Luis R. Martínez
Assistant Professor
Harris School of Public Policy and the College,
University of Chicago
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
- Political economy
- Development economics
- Violence and conflict
Publications
Publications
- Transnational Insurgents: Evidence from Colombia's FARC at the border with Chávez's Venezuela
- Journal of Development Economics, 2017, Vol. 126, pp 138-153 [publisher] [SSRN] [working paper PDF]
- Is it my money or not? An experiment on risk aversion and the house-money effect
- Experimental Economics, 2014, Vol. 17 (1), pp 47-60 [publisher]
Working Papers
Working Papers
- How Much Should We Trust the Dictator's GDP Growth Estimates? [SSRN]
- Status: Updated February 2019 (under review)
- Media coverage: Washington Post, Le Figaro, Quartz, Fox News 1, Fox News 2, Money and Banking, Economics21, Daily Mail, Global Finance, Western Journal, Futurism, Spaceflight News, Les Échos, Slate-Fr, L'Express, Exame, Epoca Negócios, Business Insider-ES, El Blog Salmón, JoongAngIlbo 1, JoongAngIlbo 2, Index, NTDTV, Nhip Cau Dau Tu, Epoch Times
- The Geography of Repression and Support for Democracy: Evidence from the Pinochet Dictatorship [SSRN]
- Status: Updated November 2018
- Summaries: CIPER, Foco Económico, LSE blogs (English), LSE blogs (Spanish)
- Media coverage: Infinita
- Monetary Incentives to Vote: Evidence from a Nationwide Policy [SSRN]
- Status: New December 2018
- Sources of Revenue and Government Performance: Evidence from Colombia [SSRN]
- Status: Under revision (new version coming soon)
- Summary: Banca y Economía
- Media coverage: La Silla Vacía
Work in Progress
Work in Progress
- Political Opposition in East Germany (with Jonas Jessen and Guo Xu)
- Educational Disruption during Pinochet's Dictatorship (with M.A. Bautista, Felipe Gonzalez, Pablo Muñoz, Mounu Prem)
- Trade Liberalization and Political Violence: Evidence from Colombia
Teaching
Teaching
- Analytical Politics II: Developing World (MPP) [syllabus]
- The Political Economy of Natural Resources (MPP/BA) [syllabus]