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Ana Isabel López

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Assistant Professor @maastrichtu.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social | Migration | development politics | political economy | Latin America and the Caribbean maastrichtuniversity.nl/ai-lopez-garcia

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Ana Isabel López @anaisgarcia.bsky.social · 8d

Why would anyone pay #taxes where disasters strike, gangs rule and the state barely functions? Our work in Haiti shows that even amid crisis, the affluent support taxation through social recognition and trusted intermediaries (with Sarah Berens) @WorldDevJournal www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Taxing the wealthy in Haiti: Evidence from a conjoint experiment on property tax preferences

How can we build support for taxation among the wealthy in fragile conflict-afflicted countries? Haiti, one of the poorest and most unequal societies …

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Ana Isabel López @anaisgarcia.bsky.social · 8d

Taxing the wealthy in Haiti: Evidence from a conjoint experiment on property tax preferences

How can we build support for taxation among the wealthy in fragile conflict-afflicted countries? Haiti, one of the poorest and most unequal societies …

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Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · Aug 31

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The Niskanen Center @niskanencenter.bsky.social · Aug 18

"What does it mean when we take the people who are supposed to be tracking terrorism and global organized crime and have them track Western Union transactions?"

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International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) @ictdtax.bsky.social · Aug 13

💬 The recently introduced 1% tax on all cash-based remittances in the US will have "devastating & destabilizing effects on the world's poorest countries."

Read the full op-ed by ICTD's Vanessa van den Boogaard, along with Ana Isabel Lopez Garcia, for Foreign Policy ⬇️

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#TaxExperts

A Lifeline for Global Development Is Under Threat

Trump’s remittance tax will hurt migrants—and incentivize emigration.

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Ana Isabel López @anaisgarcia.bsky.social · Aug 15

Do migrant #remittances make recipients more or less willing to pay #taxes? Data from Latin America show they’re more willing to pay higher taxes for better municipal services, even when contributing informally to public goods via community levies.
@devandchg.bsky.social

When Governments Deliver: Migrant Remittances and the Willingness to Pay Higher Local Taxes

This article deviates from prior research which considers only national-level and formal taxes when examining tax attitudes and behaviours in migrant-sending countries. It investigates the relationsh...

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · Aug 12

Instead of cracking down on illegal immigration and cartel finances, this tax on the poor will increase global instability and the very incentives that drive emigration in the first place.

A Lifeline for Global Development Is Under Threat

Trump’s remittance tax will hurt migrants—and incentivize emigration.

foreignpolicy.com

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Ana Isabel López @anaisgarcia.bsky.social · Aug 12

In @foreignpolicy.com we call out the new US remittance tax for what it is: a tax on the poor. Built on bad premises, it will hurt far more than it helps. Taxing remittances makes no one stronger, safer, or more secure (with Vanessa van den Boogaard) foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/12/r...

A Lifeline for Global Development Is Under Threat

Trump’s remittance tax will hurt migrants—and incentivize emigration.

foreignpolicy.com

Ana Isabel López @anaisgarcia.bsky.social · Aug 9

Thank you @isanet.bsky.social !!! Very happy and honored to have received this prize, as the first recipients!! Big thanks to the @ictdtax.bsky.social for their support in funding this research!!

International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · Jul 31

🎉 Congratulations to the 2024 Best Virtual Conference Paper award recipients and honorable mentions for their exceptional scholarship! Applications for this year's cycle open on Aug. 1 via buff.ly/xKSPseI

2024 Best Virtual Conference Paper Award
Ana I. Lopez Garcia | Maastricht University
Sarah Berens | University of Bremen
for their paper “Taxing the Wealthy in Haiti”

Honorable Mentions
Elai Rettig | Bar-Ilan University for “Solar Energy as National Security in the Israel-Palestinian Conflict”
Sunil Vaswani | Mumbai, India
for “The Logic of Nehruvian Internationalism”

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Aug 4

This working paper looks really cool.

"The Education-Innovation Gap"

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Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social · Feb 13

From our upcoming issue: "US Enforcement Politics and Remittance Dynamics in Mexico" by Matthew Smoldt, Valerie Mueller (@valmuellerasu.bsky.social ), and Cameron G. Thies (@cameronthies.bsky.social).

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The Economist @economist.com · Jul 19

Mexico was once a pioneer with its successful conditional cash transfers to reduce poverty. Now that these handouts are universal, the country’s very poorest are worse off

Mexico’s handouts do a bit for the poor and lots for Morena

The populist party has made unconditional cash transfers central to its rule. That creates weaknesses

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Nuffield College Library @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 9

When governments deliver: migrant remittances and the willingness to pay higher local taxes
doi.org/10.1111/dech...
Paper in @devandchg.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social alumna @anaisgarcia.bsky.social Her study shows remittances increase local tax contributions in Latin America/Caribbean

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Center for Global Democracy @vu-cgd.bsky.social · Jul 7

Millions of Venezuelans have fled their country, facing hardship and discrimination abroad. Yet many show remarkable resilience and hope for the future.

@itsmarirodriguez.bsky.social explores what new survey data from COL and PER reveal about the Venezuelan diaspora: tinyurl.com/u47jyf4m

The Future of Venezuela’s Diaspora

Recent surveys of migrant communities in Colombia and Peru provide rare insights into the largest exodus in Latin American history.

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NBER @nber.org · Jun 22

A large field experiment in Peru on informal workers informs whether offering them a matching contribution raises participation and contributions in their Individual Retirement Accounts, from Noelia Bernal, Sebastian Galiani, and Oswaldo Molina https://www.nber.org/papers/w33925

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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · May 16

As large cuts are made to foreign aid across the globe, remittances—money that migrants send back to their home countries—are becoming more important.

Here's how we can maximize their impact for development, according to @helen-dempster.bsky.social & @samhuckstep.bsky.social:
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After Aid Cuts, Here’s How to Make the Most Out of Remittances

Explore how remittances could help reduce the impacts of aid cuts and support broader economic development goals.

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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · Mar 28

How does taxation shape conflict dynamics, and what role can fair and transparent tax systems play in building lasting peace? These were the key questions driving our two-day workshop.

A big thank you to our participants, read more about the event: go.unu.edu/R9p34

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Ana Isabel López @anaisgarcia.bsky.social · Mar 31

Why would anyone pay taxes in a country where disasters strikes, gangs rule and the state barely functions? Our work in Haiti shows that even amid crisis, the affluent can support taxation through social recognition and trusted intermediaries (with Sarah Berens) www.ictd.ac/publication/...

Taxing the Wealthy in Haiti: Evidence from a Survey Experiment on Property Tax Preferences - ICTD

Haiti, one of the poorest and most unequal societies in the Americas, is highly reliant on aid and lacks tax revenue.

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Ana Isabel López @anaisgarcia.bsky.social · Mar 2

In the Midst of Conflict and Gang Rule: What Would Make Haitians Supportive of Property Tax? ictd.ac/blog/conflic... via
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In the Midst of Conflict and Gang Rule: What Would Make Haiti’s Wealthy Supportive of Property Tax? - ICTD

Why would anyone in Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, agree to pay taxes to a state that has failed them repetitively?

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Ana Isabel López @anaisgarcia.bsky.social · Jan 21

Could hiring more women rebuild trust in the local police? Our survey experiment in Mexico shows that female officers are seen as more effective and less corrupt, regardless of (military) background. Effects are moreover stronger for crime and violence victims. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Restoring trust in Mexico’s police: do officer gender and work experience matter?

How can public confidence in the police be restored in high-crime environments? What type of police officers would citizens in violent democracies see as trusted? This paper examines how the gender...

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Ana Isabel López @anaisgarcia.bsky.social · Nov 27

Can migrant remittances fuel protest in young democracies? In LAC, recipients don't differ in their support for peaceful protest, but are more likely to back violent actions, especially when dissatisfied with clientelist politics. Read more in @IntMig_Journal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Migrant money and political unrest: remittances and support for protest in Latin America and the Caribbean

How does receiving remittances from abroad influence support for protest participation in origin democracies? Drawing on survey data from Latin America and the Caribbean, a region where social discon...

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Ana Isabel López @anaisgarcia.bsky.social · Oct 31

In Mexico, penal policies dominate the crime response, but could social policies like youth education be more effective? Check our latest article at SCID
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Classrooms or Crackdowns? How Violence Affects Security Policy Preferences in Mexico - Studies in Comparative International Development

Penal policies have been the primary strategy of Latin American governments to combat crime, but preventative social policies such as youth education programmes may be more effective solutions. Penal ...

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Mariana Llanos @millanos.bsky.social · Sep 13

Amigos brasileiros: vocês estão aquí? Me digam onde posso encontrá-los?

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Ana Isabel López @anaisgarcia.bsky.social · Sep 7

this is amazing @profejacevedo.bsky.social!! well-deserved, muchísimas felicidades!!!

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 22

Discover how migrant remittances impact #local #taxes! GLD Working Paper No. 74 by @anaisgarcia.bsky.social shows that remittance recipients in #LatinAmerica are more likely to pay higher municipal taxes for better services - Could this strengthen local governance? 🔗 bit.ly/3WNNwxK

A woman in colorful clothing standing at a train station.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Jan 24

In the Netherlands, natives 8% less likely to cooperate with a non-Western immigrant, in second stage of a trust game, if immigrant trusts the native

In other words, the returns to being trustworthy are lower for the immigrant

By Cettolin+Suetens in EJ—> doi.org/10.1111/ecoj...

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