Publications
[1] “Immigration Shocks and Unfounded Concerns about Crime: Evidence from Haitian Migration to Chile” (with Fernando Severino). Conditionally Accepted. Journal of Politics [Paper] [Appendix]
[2] “Anti-Elite Attitudes and Support for Independent Candidates” (with Pablo Argote). 2023. PLOS ONE [Paper] [Appendix]
[3] “Who Pays for Crime? Criminal Violence, Right-Wing Incumbents, and Electoral Accountability in Latin America” (with Miguel Carreras). 2022. Electoral Studies [Paper] [Appendix]
[4] “Can Political Alignment Reduce Crime? Evidence from Chile” (with Carla Alberti and Diego Díaz-Rioseco). 2022. Political Science Research and Methods [Paper] [Appendix]
[5] “After the Flood: Disasters, Ideological Voting and Electoral Choices in Chile.” 2022. Political Behavior [Paper] [Appendix]
[6] “Constructing Generalizable Geographic Natural Experiments” (with Owura Kuffuor and Kayla Young). 2022. Research & Politics [Paper] [Appendix]
[7] “The Trump Election and Attitudes toward the United States in Latin America” (with Igor Acácio and Miguel Carreras). 2021. Public Opinion Quarterly [Paper] [Appendix]
[8] “Who Does the Caring? Gender Disparities in COVID-19 Attitudes and Behaviors” (with Miguel Carreras and Sofia Vera). 2021. Politics & Gender [Paper] [Appendix]
[9] “Gendered Bureaucracies: Women Mayors and the Size and Composition of Local Governments” (with Carla Alberti and Diego Díaz-Rioseco). 2021. Governance [Paper] [Appendix]
[10] “Does Issue Framing Shape Support for Covid-19 Lockdown Measures? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Peru” (with Miguel Carreras and Sofia Vera). 2021. Research & Politics [Paper] [Appendix]
[11] “Do Disasters Affect Policy Priorities? Evidence from the 2010 Chilean Earthquake.” 2021. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties [Paper] [Appendix]
[12] “A Tale of Two Pandemics: Economic Inequality and Support for Containment Measures in Peru” (with Miguel Carreras and Sofia Vera). 2021. Journal of Politics In Latin America [Paper] [Appendix]
[13] “Re-evaluating the Role of Ideology in Chile.” 2021. Latin American Politics and Society [Paper] [Appendix]
[14] “Does Immigration Increase Concerns about the Provision of Public Services? Evidence from Colombia” (with Catalina Vega-Mendez). 2021. Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública [Paper]
María Braun award for the best paper published in RLOP in 2021.
[15] “Voting for the Lesser Evil: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in Romania” (with Isabela Mares). 2020. Political Science Research and Methods [Paper] [Appendix]
[16] “Policy Preferences after Crime Victimization: Panel and Survey Evidence from Latin America.” 2020. British Journal of Political Science [Paper] [Appendix]
[17] “Economic Perceptions and Electoral Choices: A Design-Based Approach.” 2019. Political Science Research and Methods [Paper] [Appendix]
[18] “Handling Limited Overlap in Observational Studies with Cardinality Matching” (with José R. Zubizarreta). 2018. Observational Studies [Paper]
Cochran award for best paper published in Observational Studies between 2015 and 2019.
[19] “Electoral Reform Under Limited Party Competition: The Adoption of Proportional Representation in Latin America” (with Gabriel Negretto). 2018. Latin American Politics and Society [Paper]
[20] “Economic Performance and Incumbents’ Support in Latin America” (with M. Victoria Murillo). 2017. Electoral Studies [Paper] [Appendix]
[21] “Cross-Time Behavior of the Chilean Congress: Growth or Stagnation of its Influence?” 2011. Revista de Ciencia Política [In Spanish] [Paper]
Working papers
[22] “The Effect of Different Extreme Weather Events on Attitudes Toward Climate Change” (with Kayla Young). Revise and Resubmit, PLOS ONE
[23] “Does Immigration Increase Nationalism? The Effect of a Sudden Demographic Change on Political Attitudes and Electoral Behavior” (with Catalina Vega-Mendez) [Paper] [Appendix]
[24] “Money and Time in the Access to Public Services: How do Citizens Evaluate Different Forms of Bureaucratic Corruption?” (with Miguel Carreras and Sofia Vera)
[25] “Gender Stereotypes and Petty Corruption among Street-level Bureaucrats: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment” (with Miguel Carreras and Sofia Vera)
[26] “Ideological vs. Issue Voting: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in Chile” (with Pablo Argote)
[27] “Representation Behind Closed Doors: The Effect of Electing Women Mayors on Domestic Violence” (with Maya Dalton)
[28] “Unrealistic Comparisons: Why Forced-Choice Conjoint Experiments Fail to Mimic Electoral Decisions” (with Yang Yang)
Book Project
[1] “Ideology without Partisanship: Voting Behavior in Chile” (with Pablo Argote)