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Essays on the Political Economy and Economic Impact of Fiscal Policies
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Economists get the opportunity and the responsibility of helping to design public policies. This implies that not only the big picture is necessary but also the details that will make those policies to actually work. This ...
Networked Hegemonic Shocks: Hegemonic Transition and Post-Cold War Democratization
(Georgetown University, 2022)
The rise and fall of great powers produce a wave of regime changes. Why do some states take part in the wave but others do not? During the post-Cold War wave of democratization, for instance, why did some states become ...
Group Traits or Policy Positions?: Political Parties in American Voters' Minds
(Georgetown University, 2022)
In my dissertation, I examine (i) how U.S. voters comprehend the terms "Democrat" and "Republican" and (ii) how their understanding of party labels leads to affective polarization. Previous literature on mass partisanship ...
Carrera, cuidado y tiempo: pruebas, estrategias y desafíos que atraviesan las mujeres líderes empresarias en Argentina
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Las mujeres que acceden a las posiciones de liderazgo enfrentan problemáticas relacionadas a la tensión que se produce ante el desarrollo de múltiples roles – cuidadoras en la esfera familiar y líder empresarial en la ...
The College-Party Connection: Assessing the Relationship between State Government Partisanship and Higher Education Expenditures
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Research over the past decade has shown increasingly polarized views of higher education in the United States according to party affiliation. For example, as of 2019, a minority of Republicans and independents who lean ...
Early Voting and Turnout: A Quantitative Analysis
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Early voting is an increasingly common method of voting in U.S. federalelections. But the empirical record on its actual impact on turnout is mixed, with national surveys often finding negligible improvements to voter ...
Examining Social Vulnerability in COVID-19 Funding Allocations
(Georgetown University, 2022)
In response to the massive human and economic losses across the country due to COVID-19, US federal policymakers provided unprecedented levels of funding to state and local governments, designed to support communities and ...
The Relationship between Low Income and Generalized Trust across Different Ethnic Groups in the United States
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Recent years have seen increased calls for justice and equality across different ethnic groups in the United States. The present research focuses on income inequality and its effects on generalized trust. The question I ...
The Relationship between Length of Residence and Voting Behavior in the United States
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Prior research has identified a number of factors that are related to voter turnout, including socio-economic status, race, age, and sex. A substantial literature also suggests the existence of a positive relationship ...
Partisan Preemption: Intergovernmental Conflict in the Era of Urban-Rural Polarization
(Georgetown University, 2022)
Over the last decade, intergovernmental conflict in the United States has escalated in response to aggressive state curtailment of local policymaking power and autonomy. These municipal preemption laws are distinct from ...