Robin Grier
Biographic Data
| ID | 228812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin Grier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin |
| FAMILY NAME | Grier |
| SIGNATURE | GRIER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oklahoma |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5123-8495 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The effect of increased women's legislative representation on women's well-being
Uncertain times
We use doubly robust difference‐in‐differences models to estimate the causal effect of successful coups on national incomes. We find that real per capita gross domestic product (GDP) decreases by 10%–12% 5 years after a coup and the effect has not begun to diminish at that point. When we investigate the economic and political mechanisms behind this outcome, we find that our result is mostly driven by a fall in investment and in the rule of law, a…
The consequences of CIA-sponsored regime change in Latin America
Do longer constitutions corrupt
Two birds with one stone
Objective This article estimates the causal effect of corruption reform on economic growth across a sample of 122 countries from 1980 to 2015. Methods We first identify countries that experienced large and sustained increases in corruption control, we refer this group as the treatment group. We then utilize two empirical estimation techniques to estimate the causal effect of corruption on economic growth—matching methods and a doubly robust, diff…
Does rigidity matter? Constitutional entrenchment and growth
The causal effects of rule of law & property rights on fiscal capacity
Campaign Contributions and Roll-Call Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives
The question of whether campaign contributions buy roll-call votes is both important and contentious. Although researchers often find positive correlations between the two, it is difficult to conclude that these correlations are causal because interest groups may be simply giving to their supporters rather than attempting to change members’ voting behavior. In this paper we use a pair of votes on antisugar subsidy amendments to investigate the ca…
What constitutes a constitutional amendment culture
The Long Process of Development
Douglass North once emphasized that development takes centuries, but he did not have a theory of how and why change occurs. This groundbreaking book advances such a theory by examining in detail why England and Spain developed so slowly from 1000 to 1800. A colonial legacy must go back centuries before settlement, and this book points to key events in England and Spain in the 1260s to explain why Mexico lagged behind the United States economicall…
Long Process of Development
Explaining the Rise of the Left in Latin America
English: Latin American politics has taken a left-hand turn in the last decade, with an increasing number of chief executives hailing from left-of-center parties. We investigate the political and socio-economic factors explaining political ideology of the chief executive in a sample of 100 elections taking place between 1975 and 2007 in eighteen Latin American countries. We find that the commodity booms in agricultural, mining and oil are positiv…
Forthcoming in Volume 48, Number 1
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The Hidalgo Rebellion and the Problem of Order
Long Live Democracy
We investigate the underlying causes of political instability in a panel of 18 Latin American countries from 1971–2000. We test whether regime type, regime durability, factionalism, income inequality, ethnic diversity, ethnic discrimination, regional spillover effects, urban growth and macroeconomic variables matter for instability. We find several important results: (1) democracy has a significant negative effect on instability that is robust to…
Elections, exchange rates and reform in Latin America
Only income diverges
On the real effects of inflation and inflation uncertainty in Mexico
On the Interaction of Human and Physical Capital in Latin America
Colonial legacies and economic growth
Do Artists Suffer From a Cost-Disease
We consider the Baumol-Bowen cost-disease argument from the perspective of an artist's occupational choice. Both theory and evidence suggest that the incentives to create art do not diminish and probably increase in a growing market economy. First, countervailing factors may check or limit the operation of the cost-disease. Second, artists can increase their productivity by generating new ideas. New ideas provide the base for all productivity imp…
Colonial legacies and economic growth
Two birds with one stone
Objective This article estimates the causal effect of corruption reform on economic growth across a sample of 122 countries from 1980 to 2015. Methods We first identify countries that experienced large and sustained increases in corruption control, we refer this group as the treatment group. We then utilize two empirical estimation techniques to estimate the causal effect of corruption on economic growth—matching methods and a doubly robust, diff…
Campaign Contributions and Roll-Call Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives
The question of whether campaign contributions buy roll-call votes is both important and contentious. Although researchers often find positive correlations between the two, it is difficult to conclude that these correlations are causal because interest groups may be simply giving to their supporters rather than attempting to change members’ voting behavior. In this paper we use a pair of votes on antisugar subsidy amendments to investigate the ca…
Uncertain times
We use doubly robust difference‐in‐differences models to estimate the causal effect of successful coups on national incomes. We find that real per capita gross domestic product (GDP) decreases by 10%–12% 5 years after a coup and the effect has not begun to diminish at that point. When we investigate the economic and political mechanisms behind this outcome, we find that our result is mostly driven by a fall in investment and in the rule of law, a…
On the real effects of inflation and inflation uncertainty in Mexico
Do Artists Suffer From a Cost-Disease
We consider the Baumol-Bowen cost-disease argument from the perspective of an artist's occupational choice. Both theory and evidence suggest that the incentives to create art do not diminish and probably increase in a growing market economy. First, countervailing factors may check or limit the operation of the cost-disease. Second, artists can increase their productivity by generating new ideas. New ideas provide the base for all productivity imp…
Elections, exchange rates and reform in Latin America
Only income diverges
Do Artists Suffer From a Cost-Disease
We consider the Baumol-Bowen cost-disease argument from the perspective of an artist's occupational choice. Both theory and evidence suggest that the incentives to create art do not diminish and probably increase in a growing market economy. First, countervailing factors may check or limit the operation of the cost-disease. Second, artists can increase their productivity by generating new ideas. New ideas provide the base for all productivity imp…
Colonial legacies and economic growth
On the Interaction of Human and Physical Capital in Latin America
On the real effects of inflation and inflation uncertainty in Mexico
Only income diverges
Long Live Democracy
We investigate the underlying causes of political instability in a panel of 18 Latin American countries from 1971–2000. We test whether regime type, regime durability, factionalism, income inequality, ethnic diversity, ethnic discrimination, regional spillover effects, urban growth and macroeconomic variables matter for instability. We find several important results: (1) democracy has a significant negative effect on instability that is robust to…
Elections, exchange rates and reform in Latin America
The Hidalgo Rebellion and the Problem of Order
Forthcoming in Volume 48, Number 1
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Explaining the Rise of the Left in Latin America
English: Latin American politics has taken a left-hand turn in the last decade, with an increasing number of chief executives hailing from left-of-center parties. We investigate the political and socio-economic factors explaining political ideology of the chief executive in a sample of 100 elections taking place between 1975 and 2007 in eighteen Latin American countries. We find that the commodity booms in agricultural, mining and oil are positiv…
The Long Process of Development
Douglass North once emphasized that development takes centuries, but he did not have a theory of how and why change occurs. This groundbreaking book advances such a theory by examining in detail why England and Spain developed so slowly from 1000 to 1800. A colonial legacy must go back centuries before settlement, and this book points to key events in England and Spain in the 1260s to explain why Mexico lagged behind the United States economicall…
Long Process of Development
What constitutes a constitutional amendment culture
Does rigidity matter? Constitutional entrenchment and growth
The causal effects of rule of law & property rights on fiscal capacity
Campaign Contributions and Roll-Call Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives
The question of whether campaign contributions buy roll-call votes is both important and contentious. Although researchers often find positive correlations between the two, it is difficult to conclude that these correlations are causal because interest groups may be simply giving to their supporters rather than attempting to change members’ voting behavior. In this paper we use a pair of votes on antisugar subsidy amendments to investigate the ca…
The consequences of CIA-sponsored regime change in Latin America
Do longer constitutions corrupt
Two birds with one stone
Objective This article estimates the causal effect of corruption reform on economic growth across a sample of 122 countries from 1980 to 2015. Methods We first identify countries that experienced large and sustained increases in corruption control, we refer this group as the treatment group. We then utilize two empirical estimation techniques to estimate the causal effect of corruption on economic growth—matching methods and a doubly robust, diff…
The effect of increased women's legislative representation on women's well-being
Uncertain times
We use doubly robust difference‐in‐differences models to estimate the causal effect of successful coups on national incomes. We find that real per capita gross domestic product (GDP) decreases by 10%–12% 5 years after a coup and the effect has not begun to diminish at that point. When we investigate the economic and political mechanisms behind this outcome, we find that our result is mostly driven by a fall in investment and in the rule of law, a…
Economics (17 works) · Political science (17 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (9 works) · Development economics (7 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 works) · Macroeconomics (6 works) · Latin Americans (5 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works)