. H. Trechsel (editors).
Oxford University Press. [Handbook] [Download PDF]
36. “The Incentives and Effects of Independent and Government-Controlled Media in the Developing World.” Horacio Larreguy and John Marshall. In the Oxford Handbook of Electoral Persuasion. Grofman, B., E. Suhay, and A. H. Trechsel (editors).
Oxford University Press. [Handbook] [Download PDF]
37. “Accountability in Developing Democracies: The Impact of the Internet, Social Media, and Polarization" Horacio Larreguy and Pia Raffler. 2025. Annual Review of Political Science, 28:413-434. [Journal]
38. “Clientelism in Emerging Democracies,. Horacio Larreguy and Pablo Querubin, 2015. Forthcoming in the North Holland Handbook of Political Economy. D. Acemoglu and J. Robinson (editors). North Holland Publishing Co.
39. "Political Polarization: US Lessons for Latin America." Horacio Larreguy and Ernesto Tiburcio. 2024. UPPER Policy Brief Series. [Policy Report]
40. "Does the Content and Mode of Delivery of Information Matter for Electoral Accountability? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mexico." Eric Arias, Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall, and Pablo Querubin. [Journal] Special Issue on Experimental Economics at the Latin American Economic Review, 34, 1-41.
41. "Political Polarization in the Global South." Horacio Larreguy and Ernesto Tiburcio. [Download PDF] Revise and resubmit at Nature Human Behavior.
42. Public Good Provision and Local Elite Social Control in Autocracies: Evidence from Paraguay's Democratic Transition." Antonella Bandiera, Horacio Larreguy, Jorge Mangonnet, and José Luis Pérez Castellanos. 2025. Forthcoming in the Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic and Political History of Latin America and the Caribbean Volume. Felipe Valencia Caicedo (editor). Palgrave, Macmillan.
43. Electoral precinct-level database for Mexican municipal elections. Bruno Calderón-Hernández, Horaico Larreguy, John Marshall, and José Luis Pérez-Castellanos. Scientific Data, 12(85):1-11 [Journal]