Research
Working Papers:
Jurisdictional Havens: The Geography of Indigenous Identity in Mexico. (with E. Franco-Vivanco)
Fiestas and the Dynamics of Violent Collective Action: Evidence from Mexico (with E. Franco-Vivanco and G. Kloppe-Santamaria)
Unequal Burden: Colonial Taxation and Living Standard Disparities Within Minorities
In Progress:
The Venal Origins of Underdevelopment in Spanish America [Book manuscript]
Historical Political Economy:
Hierarchical Oversight and the Value of Public Office: Evidence from Colonial Peru. 2022. Journal of Politics 84(3) : 1353-1369. Online Appendix. Dataverse.
The Long-Run Influence of Institutions Governing Trade: Evidence from Smuggling Ports in Colonial Mexico. 2020. Journal of Development Economics 144 (2020): 102453. (with D. Alvarez-Villa). Online Appendix. Covered in: Cherokee Gothic
Office-Selling, Corruption and Long-Term Development in Peru. 2018. American Political Science Review 112(4): 971-995. Pi Sigma Alpha Award -- Best paper presented at MPSA 2013. Online Appendix. Dataverse. Covered in: Anti-Corruption Research Network, Cherokee Gothic, InsTED, VoxEU
Violent Conflict and Peacekeeping:
The Seasonality of Conflict. Accepted Conflict Management and Peace Science. Online Appendix. (with S. Pennings). World Bank Policy Research Working paper no. 9373
Shock Persistence and the Study of Armed Conflict: Empirical Biases and Some Remedies. Accepted International Interactions. Online Appendix. (with S. Pennings).
The Promise and Peril of Peacekeeping Economies. 2019. International Studies Quarterly 63 (2): 364–379. (with B.Beber, M.Gilligan and S.Karim).
Land Tenure, Price Shocks and Insurgency: Evidence from Peru and Colombia. 2018. World Development 111: 256-269. Online Appendix. Replication File. Oliver E. Williamson Award -- Best Paper presented at ISNIE 2014
Peacekeeping, Compliance with International Norms, and Transactional Sex in Monrovia, Liberia. 2017. International Organization, 71(1): 1-30. (With B. Beber, M. Gilligan and S. Karim). Covered in: The Monkey Cage
Vote-Buying, Clientelism and Campaigns:
Deliberation and Ethical Voting Behavior: Evidence from a Campaign Experiment in Benin. Online Appendix. Accepted American Political Science Review (with L. Wantchekon)
Do gifts buy votes? Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. 2023. (with J. Gallego and L. Wantchekon) Forthcoming at World Development
Do Electoral Handouts Affect Voting Behavior? 2018. Electoral Studies 53: 139-149. (With L. Wantchekon) Online Appendix. Afrobarometer Working Paper WP171. Covered in: Young African Leaders Initiative YALI Democratic Audit UK
La identidad partidista en México: las dimensiones políticas de la competencia en las elecciones presidenciales de 2000 y 2006. 2009. Política y gobierno, Volumen Tematico 2009: Elecciones en Mexico (137-75).
Book Chapters and Special Issues:
Long-Run Economic Legacies of Colonialism. in Jenkins, J. A., & Rubin, J. T. (Eds.). (2022). The Oxford Handbook of Historical Political Economy. Oxford University Press.
Checks and Balances in the Colonial Government of Peru: Evidence from Office Prices. 2023. in Valencia-Caicedo, Felipe (ed.) Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic and Political History of Latin America and the Caribbean Palgrave-Macmillan.
Approaches to Negotiations in Post-Civil War Settings: The Role of Local Institutions. (with Wantchekon, L. and S. Weltman) 2018."Quality peace in post-civil war settings: the role of local institutions.” pp.97-112. In Understanding Quality Peace: Peacebuilding after Civil War., edited by Madhav Joshi and Peter Wallensteen, London & New York: Routledge.
Methodology Update: Randomised Controlled Trials, Structural Models and the Study of Politics. 2011. Journal of African Economies, 20(4), 653-672. (with L. Wantchekon).
Other Writings:
Historical legacies shaping the 2021 Peruvian election. Column for VoxEU & CEPR.
Contraband. Broadstreet Blog.
Development for Sale: 18th Century Spanish Colonial Administrators and Long-Run Subnational Disparities in Peru. LSE Center for Latin America and Caribbean Studies.
Do election handouts actually "buy" votes? Democratic Audit UK
Office-Selling, Corruption and Long-Term Development in Peru. InsTED.