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Horacio Larreguy

@hlarreguy.bsky.social

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Working on misinformation, political economy, and development. @ITAM_mx @JPAL and often revisiting @IASToulouse and TSE. Formerly at @Harvard. @MITEcon PhD.

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 3d

📢 Political polarisation has been rising sharply in both advanced and developing democracies.

At our VoxDevLit launch event on October 27, Cesi Cruz and @hlarreguy.bsky.social will summarise research on the causes and consequences of polarisation.

Register➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · 8d

So nice to this in print! Always a pleasure to work with José Ramón Enríquez @asimpser.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) @tse-fr.eu · 23d

🔍 #EconJob Research Assistant in Political Economy

You'll work w/ M. Montenegro @hlarreguy.bsky.social, J. Merilainen & N. Garviras

💡France-based—Toulouse ideal; remote OK; part/full-time
🧠 Advanced Stata skills + knowledge of Spanish preferred

Application: mateo.montenegro[at]tse-fr.eu

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · 24d

2/2 Conocimientos de Stata requeridos, español preferiblemente. Envía tu CV → [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Enviaremos una breve prueba de Stata para verificar nivel.

Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · 24d

1/2 Buscamos RA (con base en Francia—ideal Toulouse; remoto OK; medio tiempo o tiempo completo). Stata obligatorio. Proyectos en economía política (desinformación y capacidad estatal local) con
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo Montenegro

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · 24d

2/2 Contract for at least a year. Stata required, Spanish preferred. Send CV → [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. We’ll send a short Stata test to confirm proficiency.

Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · 24d

1/2 We’re hiring a Research Assistant (France-based—Toulouse ideal; remote OK; part/full-time). Projects: experimental & quasi-experimental political economy on misinformation and local state capacity w/
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo montenegro_z

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 25d

The School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San José State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. We welcome applicants from all fields of environmental studies who apply an environmental justice lens to their work. jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies

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The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · Aug 22

"Political brokers use social networks to identify & target reciprocal non-copartisans for vote buying. Parties recruit brokers central in networks to sway persuadable voters."

From @rduartegonzalez.bsky.social, Finan, @hlarreguy.bsky.social and Schechter:

www.restud.com/brokering-vo...

#Econsky

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Catherine Molho @cmolho.bsky.social · Jul 2

📣 We are excited (or should we say disgusted?) to announce the conference 'Disgust across borders' at IAST! @iast.fr

🗓️ Join us on Dec 4 & 5 for two days full of disgust research across species and disciplines.

Registration and abstract submission are open (until Aug 31): forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...

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Reposted by Horacio Larreguy, Gema Zamarro, Climent Quintana‐Domeque

The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · Jun 12

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement,” by Buzard (@kbuzard7.bsky.social), Gee (@laurakgee.bsky.social), and Stoddard (@olgastoddard.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement*

Abstract. Gender imbalance in time spent on child rearing causes gender inequalities in labor market outcomes, human capital accumulation, and economic mob

doi.org

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IASToulouse @iast.fr · Jun 6

Inspired by this lineup? Join us at the IAST workshop.

✍️Register by 15/06: www.iast.fr/registration...

👉Organized with care by: A. Degrave, @dwingerfelix.bsky.social @haasvioleta.bsky.social @hlarreguy.bsky.social @giacomolem.bsky.social K. Michelitch, A. Ezzeldin Mohamed & @asimpser.bsky.social

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · May 11

<0 in Zimbabwe (doi.org/10.1017/S000... with Kevin Croke @guygrossman.bsky.social Grossman and John Marshall), >0 in Nigeria (doi.org/10.1162/REST... with John Marshall) and 0 in Senegal, unless there is democratic backsliding which turns it >0 (doi.org/10.1017/psrm... with @shelleyliu.bsky.social)

Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes - Volume 110 Issue 3

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · May 11

I love this paper. It is a culmination (well, maybe there will be a book) of a long-time agenda on how regime type conditions the (causal!) effect of education on political participation. Within this paper, and across 3 papers, we show that there is an inverted-U relationship.

Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Can Decrease Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes - Volume 110 Issue 3

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · May 11

www.dropbox.com/s/9bv6odlrcu...
We started it when Carlos was an undergraduate and Soeren a PhD student at @Harvard 2 PhDs, 2 PosDocs, and 4 jobs afterwards, it found a home!

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · May 11

I still cannot believe that we finally got "Missionary Activity, Education, and Long-run Political Development: Evidence Across Regime Types in Africa" conditionally accepted at
@cpsjournal.bsky.social with @soerenhenn.bsky.social
and Carlos Schmidt-Padilla

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · May 9

Nice to see this in LAER's Special Issue on Experimental Economics! Thanks to Hernan Bejarano for the invitation submission! www.latinaer.org/index.php/la...

Does the Content and Mode of Delivery of Information Matter for Electoral Accountability? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mexico | Latin American Economic Review

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Apr 21

ITAM Alumni Conference will take place on Friday, August 15. In addition, this year, the day after the Alumni conference, we are trying to organize a Friends of ITAM Political Economy workshop.

Unfortunately, we cannot cover transportation or lodging. However, we hope to see you in Mexico City!

Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Apr 21

Interested in participating in the Friends of ITAM Political Economy Workshop in Mexico City on August 16?
Please send us a paper to [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected]. The submission deadline is May 23, and decisions will be communicated by June 2.

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Apr 18

Very happy to see this with @piaraffler.bsky.social in press www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... It was a great excuse to go back to interacting more often as in our good old times at @harvard.edu

Accountability in Developing Democracies: The Impact of the Internet, Social Media, and Polarization | Annual Reviews

This article reviews the recent literature on accountability in developing democracies through the lens of two nested principal–agent problems: the relationship between voters and elected politicians ...

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Apr 7

You can access the data both in
Zenodo
zenodo.org/records/1499...
and Github
github.com/brunocaldero...

Electoral precinct-level database for Mexican municipal elections

This dataset is a resource for analyzing political competition and electoral dynamics in Mexico, focusing on precinct-level municipal election data. It includes vote shares for incumbents, runner-ups,...

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Apr 7

To facilitate research, for example, we have coded up incumbent and runner-up vote shares, an added the incumbent winning margin in the past municipal election. We really hope this sparks a lot of subnation research in Mexico as Francisco would have wanted.

Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Apr 7

The data, published in honor of the late Francisco Cantú, includes electoral results at the precinct level for all available Mexican municipal elections since 1994 until 2019 (although we are extending it until 2024).

Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Apr 7

Very happy to see this in press! It was a please to work with Bruno Calderón-Hernández John Marshall and José Luis Pérez-Castellanos
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Electoral precinct-level database for Mexican municipal elections - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Electoral precinct-level database for Mexican municipal elections

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Simon Chauchard @simonchauchard.bsky.social · Mar 31

🚨Finally in print: our (with Kiran Garimella) methods piece on how to do research on WhatsApp and collect WhatsApp data using donations.

"Whatsapp Explorer: A data donation tool to facilitate research on WhatsApp"

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Reposted by Horacio Larreguy, Vincent Pons, Krzysztof Krakowski

The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · Mar 20

"National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946!
From @vinpons.bsky.social, Marx and Rollet.

The companion paper: www.restud.com/electoral-tu...

#EconSky #Elections

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Weatherhead Center for International Affairs @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social · Mar 10

In many democracies, politicians buy votes through local brokers, but how do these brokers decide whom to target? New research by @rduartegonzalez.bsky.social and colleagues uncovers the hidden role of social networks in vote buying, using data from rural Paraguay. loom.ly/zy-qZnE

Screenshot of journal article title and list of authors.

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taekulee.bsky.social @taekulee.bsky.social · Feb 11

Political scientists: please consider signing, and sharing with other political scientists, this petition, which expresses urgent concerns about threats to the balance of powers in the U.S. today. Hundreds have already signed.

Political scientists' statement on recent events

Please use this form to add your signature to the following statement. Note that we are only soliciting signatures from individuals with PhDs in political science. We, the undersigned, are political ...

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Feb 10

Someone has spoofed my email. If you receive an email from me asking for help, please do not respond.

Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · Dec 27

It is dedicated to late Francisco Cantú, who encouraged us back in the day to make all the electoral-precint level data we painstakingly collected public.