Research

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Palifka, B. J., Rodríguez-García, G. & García-Díaz, R. (Forthcoming). “To substantially reduce bribery and corruption in all their forms”: A Multidimensional Index of Progress on Sustainable Development Goal 16.5. Social Indicators Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-026-03805-z
Rodríguez-García, G. & Cruz, C. (2025). The effect of Party Nationalization on Candidate Selection Process. Acta Politica. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-025-00389-3
Rodriguez-Garcia, G. (2025). How Do Government Integrity Policies Affect Corruption Risks in Political Parties? Evidence for Latin America. Public Integrity, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10999922.2025.2494909
Rodríguez-García, G. (2022). Measuring the risk of corruption in Latin American political parties. De jure analysis of institutions. Data & Policy, 4, E42. https://doi.org/10.1017/dap.2022.33
Rodríguez García, G. (2016). Organización partidista y corrupción política. Reflexión Política, 18(35), 72-82. https://doi.org/10.29375/01240781.2465

Rodriguez-Garcia, G. (2024). Citizens’ Initiatives to Curb Political Corruption: The Case of Citizen Observatories in Colombia. In: Odilla, F., Tsimonis, K. (eds) Corruption and Anti-Corruption Upside Down. Political Corruption and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Rodriguez-Garcia, G. (2024). Polarización afectiva en Colombia: Efectos en el sistema de partidos y la participación política. En Populismo, polarización ideológica y los riesgos para la democracia del siglo XXI. Casa de Libros Abiertos.

Rodríguez-García, G. & Palifka, B. J. (2025). Corrupción y anticorrupción en América Latina: retos, innovaciones y perspectivas. Reflexión Política, 27(56), pp. 8-17. https://doi.org/10.29375/01240781.5566
Hidalgo, M., Olivares, A., Toro, S., Rodríguez-García, G., Yanes Rojas, A., Lagos, N., Rudloff, O., Valenzuela Marín, A., & Navarrete Yáñez, B. (2025). Transparencia y corrupción en América Latina: Repensando estrategias para enfrentar los problemas de la región. Iberoamericana, 25(90), 221–246. https://doi.org/10.18441/ibam.25.2025.90.221-246
Binder, L., Pozsgai-Alvarez, J., & Rodriguez-Garcia, G. (2025). Mapping and strengthening the evidence base for anti-corruption Collective Action: Models, metrics and insights (Working Paper No. 57). Basel Institute on Governance. https://doi.org/10.12685/bigwp.2025.57.60
Rodriguez-Garcia, G., Díaz Pérez, S., & Fortou, J. A. (2022). Incrementar la confianza política para aumentar la confianza en el sector privado: evidencia para Colombia. In J. Giraldo Ramírez (Ed.), La confianza en el siglo XXI: Conceptos, estrategias y prácticas (pp. 185–229). Ediciones Universidad EAFIT.

Party Unity and Political Corruption: Modeling the Effect of Party Discipline on Bribery in the Legislature (R & R).
It's Not Just the Economy, Stupid: Corruption and Subjective Well Being in Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean, with Robert Gillanders & Ina Kubbe.
Empatía y desempeño en las pruebas de competencias ciudadanas. Una validación de constructos, with Luis Alejandro Palacio García & Alexandra Cortés-Aguilar.
Género y Corrupción: Evidencias Experimentales de Percepción, Castigo y Denuncia en Colombia, with Liliana Bastos.
Corruption and Gender Equality: Impediments and Pathways towards Achieving SDG 5, with Ina Kubbe. Chapter Book with the Editors.
Corruption in a Crisis: Amplifying Gendered Harms from Shock to Recovery, with Robert Gillanders & Ina Kubbe. Chapter Book with the Editors.
Corruption and Legal Gender Inequalities, with Robert Gillanders & Lubani Nondo. Chapter Book with the Editors.