This is a list of published and forthcoming manuscripts. The list is organized by date of publication, but can be sorted thematically using the tags. Some publications include links with replication materials and appendices; if you cannot find such a link, please send me an email with your request.


Foreign Direct Investment and Income Inequality in Mexico, 1990-2000

N. Jensen and G. Rosas, “Foreign Direct Investment and Income Inequality in Mexico, 1990-2000”, International Organization, 61, 2007. In this article we explore the relationship between the investments of multinational corporations (foreign direct investment) and income inequality in Mexico.  We argue that Mexico’s liberalization of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in the 1990s provides a natural […]

Bagehot or Bailout? An Analysis of Government Responses to Banking Crises

G. Rosas, “Bagehot or Bailout? An Analysis of Government Responses to Banking Crises”, American Journal of Political Science, 50 (1), 2006. Political intervention into markets can take a nearly endless number of forms. During the latter part of the twentieth century, there was a widely shared sense that governments should decrease their role in the economy. […]

Multicointegration and Sustainability of Fiscal Practices

L. Leachman, A. Bester, G. Rosas, and P. Lange, “Multicointegration and Sustainability of Fiscal Practices”, Economic Inquiry, 43 (2), 2005. Using multicointegration methodology, we develop criteria for testing sustainability of fiscal budgeting processes across all states of nature. Criteria are derived from the optimal control literature where levels and rates of change of a system of […]

The Ideological Organization of Latin American Legislative Parties

G. Rosas, “The Ideological Organization of Latin American Legislative Parties. An Empirical Analysis of Elite Policy Preferences”, Comparative Political Studies, 38 (7), 2005. Are legislative party systems in Latin America organized along ideological lines? This article presents a cross-country analysis of legislators’ positions on a variety of issues, such as government intervention in the economy, the […]