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Working Papers

2024

1. Anti-social norms
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2024)
2. Bourbon Reforms and State Capacity in the Spanish Empire
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2024)
3. The Interaction of Economic and Political Inequality in Latin America
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank
   Also in Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2024)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2023)

2023

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

2022

8. Colombia: Democratic but Violent?
   Documentos de Trabajo, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) View citations (1)
   Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2022) View citations (1)
   Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2022) View citations (1)
   See also Chapter Colombia: Democratic but Violent?, Springer Books, Springer (2023) (2023)
9. El sistema tributario colombiano: diagnóstico y propuestas de reforma
   Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE
10. 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
11. Political Competition and State Capacity: Evidence from a Land Allocation Program in Mexico
    TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) View citations (4)
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) (2018) View citations (6)
    Post-Print, HAL (2022) View citations (4)
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2020) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Political Competition and State Capacity: Evidence from a Land Allocation Program in Mexico, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2022) View citations (4) (2022)
12. ¿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

13. 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)
14. Facebook Causes Protests
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (6)
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) (2020) View citations (4)
    HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network (2020) View citations (2)

2020

15. 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)
16. 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)
17. The Weak State Trap
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (5)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The Weak State Trap, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
18. 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)
    Working papers, Red Investigadores de Economía (2020)
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2020)
    Documentos de Trabajo, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) (2020)

2019

19. Consumers as VAT "evaders": incidence, social bias, and correlates in Colombia
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
    See also Journal Article Consumers as VAT “Evaders”: Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates in Colombia, Economía Journal, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA (2019) View citations (9) (2019)

2018

20. 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 Growth and inclusion trajectories of Colombian functional territories, Sobre México. Revista de Economía, Sobre México. Temas en economía (2020) (2020)
21. I sell my vote, and so what? Incidence, social bias, and correlates of clientelism in Colombia
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
    See also Journal Article I Sell My Vote, and So What? Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates of Clientelism in Colombia, Economía Journal, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA (2018) View citations (6) (2018)
22. Sunlight Disinfects? Free Media in Weak Democracies
    Documentos de Trabajo, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) View citations (5)
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2013) View citations (28)
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE (2013) View citations (25)
23. ¿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

24. 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 Consumers as VAT “Evaders”: Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates in Colombia, Economía Journal, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA (2019) View citations (9) (2019)
25. 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 I Sell My Vote, and So What? Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates of Clientelism in Colombia, Economía Journal, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA (2018) View citations (6) (2018)
26. Politics and reconciliation: A critical juncture for state building
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE
27. Política y Reconciliación: Una coyuntura crítica para la construcción de Estado
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE
28. Population and Civil War
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
29. 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 (13)
30. The Real Winner's Curse
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article The Real Winner's Curse, American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons (2021) View citations (9) (2021)
31. 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 Who wants violence? The political economy of conflict and state building in Colombia, Revista Cuadernos de Economia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID (2019) View citations (13) (2019)

2016

32. 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 The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia's False Positives, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (20) (2020)

2015

33. 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 Conflict, Educational Attainment, and Structural Transformation: La Violencia in Colombia, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2020) (2020)
34. 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

35. The Crime Kuznets Curve
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo, Universidad del Rosario (2014)
    Borradores de Investigación, Universidad del Rosario (2014)
36. 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

37. 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)
38. Don’t Make War, Make Elections. Franchise Extension and Violence in XIXth-Century Colombia
    Working Papers, Economic Research Southern Africa

2012

39. Encuesta Longitudinal Colombiana de la Universidad de los Andes- ELCA 2013
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (5)
40. Media Markets, Special Interests, and Voters
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Media markets, special interests, and voters, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (5) (2014)
41. The Need for Enemies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article The Need for Enemies, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2016) View citations (19) (2016)
42. 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 The political economy of rural property rights and the persistence of the dual economy, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (32) (2013)

2009

43. 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

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

2004

45. 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)
    Also in Borradores de Economia, Banco de la Republica (2004) View citations (9)
46. 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

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

Undated

49. 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 (4)
   See also Working Paper Political Competition and State Capacity: Evidence from a Land Allocation Program in Mexico, TSE Working Papers (2022) View citations (4) (2022)
2. The Weak State Trap
   Economica, 2022, 89, (354), 293-331 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Weak State Trap, Documentos CEDE (2020) View citations (5) (2020)

2021

3. The Real Winner's Curse
   American Journal of Political Science, 2021, 65, (1), 52-68 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper The Real Winner's Curse, Documentos CEDE (2017) View citations (8) (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 Conflict, Educational Attainment and Structural Transformation: La Violencia in Colombia, Documentos CEDE (2015) View citations (4) (2015)
5. Growth and inclusion trajectories of Colombian functional territories
   Sobre México. Revista de Economía, 2020, 1, (1), 79-125
   See also Working Paper Growth and inclusion trajectories of Colombian functional territories, Documentos CEDE (2018) View citations (1) (2018)
6. Population and Conflict
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87, (4), 1565-1604 View citations (33)
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 (20)
   See also Working Paper The Perils of High-Powered Incentives: Evidence from Colombia's False Positives, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (17) (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 I evade taxes, and so what? A new database and evidence from Colombia, Documentos CEDE (2017) View citations (3) (2017)
   Working Paper Consumers as VAT "evaders": incidence, social bias, and correlates in Colombia, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2019) (2019)
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 (13)
   See also Working Paper Who wants violence? The political economy of conflict and state building in Colombia, Documentos CEDE (2017) View citations (1) (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 I sell my vote, and so what? A new database and evidence from Colombia, Documentos CEDE (2017) View citations (5) (2017)
    Working Paper I sell my vote, and so what? Incidence, social bias, and correlates of clientelism in Colombia, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2018) (2018)

2016

11. The Need for Enemies
    Economic Journal, 2016, 126, (593), 1018-1054 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper The Need for Enemies, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (10) (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 Media Markets, Special Interests, and Voters, Documentos CEDE (2012) View citations (6) (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 (32)
    See also Working Paper The Political Economy of Rural Property Rights and the Persistence of the Dual Economy, Documentos CEDE Series (2012) (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 (41)

2003

18. 'Dollar' debt in Colombian firms: are sinners punished during devaluations?
    Emerging Markets Review, 2003, 4, (4), 417-449 View citations (62)
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. Economic and Social Progress in Latin America. 2005 Report
   IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (8)

Chapters

2023

1. Colombia: Democratic but Violent?
   Springer
   See also Working Paper Colombia: Democratic but Violent?, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) (2022) View citations (1) (2022)