Research
Publications
Information Provision, Voter Coordination, and Electoral Accountability: Evidence from Mexican Social Networks. American Political Science Review, 113(2), May 2019: 475-498.
with Eric Arias, Horacio Larreguy, John Marshall, and Pablo QuerubínLocal Elites as State Capacity: How City Chiefs Use Local Information to Increase Tax Compliance in the D.R. Congo. American Economic Review, 112(3): 762–797, March 2022. [Link to Publisher]
with Augustin Bergeron, Gabriel Tourek, and Jonathan WeigelMedia coverage: [VoxDev]
The Political Behavior of Family Firms: Evidence from Brazil. World Development, 151, March 2022. [Link to Publisher]
with Juan Dodyk and Ignacio PuenteMedia coverage: [ProMarket]
Working Papers
Informal Institutions, Property Rights, and State Capacity
with Augustin Bergeron, Gabriel Tourek, and Jonathan WeigelMedia coverage: [IGC Policy Brief] [EGAP]
with Ana de la O, Donald Green, and 23 other coauthors
Family, Politics, and Capitalism
Family Ties as Corporate Power. [Stigler Center Working Paper] REVISION REQUESTED
with Juan Dodyk and Ignacio PuenteMedia coverage: [ProMarket]
Work in Progress
Social Institutions and Programmatic Reform. Book project.
Natural Disasters and Parochial Cooperation: Evidence from Hurricane Harvey
with Pablo Pinto and Agustín VallejoNarratives, Social Image, and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countrieswith Juan Pedro Ronconi
Political Brokerage as a Profession [In the Field] with Tesalia Rizzo
Social Networks Moderate Policy Coercion with Mauricio Fernández-Duque and Horacio Larreguy