Working Papers by Topic
Clientelism and Vote Buying
Eat Widely, Vote Wisely: Lessons from a Campaign Against Vote Buying in Uganda. Chris Blattman, Horacio Larreguy, Benjamin Marx, and Otis Reid. August 2022 [Download PDF] [EGAP Policy Report] [see JPAL GI Page]
Information Versus Control: The Electoral Consequences of Polling Place Creation. Jeremy Bowles, Horacio Larreguy, and Anders Woller. October 2020 [Download PDF] [2016 Geocoded Polling Station Data] [2016 Geocoded Polling Station README]
[Dormant] Breaking Clientelism or Rewarding Incumbents? Evidence from an Urban Titling Program in Mexico. Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall, and Laura Trucco. December 2018. [Download PDF]
Pre-Colonial Centralization, Chiefs and Clientelism in Sub-Saharan Africa. Horacio Larreguy, Benjamin Marx, and Carl Muller Crepon. [Download Preliminary and Incomplete PDF]
[Dormant] Monitoring Political Brokers: Evidence from Clientelistic Networks in Mexico. Horacio Larreguy. December 2013. [Download Preliminary and Incomplete PDF]
Information and Political Accountability
[Dormant] Media Networks and Political Accountability: Evidence from Radio Networks in Brazil. Horacio Larreguy and Joana Monteiro. June 2014. [Download Preliminary and Incomplete PDF] [Coverage in LATAMTHOUGHT]
Political Participation
Get Out The Volunteer! What Motivates Party Members to Become Active for a Political Party? Jonne Kamphorst and Horacio Larreguy. April 2024. [Download PDF]
Economic Development
Taking One for the Team: Shocks at Destination and Household's Supply of Migrants. Gustavo Fajardo, Emilio Gutierrez, Horacio Larreguy, and Ernesto Tiburcio. September 2023. [Download PDF]
2014 Banamex Prize for Research in Economics on Mexico. In the press [Foro Economico]
Social Dissent, Coercive Capacity, and Redistribution: Evidence from Authoritarian Mexico. Horacio Larreguy, Juan Felipe Riaño, and Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer. April 2019. [Download Preliminary and Incomplete PDF]
How Unobserved Investments Inhibit Public Service Delivery Improvement in Corrupt Environments. Soeren J. Henn, Horacio Larreguy, and John Marshall. June 2022 [Download PDF]
Selected Work in Progress
Accountability Under Polarization. José Ramón Enríquez, Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall, and Alberto Simpser.
[See presentation of the core results in Spanish]
How social media reinforces or ameliorates political polarization. José Ramón Enríquez, Horacio Larreguy, and Octavio Lujambio.
Polarization and Exposure to Counter-Attitudinal Media in a Nondemocracy. Ahmet Akbiyik, Jeremy Bowles, Horacio Larreguy, and Shelley Liu.
Can We Empower Journalists Through Training and Resources to Counter Misinformation? Antonella Bandiera, Camila Blanes, Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall, and Daniela Pinto Veizaga.
Can We Shield Citizens Against Misinformation Through Digital Literacy Training and Fact-Checks? with Antonella Bandiera, Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall, and Manuel Quinteros.
Can We Harness Social Media Influencers to Counter Misinformation in the Global South? Antonella Bandiera, Joquin Barrutia, Jeremy Bowles, Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall, Shelley Liu, and Eduardo Zago.
[See more about the project in the Mercury Project website]
Combatting the Repression of Online Activism in Authoritarian Settings. Romain Ferrali, Horacio Larreguy and Daniela Pinto Veizaga.
Long-run Effect of Sustained Exposure to Fact-checks in the Global South. Jeremy Bowles, Kevin Croke, Horacio Larreguy, Shelley Liu, and John Marshall.
Can AI exponentiate Fact-checking Efforts in the Global South? Antonella Bandiera, Joquin Barrutia, Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall, and Eduardo Zago.
Is Fact-checking More Effective than News Media to Counter Polarization in a Nondemocracy? Ahmet Akbiyik, Jeremy Bowles, Horacio Larreguy, and Shelley Liu.
Vote Buying Leads to Corruption and Crowds Out Public Good Provision. Archie Hall, Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall, and Benjamin Marx.
When do Media Stations Support Electoral Accountability? A Field Experiment in Mexico. Horacio Larreguy, Chris Lucas and John Marshall.
See CV