Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero
Biographic Data
| ID | 2467425 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roxana |
| FAMILY NAME | Gutiérrez-Romero |
| SIGNATURE | GUTIÉRREZ-ROMERO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen Mary University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2958-5861 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 144 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Contrasting Effects of Ethnic and Partisan Identity on Performance Evaluation
Why is voting behaviour tied to ethnicity in many new democracies? A predominant view, offered by the instrumentalist theory, argues that voters use candidates’ identity -ethnic or partisan- as a signal of expected performance. However, voters will reward well-performing politicians by being more likely to vote for them and punish bad performance regardless of candidates’ identity. To test these assumptions, we conduct a nationally representative…
Causes and electoral consequences of political assassinations: The role of organized crime in Mexico
Mexico has experienced a notable surge in assassinations of political candidates and mayors. This article argues that these killings are largely driven by organized crime, aiming to influence candidate selection, control local governments for rent-seeking, and retaliate against government crackdowns. Using a new dataset of political assassinations in Mexico from 2000 to 2021 and instrumental variables, we address endogeneity concerns in the locat…
New trends in South-South migration: The economic impact of Covid-19 and immigration enforcement
This paper evaluates the impact of the pandemic and enforcement at the US and Mexican borders on the emigration of Guatemalans during 2017–2020. During this period, the number of crossings from Guatemala to Mexico fell approximately by 10%, according to the Survey of Migration to the Southern Border of Mexico. Yet, there was a rise of nearly 30% in the number of emigration crossings of male adults travelling with their children. This new trend wa…
Inequality, persistence of the informal economy, and club convergence
Covid-19 response needs to broaden financial inclusion to curb the rise in poverty
Does electoral violence affect vote choice and willingness to vote? Conjoint analysis of a vignette experiment
Across many new democracies, voters routinely elect candidates associated with violence. Though electoral violence is common, there is little understanding of how it affects voting behaviour. This article examines how electoral violence affects turnout and vote choice. To this end, a vignette experiment is set in a nationally representative survey in Kenya, where electoral violence has been present since the 1990s. In the experiment, voters choos…
The good, the bad and the ugly: The socioeconomic impact of drug cartels and their violence
This article assesses the impact of drug cartels in Mexico, a country that has witnessed an unprecedented expansion of cartels and wave of drug-related violence since mid-2000. Using the difference-in-difference kernel matching method, the article finds that the areas most plagued by drug-related violence suffered a steep decline in production, profits, salaries, the number of businesses and workers in manufacturing. Unemployment and poverty also…
Estimating the impact of Mexican drug cartels and drug-related homicides on crime and perceptions of safety
We estimate the impact of drug cartels and drug-related homicides on crime and perceptions of security in Mexico. Since the location where drug cartels operate might be endogenous, we combine the difference-in-difference estimator with instrumental variables. Using surveys on crime victimization we find that people living in areas that experienced drug-related homicides are more likely to take extra security precautions. Yet, these areas are also…
An Inquiry into the Use of Illegal Electoral Practices and Effects of Political Violence and Vote-buying
This article investigates whether vote-buying and the instigation of violence in the disputed 2007 Kenyan elections were strategically motivated and whether those affected by vote-buying or post-electoral violence changed their views toward ethnopolitics and the use of violence. To answer these questions, a panel survey conducted before and after the elections is combined with external indicators of electoral violence. We find that vote-buying wa…
Decentralisation, Accountability and the 2007 MP Elections in Kenya
To alleviate poverty at the grass-roots level the Kenyan government has devised the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) which allocates resources to constituencies for MPs and residents to decide how to spend. This article assesses how the CDF has been spent since its implementation in 2003 and whether MPs' re-election chances were affected by how they managed the fund. Using administrative data on the CDF management and two surveys conducted bef…
Triggers and Characteristics of the 2007 Kenyan Electoral Violence
To what extent does deprivation affect the performance of English local authorities
The UK Government has placed increasing emphasis on the use of performance assessment schemes with the aim of improving the delivery of public services. An example of such schemes is the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA). The CPA subjects English local authorities to annual audits and the collection of hundreds of performance indicators to arrive at final ratings that lead to corresponding rewards and sanctions. This article shows that t…
Triggers and Characteristics of the 2007 Kenyan Electoral Violence
An Inquiry into the Use of Illegal Electoral Practices and Effects of Political Violence and Vote-buying
This article investigates whether vote-buying and the instigation of violence in the disputed 2007 Kenyan elections were strategically motivated and whether those affected by vote-buying or post-electoral violence changed their views toward ethnopolitics and the use of violence. To answer these questions, a panel survey conducted before and after the elections is combined with external indicators of electoral violence. We find that vote-buying wa…
Does electoral violence affect vote choice and willingness to vote? Conjoint analysis of a vignette experiment
Across many new democracies, voters routinely elect candidates associated with violence. Though electoral violence is common, there is little understanding of how it affects voting behaviour. This article examines how electoral violence affects turnout and vote choice. To this end, a vignette experiment is set in a nationally representative survey in Kenya, where electoral violence has been present since the 1990s. In the experiment, voters choos…
Covid-19 response needs to broaden financial inclusion to curb the rise in poverty
Inequality, persistence of the informal economy, and club convergence
To what extent does deprivation affect the performance of English local authorities
The UK Government has placed increasing emphasis on the use of performance assessment schemes with the aim of improving the delivery of public services. An example of such schemes is the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA). The CPA subjects English local authorities to annual audits and the collection of hundreds of performance indicators to arrive at final ratings that lead to corresponding rewards and sanctions. This article shows that t…
Estimating the impact of Mexican drug cartels and drug-related homicides on crime and perceptions of safety
We estimate the impact of drug cartels and drug-related homicides on crime and perceptions of security in Mexico. Since the location where drug cartels operate might be endogenous, we combine the difference-in-difference estimator with instrumental variables. Using surveys on crime victimization we find that people living in areas that experienced drug-related homicides are more likely to take extra security precautions. Yet, these areas are also…
The good, the bad and the ugly: The socioeconomic impact of drug cartels and their violence
This article assesses the impact of drug cartels in Mexico, a country that has witnessed an unprecedented expansion of cartels and wave of drug-related violence since mid-2000. Using the difference-in-difference kernel matching method, the article finds that the areas most plagued by drug-related violence suffered a steep decline in production, profits, salaries, the number of businesses and workers in manufacturing. Unemployment and poverty also…
To what extent does deprivation affect the performance of English local authorities
The UK Government has placed increasing emphasis on the use of performance assessment schemes with the aim of improving the delivery of public services. An example of such schemes is the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA). The CPA subjects English local authorities to annual audits and the collection of hundreds of performance indicators to arrive at final ratings that lead to corresponding rewards and sanctions. This article shows that t…
Triggers and Characteristics of the 2007 Kenyan Electoral Violence
Decentralisation, Accountability and the 2007 MP Elections in Kenya
To alleviate poverty at the grass-roots level the Kenyan government has devised the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) which allocates resources to constituencies for MPs and residents to decide how to spend. This article assesses how the CDF has been spent since its implementation in 2003 and whether MPs' re-election chances were affected by how they managed the fund. Using administrative data on the CDF management and two surveys conducted bef…
An Inquiry into the Use of Illegal Electoral Practices and Effects of Political Violence and Vote-buying
This article investigates whether vote-buying and the instigation of violence in the disputed 2007 Kenyan elections were strategically motivated and whether those affected by vote-buying or post-electoral violence changed their views toward ethnopolitics and the use of violence. To answer these questions, a panel survey conducted before and after the elections is combined with external indicators of electoral violence. We find that vote-buying wa…
Estimating the impact of Mexican drug cartels and drug-related homicides on crime and perceptions of safety
We estimate the impact of drug cartels and drug-related homicides on crime and perceptions of security in Mexico. Since the location where drug cartels operate might be endogenous, we combine the difference-in-difference estimator with instrumental variables. Using surveys on crime victimization we find that people living in areas that experienced drug-related homicides are more likely to take extra security precautions. Yet, these areas are also…
The good, the bad and the ugly: The socioeconomic impact of drug cartels and their violence
This article assesses the impact of drug cartels in Mexico, a country that has witnessed an unprecedented expansion of cartels and wave of drug-related violence since mid-2000. Using the difference-in-difference kernel matching method, the article finds that the areas most plagued by drug-related violence suffered a steep decline in production, profits, salaries, the number of businesses and workers in manufacturing. Unemployment and poverty also…
Inequality, persistence of the informal economy, and club convergence
Covid-19 response needs to broaden financial inclusion to curb the rise in poverty
Does electoral violence affect vote choice and willingness to vote? Conjoint analysis of a vignette experiment
Across many new democracies, voters routinely elect candidates associated with violence. Though electoral violence is common, there is little understanding of how it affects voting behaviour. This article examines how electoral violence affects turnout and vote choice. To this end, a vignette experiment is set in a nationally representative survey in Kenya, where electoral violence has been present since the 1990s. In the experiment, voters choos…
New trends in South-South migration: The economic impact of Covid-19 and immigration enforcement
This paper evaluates the impact of the pandemic and enforcement at the US and Mexican borders on the emigration of Guatemalans during 2017–2020. During this period, the number of crossings from Guatemala to Mexico fell approximately by 10%, according to the Survey of Migration to the Southern Border of Mexico. Yet, there was a rise of nearly 30% in the number of emigration crossings of male adults travelling with their children. This new trend wa…
The Contrasting Effects of Ethnic and Partisan Identity on Performance Evaluation
Why is voting behaviour tied to ethnicity in many new democracies? A predominant view, offered by the instrumentalist theory, argues that voters use candidates’ identity -ethnic or partisan- as a signal of expected performance. However, voters will reward well-performing politicians by being more likely to vote for them and punish bad performance regardless of candidates’ identity. To test these assumptions, we conduct a nationally representative…
Causes and electoral consequences of political assassinations: The role of organized crime in Mexico
Mexico has experienced a notable surge in assassinations of political candidates and mayors. This article argues that these killings are largely driven by organized crime, aiming to influence candidate selection, control local governments for rent-seeking, and retaliate against government crackdowns. Using a new dataset of political assassinations in Mexico from 2000 to 2021 and instrumental variables, we address endogeneity concerns in the locat…
Economics (12 works) · Political science (8 works) · Criminology (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Poverty (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Business (4 works)