Research Interests:
Political economy of development
Elections and election fraud
Corruption
Development policy
Authoritarianism
Survey research

Selected Research:

Cheating Big: The Logic of Electoral Manipulation (2008)

Unintended Consequences of Election Monitoring (2008)

Can International Election Monitoring Harm Governance? (with Daniela Donno) (2009)

The Measurement of Electoral Manipulation: Some Issues and a Cross-National Dataset, (2008)

Empty Promises? A Study of the 3x1 Program for Migrants in Mexico (with various co-authors) (2009)

Development, Electoral Manipulation and Turnout in Mexico under the PRI, (2007)