12 Organized Crime, Violence, and State Capture

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Reading

Dal Bó, Ernesto, Pedro Dal Bó, and Rafael Di Tella (2006). “‘Plata o Plomo?’: Bribe and Punishment in a Theory of Political Influence.” American Political Science Review, 100(1), 41–53. (PDF EN/ES) Recommended. Presentation by Leonardo M. P.

Trejo, Guillermo, and Sandra Ley (2020). Votes, Drugs, and Violence: The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico. Cambridge University Press. Read Chapter 1. (PDF EN/ES) Required.

Dell, Melissa (2015). “Trafficking Networks and the Mexican Drug War.” American Economic Review, 105(6), 1738–1779. (PDF EN/ES) Recommended. Presentation by Luis M. J.

Acemoglu, Daron, Giuseppe De Feo, and Giacomo Davide De Luca (2020). “Weak States: Causes and Consequences of the Sicilian Mafia.” Review of Economic Studies, 87(2), 537–581. (PDF EN/ES) Recommended. Presentation by María M. Z.