Accumulated literature on the social license to operate (SLO) of mining has called attention
to procedural fairness, which assumes that fair treatments enhance acceptance from people …

Holding politicians accountable through reelection has long been a focus of empirical
research, yet results are mixed in terms of whether electoral accountability works in practice …

What explains variation in mayors' strategic linkages with police forces they do not formally
control? This question is of central importance in Latin America, home to 43 of the 50 most …

How do politicians in emerging democracies subvert institutional reforms that are designed
to improve accountability? Looking at patron-client relations within political parties, I present …

Are recall elections more legitimate than other procedures employed to dismiss elected
executives? The first part of this chapter develops a typology of mechanisms employed to …

In this paper, we argue that, relative to chief executives at higher levels of government,
mayors in Latin America often operate with fewer outside checks on their scope of action …

We estimate the effects of political accountability on the selection of politicians when
accountability mechanisms are prone to political capture. We compare the characteristics of …

La tacha electoral es un recurso impugnatorio que cualquier ciudadano peruano puede
interponer contra cualquier candidato en las elecciones subnacionales. Este artículo …

The objective of this article is to analyze invalid votes under compulsory voting in Peru. I
analyzed three Peruvian presidential elections (held in 2006, 2011, and 2016). I …

Corruption is a source of concern for many citizens, policymakers, and scholars alike. In
democracies, policymakers must navigate citizen disillusionment as a result of corruption …