Articles, book chapters, and working papers
Articles, book chapters, and working papers
Peer-reviewed articles and book chapters
“The Impact of Political Killings on Political Participation: Evidence from Colombia.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). With Mario Chacón and Laura García-Montoya (2025).
"The Long-Term Economic Legacies of Rebel Rule in Civil War: Micro Evidence from Colombia," Journal of Conflict Resolution. With Ana Maria Ibañez, Julian Arteaga, Juan Camilo Cardenas and Patricia Justino (2023).
"Violence and Voting in the U.S.: How School Shootings Impact Elections." American Political Science Review. With Laura García-Montoya and Matthew Lacombe (2022).
"War-to-peace transitions and the behavioral legacies of civil war: A plea for looking beyond violence." International Journal of Drug Policy, (2021).
"The Qualitative Transparency Deliberations: Insights and Implications." Perspectives on Politics. With Alan Jacobs et al. (2021). In addition, "Research in Violent or Post-Conflict Political Settings," with Wendy Pearlman and Zachariah Mampilly, is part of the supplementary materials of this article.
"Subnational Units, the Locus of Choice, and Theory Building: The Case of Civilian Agency in Civil War." In Agustina Giraudy, Eudardo Moncada and Richard Snyder (Eds), Inside Countries: Subnational Research in Comparative Politics, Cambridge University Press (2019).
"Civilian Cooperation and Non-Cooperation with Non-State Armed Groups: The Centrality of Obedience and Resistance." Small Wars & Insurgencies, Vol 28 (4) (2017).
"Institutions, Civilian Resistance and Wartime Social Order: A process-driven natural experiment in the Colombian Civil War." Latin American Politics and Society, Vol. 58 (3), pp. 99-122 (2016).
"Conflict, violence and democracy in Latin America." Introduction to the first bilingual issue of Political y Gobierno , Vol. XXIII (1) (with Luis de la Calle) (2016).
"Wartime Institutions: A Research Agenda." Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 58(8) (2014).
"Civilian Resistance to Rebel Governance." In Ana Arjona, Nelson Kasfir and Zachariah Mampilly, Rebel Governance in Civil War (Cambridge University Press).
"One National War, Multiple Local Orders: An Inquiry into the Unit of Analysis of War and Post-war Interventions." In M. Bergsmo and P. Kalmanovitz (Eds), Law in Peace Negotiations. Oslo: Torkel Opsahl Academic Publisher (2009).
"Local Orders in Warring Times: Armed Groups' and Civilians' Strategies in Civil War." Qualitative Methods. Spring (2008).
"Recruitment into Armed Groups in Colombia: A Survey of Demobilized Fighters." In Yvan Guichaoua (ed.), Understanding Collective Political Violence. Palgrave-Macmillan. With Stathis Kalyvas (2011).
"Armed Groups, Communities, and Local Orders: An Inter-relational Approach." In Towards Rebuilding the Country: Development, Politics, and Territory in Regions Affected by the Armed Conflict. Edited by Fernan Gonzalez. Bogota, CINEP-ODECOFI (2009).
"A Micro-level Approach to the Armed Conflict in Colombia: Results of a Survey with Demobilized Fighters of Guerrilla and Paramilitary Groups." In Freddy Cante (Ed.), Argumentation, Negotiation, and Agreements. Bogota: El Rosario University. With Stathis Kalyvas. 2008.
Solicited and peer-reviewed
“The Effects of Violence on Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Research Agenda.” Background Paper for the United Nations Development Program's Latin American and the Caribbean Regional Human Development Report 2021.
“Armed Groups’ Governance in Civil War: A Synthesis.” Literature review commissioned by The Program on States and Security, CUNY, 2008.
Working papers
Non-state armed governance and civilian agency
An Institutionalist Approach to Civil War Recruitment: Evidence from Colombia and Kosovo.
Do Rebel and Criminal Governance Thrive Where the State is Weak? With Andrew Saab.
Non-State Armed Governance. Edited volume with Desmond Arias, Eduardo Moncada, and Zachariah Mampilly.
Non-state armed governance and civilian agency
The Violent Bias in the Study of Civil War. With Juan Pablo Castilla.
Legacies of Civil War on Human Development. With Sarah Moore and Silvia Otero.
The Legacies of Civil War on Citizens' Preferences for the Rule of Law. With Juan Camilo Cárdenas, Patricia Justino, Ana María Ibañez, and Sarah Moore.
Network Efficacy and Trust under Rebelocracy. With Adriana Bernal, Juan Camilo Cárdenas, Ana María Ibáñez, Patricia Justino and Paula Sarmiento.
The Effects of Violence
The Effects of Violence on Inequality in Human Development.
How Violence Against Politicians Impacts Local Governance and Democracy. With Juan Albarracin, Mario Chacón, Lucia Motolinia and Laura García-Montoya.
Governance
Beyond the Weberian State: Violence and Governance in the Real World. Book manuscript with Desmond Arias, Eduardo Moncada, and Zachariah Mampilly.
Dispute Resolution: The Tool for Aspiring Rulers. With Deborah Boucoyannis.
Cooperation Capital. With Sarah Moore.
Economic Inequality and Civic Participation in Weak Democracies: Micro-Level Evidence from Rural Colombia. With Julian Arteaga, Juan Camilo Cárdenas, Ana M. Ibañez, and Patricia Justino.
Datasets
Violence against politicians in Colombia, with Laura Gracía-Montoya and Mario Chacón.
Rampage school shootings in the U.S., with Laura Gracía-Montoya and Matthew Lacombe.