This paper investigates the opportunities for non-democratic regimes to rely on fraud by
documenting the alteration of vote tallies during the 1988 presidential election in Mexico. In …

When countries become more democratic, new opportunities arise for individuals and
groups to participate in politics and influence the making of policy. But democratization does …

Mexico's" democratic transition" has created a competitive electoral system and a formally
plural state. Besides, a peculiar wave of insurgency, started in 1994, has challenged the …

Although the University offers no academic or economic support for the work with this
degree, I have been fortunate to have several academic colleagues and friends who have …

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This article explores the puzzle of why Mexico's long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party
(PRI) implemented a series of electoral reforms in 1996 that precipitated its own downfall …

In this paper, I study the effect of land ownership reforms in the allocation of local public
goods in rural Mexico. I estimate the impact of acquiring dominio pleno, the private …

This dissertation examines whether the incorporation of labor rights provisions into trade
agreements promotes labor rights enforcement in developing countries. It draws on the …

Election fraud is a serious problem in a number of modern democracies. While election
observers can combat this problem to some extent, election forensics aims to provide a low …

MEXICO'S NATIONAL, MID-TERM ELECTlONS OF JULY 1997 PRODUCED important
changes in the country's political landscape. The ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party …