Estimados Académicos y Académicas FEN,

Les extendemos la invitación al seminario que organiza el Departamento de Economía, en el que se presentará el trabajo titulado "Political Alignment and Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation in a Fragmented Political Landscape: Evidence form Mexico".

Expone: Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, Profesor Asociado, Instituto de Economía PUC.

Co-autor: Rubén Durante (NUS) y Emilio Gutiérrez (ITAM)

Abstract: We investigate the relationship between neighboring municipal authorities’ shared party affiliation and inter-jurisdictional cooperation agreements in Mexico. Exploiting a Regression Discontinuity Design in close municipal elections, we show that political alignment with neighboring municipalities translates into higher levels of inter-jurisdictional cooperation. Focusing particularly on crime prevention, we then document that cooperation has observable returns (homicide rates decline significantly) and that the difference in the probability of observing a cooperation agreement between same and different party mayors is larger when the returns to cooperation are higher.

El formato será presencial y el seminario se desarrollará en la Sala P-303.

Saludos cordiales,

Dirección de Investigación