Research

You can access my Google Scholar page here.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

3. “Why Geographically-Targeted Spending Under Closed-List Proportional Representation Favors Marginal Districts” with Amy Catalinac. 2021. Electoral Studies. 71: 102329. [replication code & data][pre-print]

2. “Geographically-Targeted Spending in Mixed-Member Majoritarian Electoral Systems” with Amy Catalinac. 2021. World Politics. 73(4): 668-711. [appendix] [replication code & data] [pre-print]

  • Winner, Leon Weaver Award (2021) for the best paper presented at a panel sponsored by the Representation and Electoral Systems Division at the previous APSA meeting.
  • Honorable Mention, Best Article Award of the Organized Section on Democracy and Autocracy (2022) for articles focusing on democratization and/or the development and dynamics of democracy and authoritarianism, published in print in 2021.

1 . “Electoral Accountability and Particularistic Legislation: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Mexico.” 2021. American Political Science Review. 115(1): 97-113. [appendix] [replication code & data] [pre-print]

WORKING PAPERS

“When Reelection Increases Unity and Cohesion: Evidence from Parties in Mexico”(R&R British Journal of Political Science)

  • Winner, Best Graduate Student Paper Award (2021) for the best paper presented by a graduate student at REPAL’s 2021 meeting.

“The Super-Rich and the Rest: Campaign Finance Permissiveness and the Wealth of Politicians” with Marko Klasnja and Simon Weschle (R&R American Journal of Political Science)

  • Winner, Best Paper on Class and Inequality Award (2021) for the best paper presented at a panel sponsored (or co-sponsored) by the Class and Inequality Section at the previous APSA meeting.

“The Strategic Considerations of Renomination in Pre-electoral Coalitions” (draft available upon request, Under Review)

“Like them Rich? Public Perceptions and Opinions of Politician’s Wealth,” with Marko Klasnja 

“Candidate Gender Selection and Competitiveness: Evidence from and Regression Discontinuity Analysis in Mexico,” with Gustavo Guajardo