alejandro corvalan
BSc. and MSc. in Physics, and MSc. in Economics at Universidad de Chile, Ph.D. in Economics at New York University.
I am Assistant Professor. My research field is Political Economy. My cv is here.
Contact Info
Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas,Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad de Chile
Beauchef 851, Santiago, Chile
corvalan.tmp@gmail.com
RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY/ DEMOCRACY/ PARTICIPATION
"The Political Class and Redistributive Policies", with P.Querubin and S.Vicente. Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(1): 1-48 (2020).
"Indirect Political Budget Cycles: Evidence from Chilean Municipalities", with P.Cox and R.Osorio, Journal of Development Economics, 133: 1- 14 (2018).
The Impact of Procedural Information Costs on Voting: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Chile, with P.Cox, Political Behavior, 40: 3-19 (2018).
Bounding Causal Effects in an Ecological Inference Problem: the Chilean Electoral Reform, with E.Melo, M.Shum and B.Sherman, Political Science Research and Methods, 5(3): 555-565 (2017).
Do Superpower Interventions have Short and Long Consequences for Democracy?, with Berger D., W.Easterly and S.Satyanath, Journal of Comparative Economics, 41(1): 22-34 (2013).
Income and Democracy: Evidence from Nonlinear Estimations, with Benhabib J. and M.Spiegel, Economics Letters, 118(3): 489-492 (2013).
Class-Biased Electoral Participation: the Youth Vote in Chile, with P.Cox, Latin American Politics and Society, 55(3): 47-68 (2013).
CONFLICT/CRIME
"Introducing MACEDA: New micro-data on an indigenous self-determination conflict", with P.Cayul, D.Jaimovich and M.Pazzona. Journal of Peace Research, 59(6): 903-912 (2022).
"Inequality, Crime and Private Protection", with M.Pazzona. Economics Letters, 210: 110184 (2022).
"Persistent Commodity Shocks and Transitory Crime Effects", with M.Pazzona, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 158: 110-127 (2019).
"Segregation and Conflict: an Empirical Analysis", with M.Vargas, Journal of Development Economics, 116: 212-222 (2015).
OTHERS
"How to Rank Rankings? Group Performance in Multiple-Prize Contests". Social Choice and Welfare, 51(2): 361-380 (2018).
"Estimating Intergenerational Mobility with Grouped Data (A Critique of Clark's "The Son also Rises")", with Florencia Torche, Sociological Methods and Research, 47(4): 787-811 (2018).
"The Impact of a Marginal Subsidy on Gini Indices", Review of Income and Wealth, 60(3): 596-603 (2014).
"Olympic Games: No Legacy for Sports", with J.L.Contreras, Economics Letters, 122: 268-271 (2014).
"Seasonality of Birthweight in Chile: Environmental and Socioeconomic Factors", with Torche F., Annals of Epidemiology 20: 818-826 (2010).
WORK IN PROGRESS
"Apportionment and Population" Link to the working paper
"Apportionment in Legislatures: A Measure"
"Indigenous Representation and Participation: the case of Chilean Mapuche", with P. Cayul
"Does Local Representation Reduce Self-Determination Conflict?"
"Governmental Transfers in Times of Conflict", with P. Cayul and M.Pazzona
"The persistent effects of community fractionalization: Evidence from indigenous reservations", with D.Jaimovich and F. Jordan
"Can a Promise Stop Protests? An Analysis of the 2019 Chilean Outburst", with S.Correa
GRANTS
Millennium Initiative Grant: Institute for Research in Market Imperfections and Public Policy. Research Associate (2015-2024)
Chilean Gov. Research Grant Fondecyt 1201737: "Self-determination Conflicts and Electoral Politics". PI (2020-2023)
Chilean Gov. Research Grant Fondecyt 1161719: "Suffrage Extension under Weak Institutions". PI (2016-2019)
Chilean Gov. Research Grant Fondecyt Initiation 11121307: "Redistribution Policies and Candidate Wealth". PI (2012-2014)