Peer-Reviewed Publications
Cross-Border Spillover: U.S. Gun Laws and Violence in Mexico (with Arindrajit Dube & Oeindrila Dube). 2013. American Political Science Review (lead article) 107 (3): 397–417. [Article] [Appendix] [Replication Archive]
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- Media coverage: The Washington Post, Slate, TIME, The New Republic, Animal Político, Nexos, La Jornada
Partisan Losers’ Effects: Perceptions of Electoral Integrity in Mexico (with Francisco Cantú). 2015. Electoral Studies (lead article) 39 (September): 1–14. [Article] [Appendix]
From Maize to Haze: Agricultural Shocks and the Growth of the Mexican Drug Sector (with Oeindrila Dube & Kevin Thom). 2016. Journal of the European Economic Association 14 (5): 1181–224. [Article] [Appendix] [Replication Archive]
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- Media coverage: The Verge, InSight Crime, Bloomberg, El Financiero, Folha de S.Paulo
Why Ethnic Subaltern-Led Parties Crowd Out Armed Organizations: Explaining Maoist Violence in India (with Kanchan Chandra). 2019. World Politics 71 (2): 367–416. [Article] [Appendix] [Replication Archive]
Trump-induced anxiety among Latina/os (with Bradford Jones et al.). 2021. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 24 (1): 68–87. [Article] [Appendix]
Are Voters Too Afraid to Tackle Corruption? Survey and Experimental Evidence from Mexico (with Thomas Zeitzoff & Leonard Wantchekon). 2021. Political Science Research and Methods 9 (4): 709–727. [Article] [Appendix] [Replication Archive]
Peace and Health: Exploring the Nexus in the Americas (with Adnan Hyder, Natalia Ambrosio, & Lorena Barberia). 2022. BMJ Global Health 7(Suppl 8): e009402. [Article]
Anger and Support for Retribution in Mexico’s Drug War (with Lauren Young & Thomas Zeitzoff). 2023. Journal of Peace Research 60 (2): 274–290. [Article] [Appendix] [Replication Archive]
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- Media coverage: Political Violence at a Glance
Organized Criminal Syndicates and Governance in Mexico and Central America. 2023. Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science, Oxford University Press. [Article]
Who is to Blame? Youth Crime and Attribution of Responsibility in Urban Mexico (with Isabel Laterzo, Vivian Bronsoler, Elisa Lavore, & Shahriar Kibriya). 2023. Journal of Criminal Justice 86 (May-June): 1–14. [Article] [Appendix]
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- Media coverage: El Diario de Juárez, EGAP’s Priority Theme Spotlight
Critical Junctures: Independence Movements and Democracy in Africa (with Leonard Wantchekon). 2023. American Journal of Political Science. Advance online publication. [Article] [Appendix] [Replication Archive]
Moral Reasoning and Support for Punitive Violence After Crime (with Hannah Baron, Jorge Olmos, Lauren Young, & Thomas Zeitzoff). 2024. Journal of Peace Research Advance online publication. [Article] [Appendix] [Replication Archive]
Criminal Violence, the State, and Society. 2025. Annual Review of Political Science. [Article]
Working Papers
The Legacy of Mexico’s Drug War on Youth Political Attitudes (with Isabel Laterzo) [UNU-WIDER Working Paper] [Appendix]
The Limits of Deliberation: A Field Experiment on Criminal Justice Preferences in Mexico (with Hannah Baron, Lauren Young, & Thomas Zeitzoff) [Pre-Analysis Plan]
Women’s Political Participation After Civil War: Evidence from Peru
How Political Repression Shapes Attitudes Toward the State (with Benjamin Pasquale)
Electoral Cycles of Corruption: Evidence from Municipal Audits in Mexico (with Viridiana Ríos)
Why Mafias Persist (with Ryan Hübert)
Selected Projects in Progress
Violence, Impunity, and Belief Systems
Rethinking Democracy and Intrastate Violence
Legacies of Colonial Repression
Criminal Violence and Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Mexico