Comparative Politics
Political Economy

American Political Science Association. Award for the Best Paper presented in the 2000 meeting by the Comparative Politics Section.

American Political Science Association. Award for the Best Dissertation in Political Economy, 1998.

Political Science 140: Political Economy of Development
Political Science 248: Mexican Politics
Political Science 440D: Workshop in Comparative Politics
Political Science 441: Politics of Development

Books

(1997) with Jacqueline Martínez (editors) Memoria del Congreso Nacional de Ciencia Política 1996: Mesa de Federalismo (Proceedings of the National Political Science Congress 1996, Section on Federalism), México: IFE / CNCPyAP.

(1995) Desarrollo Económico e Inequidad Regional: Hacia un Nuevo Pacto Federal en México (Economic Development and Regional Inequality: Towards a New Federal Pact in Mexico), México: Miguel Angel Porrúa.

Articles and Book Chapters

(2002) with Rafael Gamboa and Fausto Hernández “Determinants and Consequences of Bailing Out States in Mexico” Eastern Economic Journal 28(3).

(2001) with Beatriz Magaloni “Party Dominance and the Logic of Electoral Design in the Mexican Transition to Democracy” Journal of Theoretical Politics13(3).

(1999) with Beatriz Magaloni “Autoridad Presupuestal del Poder Legislativo en México: una Primera Aproximación” (Budgetary Authority of the Mexican Legislature: A Preliminary Assessment) Política y Gobierno, Vol.5(2).

(1997) “Asignación Política de Recursos en el Federalismo Mexicano: Incentivos y Restricciones” (Political Resource Allocation in Mexican Federalism: Incentives and Constraints) Perfiles Latinoamericanos FLACSO. 6(10):35-74.

(forthcoming) with Beatriz Magaloni “Mexico: Designing Electoral Rules for a Dominant Party” in Josep Colomer (ed.) Handbook of Electoral System Choice Palgrave: Macmillan/St Martin's.

(forthcoming) with Jose Antonio Gonzalez and Fernando Rojas “Mexico’s Decentralization at a Cross-Roads” T.N. Srinivasan (ed.)

(forthcoming) with Beatriz Magaloni and Federico Estevez “The Erosion of Party Hegemony, Clientelism and Portfolio Diversification: The Programa Nacional de Solidaridad (PRONASOL) in Mexico” in Herbert Kitschelt (ed.)

(2003) “Decentralization, Democratization and Federalism in Mexico” in Kevin Middlebrook (ed.) Dilemmas of Change in Mexican Politics, Center for U.S.- Mexican Studies, UCSD.

(2003) “Do Federal Institutions Matter? Rules and Political Practices in Regional Resource Allocation in Mexico” , in Edward Gibson (ed.) Federalism and Democracy in Latin America. Johns Hopkins University Press.

(2001) “ Federalismo Fiscal” in Rubio, Luis (ed.) Alternativas para el Desarrollo. Políticas económicas del México contemporáneo. México: CONACULTA, FCE, Serie: Biblioteca Mexicana.

(2000) with Steve Webb and Fernando Rojas “Historical Forces: Geographic and Political” in Marcelo Giugale and Steven B. Webb (eds.) Achievements and Challenges of Fiscal Decentralization. Lessons From Mexico. Washington: The World Bank.

(2000) with Tom Courchene “ Transfers and the Nature of the Mexican Federation” in Marcelo Giugale and Steven B. Webb (eds.) Achievements and Challenges of Fiscal Decentralization. Lessons From Mexico. Washington: The World Bank.

(2000) with Charles E. McLure “ Tax Assignment” in Marcelo Giugale and Steven B. Webb (eds.) Achievements and Challenges of Fiscal Decentralization. Lessons From Mexico. Washington: The World Bank.

(2000) “Comment on Transfers and Incentives” in Shahid Javed Burki and Guillermo Perry (eds.) Decentralization and Accountability of the Public Sector, Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1999. Washington: World Bank.

(2000) “Diez Mitos Sobre el Federalismo Mexicano” (Ten Myths on Mexican Federalism) in Merino, Mauricio (ed.) Ciencia Política. Biblioteca Mexicana del Siglo XXI. México: CONACULTA FCE, Serie: Biblioteca Mexicana.

(1999) “Globalización y Federalismo” (Federalism and Globabalization) Isonomía. México: ITAM.

(1999) “Un Análisis Institucional del Papel del Estado en América Latina” (An Institutional Analysis of the Role of the State in Latin America) in Rubio, Luis & Rolf Lüders El Papel del Estado en America Latina, México: Miguel Angel Porrúa.

(1998) "Hacia una Prueba Empírica de la Distribución de Recursos en el Sistema Federal Mexicano" (Towards an Empirical test of the Distribution of Resources in the Mexican Federal System) in Sempere, Jaime & Sobarzo, Horacio (eds.) Federalismo Fiscal en Mexico, México: El Colegio de México.

(1998) with Jacqueline Martínez “ Federalismo y Municipalismo: Dos Lógicas en Tensión” (Federalism and Municipalism: Two Logics in Tension) Diálogo y Debate Num 4.

(1998) “Viabilidad Política de la Focalización de las Políticas Sociales: una Perspectiva Comparada” (Political Viability of Targeted Social Policies: A Comparative Perspective) Revista Mexicana de Trabajo Social.

(1996) "Supervivencia Política y Asignación de Recursos en el Sistema Federal Mexicano" (Political Survival and Resource Allocation in the Mexican Federal System) in Arellano Cadena, Rogelio (ed.) México Hacia un Nuevo Federalismo Fiscal, Lecturas del Trimestre Económico Num. 83. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica / Gobierno del Estado de Puebla.

(1996) "Federalismo y Convergencia Regional" (Federalism and Regional Convergence) in Manual del Diplomado en Políticas Públicas y Gobierno Local, México: CNCPyAP.

(1996) with Christopher S. Bender and James E. Hass “ The Challenge of Environmental Infrastructure Finance in Mexico” The Journal of Project Finance 2(3) Fall.