Gustavo Flores-Macías
Biographic Data
| ID | 336340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gustavo Flores-Macías |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gustavo |
| FAMILY NAME | Flores-Macías |
| SIGNATURE | FLORES-MACÍAS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5285-3852 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 390 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Polling Across Borders: The Promise and Pitfalls of Convenience Samples in a Cross-National Context
This study evaluates the performance of two widely used survey platforms, Lucid and Morning Consult, across six diverse national contexts: Brazil, India, Japan, Nigeria, the Philippines, and the United States. We assess the impact of platform choice on sample composition, response quality, political judgments, and treatment effect estimation, focusing on a randomized corruption treatment embedded within the survey. Attention filter passage rates …
How Covid Changed Latin America
Covid-19 was a pressure test for democracy in Latin America. The pandemic hit the region harder than any other in the world, particularly in terms of covid death rates and rising poverty. The pandemic also created opportunities to consolidate and abuse power, resulting in selective human-rights repression, power grabs, militarization, and corruption. But the effects were not uniformly negative. The pandemic also prompted renewed economic-crisis m…
Recidivism, Labor Markets, and Prison Conditions: Evidence from Uruguay
The Consequences of Militarized Policing for Human Rights: Evidence from Mexico
What are the consequences of the militarization of public safety? Governments increasingly rely on militaries for policing, but the systematic study of this phenomenon’s consequences for human rights has been neglected. NGO and journalistic accounts point to widespread violations by the military, but these snapshots do not necessarily present evidence of systematic abuse. Based on unique data on military deployments and human rights complaints in…
Violent crime and the expansion of executive power in Latin America
What is the relationship between violent crime and the expansion of executive power? Whereas the literature on crises and executive power has focused on the centralization of authority resulting from the war on terror, the role played by other forms of crises short of interstate war has been neglected, especially in the developing world. This article argues that public safety crises have enabled executives to expand their power at the expense of …
Militarization and Perceptions of Law Enforcement in the Developing World: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in Mexico
Although a growing body of research suggests that the constabularization of the military for domestic policing is counterproductive, this increasingly prevalent policy has nonetheless enjoyed widespread support in the developing world. This study advances our understanding of the consequences of militarization for perceptions of law enforcement: whether visual features shape perceptions of effectiveness, respect for civil liberties, proclivity fo…
The Militarization of Law Enforcement: Evidence from Latin America
What are the political consequences of militarizing law enforcement? Across the world, law enforcement has become increasingly militarized over the last three decades, with civilian police operating more like armed forces and soldiers replacing civilian police in law enforcement tasks. Scholarly, policy, and journalistic attention has mostly focused on the first type, but has neglected the study of three main areas toward which we seek to contrib…
Building the Modern State in Developing Countries: Perceptions of Public Safety and (Un)willingness to Pay Taxes in Mexico
What is the relationship between taxation and public safety? Contrary to studies suggesting that personal victimization and heightened perceptions of insecurity increase pro-social attitudes and support for state intervention in the form of greater taxation, this article argues that such concerns decrease willingness to pay taxes to address public safety. It estimates what citizens are willing to pay to reduce crime, using an original representat…
Part 3: Disciplines in an active voice
This section of the account of the action research and thorough reform of the CASA-Sevilla study abroad programme describes how the courses in the fields of anthropology, history and art / art history were changed. It explains why a pedagogical reform was needed, the choices faculty members made and the difficulties they faced. Transitioning to an active pedagogy has not been an easy path for faculty. The accounts show how they integrated indepen…
Building support for taxation in developing countries: Experimental evidence from Mexico
The Consequences of Militarizing Anti-Drug Efforts for State Capacity in Latin America: Evidence from Mexico
Borrowing Support for War: The Effect of War Finance on Public Attitudes toward Conflict
How does the way states finance wars affect public support for conflict? Most existing research has focused on costs as casualties rather than financial burdens, and arguments that do speak to the cost in treasure either minimize potential differences between the two main forms of war finance—debt and taxes—or imply that war taxes do not dent support for war among a populace rallying around the fiscal flag. Using original experiments conducted in…
Latin America’s New Turbulence: Mexico’s Stalled Reforms
The long-ruling PRI staged a comeback in 2012 behind a young president touting a reformist agenda, but Enrique Peña Nieto’s early successes have been eclipsed by government underperformance and a continued failure to restore public security
Financing Security Through Elite Taxation: The Case of Colombia's “Democratic Security Taxes”
The Foreign Policy Consequences of Trade: China’s Commercial Relations with Africa and Latin America, 1992–2006
What are the foreign policy consequences of China’s growing trade relations? In particular, are states that trade more heavily with China more likely to side with it on key foreign policy issues? Does a shift toward China come at the expense of American influence? We evaluate these questions using data on bilateral trade for China and developing countries in Africa and Latin America between 1992 and 2006. Using ordinary and two-stage least square…
Mexico’s 2012 Elections: The Return of the PRI
With Mexico seeming poised for a change election in 2012, why did it vote in a regime that ruled the country for much of the 20th century? Is the new PRI different from the old PRI? What are the implications of the PRI’s return for Mexico’s democracy? This article argues that several institutions on which the old regime was based remained intact after the transition, which made the return of the PRI almost inevitable. It suggests that the PRI's r…
Political Parties at War: A Study of American War Finance, 1789-2010
What determines when states adopt war taxes to finance the cost of conflict? We address this question with a study of war taxes in the United States between 1789 and 2010. Using logit estimation of the determinants of war taxes, an analysis of roll-call votes on war tax legislation, and a historical case study of the Civil War, we provide evidence that partisan fiscal differences account for whether the United States finances its conflicts throug…
Making Migrant-Government Partnerships Work: Insights from the Logic of Collective Action
Statist vs. Pro-Market: Explaining Leftist Governments' Economic Policies in Latin America
The Voter's Dilemma and Democratic Accountability: Latin America and Beyond by Mona M. Lyne
Nafta's Unfulfilled Immigration Expectations
Signed in 1992 and implemented in 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) deeply transformed the bilateral relations between the United States and Mexico in many respects. U.S.–Mexico
The Militarization of Law Enforcement: Evidence from Latin America
What are the political consequences of militarizing law enforcement? Across the world, law enforcement has become increasingly militarized over the last three decades, with civilian police operating more like armed forces and soldiers replacing civilian police in law enforcement tasks. Scholarly, policy, and journalistic attention has mostly focused on the first type, but has neglected the study of three main areas toward which we seek to contrib…
The Foreign Policy Consequences of Trade: China’s Commercial Relations with Africa and Latin America, 1992–2006
What are the foreign policy consequences of China’s growing trade relations? In particular, are states that trade more heavily with China more likely to side with it on key foreign policy issues? Does a shift toward China come at the expense of American influence? We evaluate these questions using data on bilateral trade for China and developing countries in Africa and Latin America between 1992 and 2006. Using ordinary and two-stage least square…
The Consequences of Militarizing Anti-Drug Efforts for State Capacity in Latin America: Evidence from Mexico
Borrowing Support for War: The Effect of War Finance on Public Attitudes toward Conflict
How does the way states finance wars affect public support for conflict? Most existing research has focused on costs as casualties rather than financial burdens, and arguments that do speak to the cost in treasure either minimize potential differences between the two main forms of war finance—debt and taxes—or imply that war taxes do not dent support for war among a populace rallying around the fiscal flag. Using original experiments conducted in…
Political Parties at War: A Study of American War Finance, 1789-2010
What determines when states adopt war taxes to finance the cost of conflict? We address this question with a study of war taxes in the United States between 1789 and 2010. Using logit estimation of the determinants of war taxes, an analysis of roll-call votes on war tax legislation, and a historical case study of the Civil War, we provide evidence that partisan fiscal differences account for whether the United States finances its conflicts throug…
The Consequences of Militarized Policing for Human Rights: Evidence from Mexico
What are the consequences of the militarization of public safety? Governments increasingly rely on militaries for policing, but the systematic study of this phenomenon’s consequences for human rights has been neglected. NGO and journalistic accounts point to widespread violations by the military, but these snapshots do not necessarily present evidence of systematic abuse. Based on unique data on military deployments and human rights complaints in…
Statist vs. Pro-Market: Explaining Leftist Governments' Economic Policies in Latin America
Militarization and Perceptions of Law Enforcement in the Developing World: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in Mexico
Although a growing body of research suggests that the constabularization of the military for domestic policing is counterproductive, this increasingly prevalent policy has nonetheless enjoyed widespread support in the developing world. This study advances our understanding of the consequences of militarization for perceptions of law enforcement: whether visual features shape perceptions of effectiveness, respect for civil liberties, proclivity fo…
Financing Security Through Elite Taxation: The Case of Colombia's “Democratic Security Taxes”
Building the Modern State in Developing Countries: Perceptions of Public Safety and (Un)willingness to Pay Taxes in Mexico
What is the relationship between taxation and public safety? Contrary to studies suggesting that personal victimization and heightened perceptions of insecurity increase pro-social attitudes and support for state intervention in the form of greater taxation, this article argues that such concerns decrease willingness to pay taxes to address public safety. It estimates what citizens are willing to pay to reduce crime, using an original representat…
Mexico’s 2012 Elections: The Return of the PRI
With Mexico seeming poised for a change election in 2012, why did it vote in a regime that ruled the country for much of the 20th century? Is the new PRI different from the old PRI? What are the implications of the PRI’s return for Mexico’s democracy? This article argues that several institutions on which the old regime was based remained intact after the transition, which made the return of the PRI almost inevitable. It suggests that the PRI's r…
Building support for taxation in developing countries: Experimental evidence from Mexico
Violent crime and the expansion of executive power in Latin America
What is the relationship between violent crime and the expansion of executive power? Whereas the literature on crises and executive power has focused on the centralization of authority resulting from the war on terror, the role played by other forms of crises short of interstate war has been neglected, especially in the developing world. This article argues that public safety crises have enabled executives to expand their power at the expense of …
Latin America’s New Turbulence: Mexico’s Stalled Reforms
The long-ruling PRI staged a comeback in 2012 behind a young president touting a reformist agenda, but Enrique Peña Nieto’s early successes have been eclipsed by government underperformance and a continued failure to restore public security
Making Migrant-Government Partnerships Work: Insights from the Logic of Collective Action
Nafta's Unfulfilled Immigration Expectations
Signed in 1992 and implemented in 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) deeply transformed the bilateral relations between the United States and Mexico in many respects. U.S.–Mexico
Recidivism, Labor Markets, and Prison Conditions: Evidence from Uruguay
Nafta's Unfulfilled Immigration Expectations
Signed in 1992 and implemented in 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) deeply transformed the bilateral relations between the United States and Mexico in many respects. U.S.–Mexico
The Voter's Dilemma and Democratic Accountability: Latin America and Beyond by Mona M. Lyne
Statist vs. Pro-Market: Explaining Leftist Governments' Economic Policies in Latin America
Making Migrant-Government Partnerships Work: Insights from the Logic of Collective Action
The Foreign Policy Consequences of Trade: China’s Commercial Relations with Africa and Latin America, 1992–2006
What are the foreign policy consequences of China’s growing trade relations? In particular, are states that trade more heavily with China more likely to side with it on key foreign policy issues? Does a shift toward China come at the expense of American influence? We evaluate these questions using data on bilateral trade for China and developing countries in Africa and Latin America between 1992 and 2006. Using ordinary and two-stage least square…
Mexico’s 2012 Elections: The Return of the PRI
With Mexico seeming poised for a change election in 2012, why did it vote in a regime that ruled the country for much of the 20th century? Is the new PRI different from the old PRI? What are the implications of the PRI’s return for Mexico’s democracy? This article argues that several institutions on which the old regime was based remained intact after the transition, which made the return of the PRI almost inevitable. It suggests that the PRI's r…
Political Parties at War: A Study of American War Finance, 1789-2010
What determines when states adopt war taxes to finance the cost of conflict? We address this question with a study of war taxes in the United States between 1789 and 2010. Using logit estimation of the determinants of war taxes, an analysis of roll-call votes on war tax legislation, and a historical case study of the Civil War, we provide evidence that partisan fiscal differences account for whether the United States finances its conflicts throug…
Financing Security Through Elite Taxation: The Case of Colombia's “Democratic Security Taxes”
Latin America’s New Turbulence: Mexico’s Stalled Reforms
The long-ruling PRI staged a comeback in 2012 behind a young president touting a reformist agenda, but Enrique Peña Nieto’s early successes have been eclipsed by government underperformance and a continued failure to restore public security
Borrowing Support for War: The Effect of War Finance on Public Attitudes toward Conflict
How does the way states finance wars affect public support for conflict? Most existing research has focused on costs as casualties rather than financial burdens, and arguments that do speak to the cost in treasure either minimize potential differences between the two main forms of war finance—debt and taxes—or imply that war taxes do not dent support for war among a populace rallying around the fiscal flag. Using original experiments conducted in…
Building support for taxation in developing countries: Experimental evidence from Mexico
The Consequences of Militarizing Anti-Drug Efforts for State Capacity in Latin America: Evidence from Mexico
Part 3: Disciplines in an active voice
This section of the account of the action research and thorough reform of the CASA-Sevilla study abroad programme describes how the courses in the fields of anthropology, history and art / art history were changed. It explains why a pedagogical reform was needed, the choices faculty members made and the difficulties they faced. Transitioning to an active pedagogy has not been an easy path for faculty. The accounts show how they integrated indepen…
Building the Modern State in Developing Countries: Perceptions of Public Safety and (Un)willingness to Pay Taxes in Mexico
What is the relationship between taxation and public safety? Contrary to studies suggesting that personal victimization and heightened perceptions of insecurity increase pro-social attitudes and support for state intervention in the form of greater taxation, this article argues that such concerns decrease willingness to pay taxes to address public safety. It estimates what citizens are willing to pay to reduce crime, using an original representat…
The Militarization of Law Enforcement: Evidence from Latin America
What are the political consequences of militarizing law enforcement? Across the world, law enforcement has become increasingly militarized over the last three decades, with civilian police operating more like armed forces and soldiers replacing civilian police in law enforcement tasks. Scholarly, policy, and journalistic attention has mostly focused on the first type, but has neglected the study of three main areas toward which we seek to contrib…
Militarization and Perceptions of Law Enforcement in the Developing World: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in Mexico
Although a growing body of research suggests that the constabularization of the military for domestic policing is counterproductive, this increasingly prevalent policy has nonetheless enjoyed widespread support in the developing world. This study advances our understanding of the consequences of militarization for perceptions of law enforcement: whether visual features shape perceptions of effectiveness, respect for civil liberties, proclivity fo…
Violent crime and the expansion of executive power in Latin America
What is the relationship between violent crime and the expansion of executive power? Whereas the literature on crises and executive power has focused on the centralization of authority resulting from the war on terror, the role played by other forms of crises short of interstate war has been neglected, especially in the developing world. This article argues that public safety crises have enabled executives to expand their power at the expense of …
Recidivism, Labor Markets, and Prison Conditions: Evidence from Uruguay
The Consequences of Militarized Policing for Human Rights: Evidence from Mexico
What are the consequences of the militarization of public safety? Governments increasingly rely on militaries for policing, but the systematic study of this phenomenon’s consequences for human rights has been neglected. NGO and journalistic accounts point to widespread violations by the military, but these snapshots do not necessarily present evidence of systematic abuse. Based on unique data on military deployments and human rights complaints in…
How Covid Changed Latin America
Covid-19 was a pressure test for democracy in Latin America. The pandemic hit the region harder than any other in the world, particularly in terms of covid death rates and rising poverty. The pandemic also created opportunities to consolidate and abuse power, resulting in selective human-rights repression, power grabs, militarization, and corruption. But the effects were not uniformly negative. The pandemic also prompted renewed economic-crisis m…
Polling Across Borders: The Promise and Pitfalls of Convenience Samples in a Cross-National Context
This study evaluates the performance of two widely used survey platforms, Lucid and Morning Consult, across six diverse national contexts: Brazil, India, Japan, Nigeria, the Philippines, and the United States. We assess the impact of platform choice on sample composition, response quality, political judgments, and treatment effect estimation, focusing on a randomized corruption treatment embedded within the survey. Attention filter passage rates …
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