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Working Papers

2023

1. Constitutions and Order: A Theory and Evidence from Colombia and the United States
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Constitutions and Order: A theory and comparative evidence from Colombia and the United States
   Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE
3. Do Third-Party Guarantors Reassure Foot Soldiers?
   Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE
4. Political incentives and corruption evidence from ghost students
   Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE

2022

5. Colombia: Democratic but Violent?
   Documentos de Trabajo, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA)
   Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2022)
   Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2022)
6. El sistema tributario colombiano: diagnóstico y propuestas de reforma
   Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE
7. Participación de exintegrantes de las Farc-EP en programas de reincorporación: Evidencia tras 3 anos de atenciones
   Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE
8. Political Competition and State Capacity: Evidence from a Land Allocation Program in Mexico
   TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) View citations (2)
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2022) View citations (2)
   Documentos de Trabajo, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) (2018) View citations (6)
   Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2020) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article in The Economic Journal (2022)
9. ¿Cómo va la implementación del Acuerdo Final? Evidencia de una encuesta remota con exintegrantes de las Farc-EP
   Documentos de trabajo, Escuela de Gobierno - Universidad de los Andes
   Also in Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2022)

2021

10. CSI in the tropics. Experimental evidence of improved public service delivery through coordination
    HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network
    Also in Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2020)
    Documentos de Trabajo, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) (2020)
11. Facebook Causes Protests
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (3)
    Also in HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network (2020) View citations (2)
    Documentos de Trabajo, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) (2020) View citations (4)

2020

12. Actitudes de exintegrantes de las Farc–EP frente a la reincorporación
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE
    Also in Documentos de trabajo, Escuela de Gobierno - Universidad de los Andes (2020)
13. Media, Secret Ballot and Democratization in the US
    Documentos de Trabajo, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA)
    Also in Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2020)
14. The Weak State Trap
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Economica (2022)
15. The perils of misusing remote sensing data The case of forest cover
    HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2020)
    Documentos de Trabajo, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) (2020)
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2020)
    Working papers, Red Investigadores de Economía (2020)

2018

16. Growth and inclusion trajectories of Colombian functional territories
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Sobre México. Revista de Economía (2020)
17. Sunlight Disinfects? Free Media in Weak Democracies
    Documentos de Trabajo, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) View citations (5)
    Also in Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2013) View citations (25)
    Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2013) View citations (28)
18. ¿Cómo nos reconciliamos? El papel de la violencia, la participación social y política, y el Estado en las actitudes frente a la reconciliación
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE

2017

19. I evade taxes, and so what? A new database and evidence from Colombia
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Economía Journal (2019)
20. I sell my vote, and so what? A new database and evidence from Colombia
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Economía Journal (2018)
21. Politics and reconciliation: A critical juncture for state building
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE
22. Política y Reconciliación: Una coyuntura crítica para la construcción de Estado
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE
23. Population and Civil War
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
24. The Long Shadow of the Past: Political Economy of Regional Inequality in Colombia
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (10)
25. The Real Winner's Curse
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in American Journal of Political Science (2021)
26. Who wants violence? The political economy of conflict and state building in Colombia
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Revista Cuadernos de Economia (2019)

2016

27. The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia's False Positives
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2020)

2015

28. Conflict, Educational Attainment and Structural Transformation: La Violencia in Colombia
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2020)
29. Political constraints and state capacity: Evidence from a land allocation program in Mexico
    Research Department working papers, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica View citations (5)

2014

30. The Crime Kuznets Curve
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE
    Also in Borradores de Investigación, Universidad del Rosario (2014)
    Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2014)
31. The Environmental Impact of Civil Conflict: The Deforestation Effect of Paramilitary Expansion In Colombia
    Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario View citations (14)
    Also in Documentos CEDE Series, Universidad de Los Andes, Economics Department (2014) View citations (14)
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2014) View citations (14)

2013

32. Don't Make War, Make Elections. Franchise Extension and Violence in XIXth-Century Colombia
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (8)
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2013) View citations (8)

2012

33. Encuesta Longitudinal Colombiana de la Universidad de los Andes- ELCA 2013
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (5)
34. Media Markets, Special Interests, and Voters
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2014)
35. The Need for Enemies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2016)
36. The Political Economy of Rural Property Rights and the Persistence of the Dual Economy
    Documentos CEDE Series, Universidad de Los Andes, Economics Department
    Also in Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2012) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2013)

2009

37. He Who Counts Elects: Determinants of Fraud in the 1922 Colombian Presidential Election
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2005

38. BUDGET INFLEXIBILITY
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (1)

2004

39. El Ciclo Económico Enfoques e Ilustraciones Los Ciclos Económicos de Estados Unidos y Colombia
    Borradores de Economia, Banco de la Republica de Colombia View citations (11)
40. El ciclo económico - Enfoques e ilustraciones - Los ciclos económicos de Estados Unidos y Colombia
    Borradores de Economia, Banco de la Republica View citations (9)
41. LA BATALLA POLÍTICA POR EL PRESUPUESTO DE LA NACIÓN: INFLEXIBILIDADES O SUPERVIVENCIA FISCAL
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (22)

2003

42. DETERMINANTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF FOREIGN IN DEBTEDNESS IN COLOMBIAN FIRMS
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (5)
43. TRIBUTACIÓN, CRECIMIENTO Y BIENESTAR: EL CASO COLOMBIANO(1970-1999)
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (8)

Undated

44. Hell, Heaven or Hedged: Debt Devaluation and Firm Investment in Colombia
    DCBSLA Series, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (4)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Political Competition and State Capacity: Evidence from a Land Allocation Program in Mexico
   The Economic Journal, 2022, 132, (648), 2815-2834 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2022)
2. The Weak State Trap
   Economica, 2022, 89, (354), 293-331 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2020)

2021

3. The Real Winner's Curse
   American Journal of Political Science, 2021, 65, (1), 52-68 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2017)

2020

4. Conflict, Educational Attainment, and Structural Transformation: La Violencia in Colombia
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 69, (1), 335 - 371
   See also Working Paper (2015)
5. Growth and inclusion trajectories of Colombian functional territories
   Sobre México. Revista de Economía, 2020, 1, (1), 79-125
   See also Working Paper (2018)
6. Population and Conflict
   Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87, (4), 1565-1604 View citations (20)
7. The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia's False Positives
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020, 12, (3), 1-43 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2019

8. Consumers as VAT “Evaders”: Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates in Colombia
   Economía Journal, 2019, Volume 19 Number 2, (Spring 2019), 21-67 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper (2017)
9. Who wants violence? The political economy of conflict and state building in Colombia
   Revista Cuadernos de Economia, 2019, 38, (78), 671-700 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper (2017)

2018

10. I Sell My Vote, and So What? Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates of Clientelism in Colombia
    Economía Journal, 2018, Volume 19 Number 1, (Fall 2018), 181-218 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (2017)

2016

11. The Need for Enemies
    Economic Journal, 2016, 126, (593), 1018-1054 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper (2012)

2015

12. El “efecto papaya” y la historia económica de Colombia
    Tiempo y Economía, 2015, 2, (2), 106-110
13. He Who Counts Elects: Economic Elites, Political Elites, and Electoral Fraud
    Economics and Politics, 2015, 27, (1), 124-159 View citations (9)

2014

14. Alexander J. Field. A Great Leap Forward: 1930s Depression and U.S. Economic Growth. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012. 400 pp. ISBN 9780300151091, $25.00 (paper)
    Enterprise & Society, 2014, 15, (1), 171-173
15. Media markets, special interests, and voters
    Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 109, (C), 13-26 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2012)

2013

16. The political economy of rural property rights and the persistence of the dual economy
    Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 103, (C), 167-181 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper (2012)

2006

17. Institutions for Financial Development: What are they and where do they come from?
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 2006, 20, (1), 27-70 View citations (40)

2003

18. 'Dollar' debt in Colombian firms: are sinners punished during devaluations?
    Emerging Markets Review, 2003, 4, (4), 417-449 View citations (61)
19. Dolarizar, flotar, callar
    Revista Ecos de Economía, 2003
20. Impuestos, crecimiento económico y bienestar en Colombia (1970-1999)
    Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, 2003 View citations (1)

Books

2005

1. Unlocking Credit: The Quest for Deep and Stable Bank Lending
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (8)