Eric Magar

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department

Rio Hondo 1

Col. Tizapan San-Angel

Mexico City, D.F. 01000

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1.

The Deadlock of Democracy Revisited: A Model of Executive-Legislative Relations in Separation-of-Power Regimes

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 May 2009
Eric Magar
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department
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Executive-legislative relations, negotiation, democratic breakdown

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The Political Economy of Fiscal Reforms in Latin America: Mexico

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 24 Nov 2011
Eric Magar, Vidal Romero and Jeffrey F. Timmons
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and NYU Abu Dhabi
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Fiscal reform, decentralization, democratization, Mexico

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Datos Abiertos, Representación Política Y Redistritación En México (Open Data, Political Representation and Redistricting in Mexico)

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Apr 2015
Alejandro Trelles, Micah Altman, Eric Magar, Michael P. McDonald and Michael P. McDonald
Brandeis University, Center for Research in Equitable and Open Scholarship, MIT, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department and University of FloridaGeorge Mason University - Government and Politics
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datos abiertos, redistritación, mapeo público, representación política, open data, redistricting, public mapping, political representation

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Legalist vs. Interpretativist: The Supreme Court and the Democratic Transition in Mexico

Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 1499490
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 03 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2023
Arianna Sanchez, Beatriz Magaloni and Eric Magar
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department
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Supreme Court, Judicial politics, Ideal points, Democratization, Mexico

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On the Absence of Centripetal Incentives in Double-Member Districts: The Case of Chile

Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 31, No. 6, December 1998
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Apr 2009
Eric Magar, Marc R. Rosenblum and David J. Samuels
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Department of Political Science
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Intra-party competition, binominal electoral system, Downsian democracy

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Factions with Clout: Presidential Cabinet Coalition and Policy in the Uruguayan Parliament

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2009
Eric Magar and Juan Andrés Moraes
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department and Universidad de la Republica
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coalition cabinet, presidential democracy, party factions, Uruguay

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The Effects of Automated Redistricting and Partisan Strategic Interaction on Representation: The Case of Mexico

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2021
Alejandro Trelles, Micah Altman, Eric Magar, Michael P. McDonald and Michael P. McDonald
Brandeis University, Center for Research in Equitable and Open Scholarship, MIT, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department and University of FloridaGeorge Mason University - Government and Politics
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automated redistricting, gerrymandering, parties, Mexico

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Partisanship in Non-Partisan Electoral Agencies and Democratic Compliance: Evidence from Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute

Electoral Studies, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 257-271, June 2008
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2009
Federico Estévez, Eric Magar and Guillermo Rosas
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department and Washington University in St. Louis
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Electoral agencies, Parties, Delegation, Ideal point estimation

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Partisanship Among the Experts: The Dynamic Party Watchdog Model of IFE, 1996-2010

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2010
Eric Magar, Federico Estévez and Guillermo Rosas
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and Washington University in St. Louis
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Delegation, Representation, Roll Call Votes, Ideal Point Estimation, Dynamic Model

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The Paradox of the Veto in Mexico (1917-1997)

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Jan 2012
Eric Magar and Jeffrey A. Weldon
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
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executive-legislative relations, veto, Mexico

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Gubernatorial Coattails and Mexican Congressional Elections Since 1979

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Eric Magar
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department
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congressional elections, coattails, federalism, Mexico

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Veto Bargaining and Coalition Formation: A Theory of Presidential Policymaking with Application to Venezuela

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Jan 2012
Octavio Amorim Neto and Eric Magar
Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department
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executive-legislative relations, veto, Venezuela

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Voting and Sincerity - Ideal Point Drift and Strategy in a Regulatory Board

APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2009
Eric Magar, Guillermo Rosas and Federico Estévez
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department, Washington University in St. Louis and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
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ideal point estimation, strategic voting, MCMC simulation

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No Accountability without Transparency and Consistency: Redistricting-by-Formula in Mexico

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Alejandro Trelles, Micah Altman, Eric Magar, Michael P. McDonald and Michael P. McDonald
Brandeis University, Center for Research in Equitable and Open Scholarship, MIT, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department and University of FloridaGeorge Mason University - Government and Politics
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electoral management, independence, integrity, redistricting, optimization, transparency, accountability

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The Value of Majority Status in the U.S. House

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 May 2009
Gary W. Cox and Eric Magar
Stanford University and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department
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US Congress, parties, campaign contributions

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No Self-Control: Decentralized Agenda Power and the Dimensional Structure of the Mexican Supreme Court

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2010
Eric Magar, Beatriz Magaloni and Arianna Sanchez
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department, Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
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Agenda power, docket control, spatial model, legal doctrine, Mexican Supreme Court

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How Does Redistricting Matter? Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Setting in Mexico

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 02 May 2022
Alejandro Trelles, Micah Altman, Eric Magar, Michael P. McDonald and Michael P. McDonald
Brandeis University, Center for Research in Equitable and Open Scholarship, MIT, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department and University of FloridaGeorge Mason University - Government and Politics
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electoral management, redistricting, party strategic interaction, algorithmic optimization, gerrymandering.

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Judges' Law: Ideology and Coalition in Mexico's Electoral Tribunal

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Jan 2012
Federico Estévez and Eric Magar
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department
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roll call voting, judges, election regulation, Mexico

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The Constructive Veto and Parliamentary Discipline

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 25 Jan 2012
Eric Magar
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department
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constructive veto, collective dilemma, president, legislative discipline

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Executive Vetoes as Electoral Stunts: A Model with Testable Predictions

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Oct 2009
Eric Magar
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department
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veto power, position taking, elections, president, assembly

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The Elusive Authority of Argentina’s Congress: Decrees, Statutes, and Veto Incidence, 1983-1994

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 May 2009
Eric Magar
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department
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Executive decrees, separation of power, congressional abdication

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Of Coalition and Speed: Passage and Duration of Statutes in Uruguay's Parliament, 1985-2000

IBEI Working Papers
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Jul 2008
Eric Magar and Juan Andrés Moraes
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department and Universidad de la Republica
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Presidential Democracy, Coalition, Legislation, Duration Analysis, Uruguay

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Presidents on the Fast Track: Fighting Floor Amendments with Restrictive Rules

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 Jan 2020
Eric Magar, Valeria Palanza and Gisela Sin
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Separation of Powers, Urgency Prerrogatives, Fast Track Authority, Legislative Process, Latin America, Chile

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When Cartels Split: Roll Call Votes and Majority Factional Warfare in the Mexico City Assembly

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Apr 2011
Eric Magar
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department
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Ideal point estimation, legislative parties, factions, procedural cartel theory

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The Veto as Electoral Stunt: EITM and a Test with Comparative Data

APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2012
Eric Magar
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department
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EITM, executive veto, veto override, position-taking, state governments

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Making Sound Out of Fury: Using Vetoes for Posturing in Chile and in Mexico

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 May 2009
Eric Magar
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department
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veto, position taking, separation of power

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The Incidence of Executive Vetoes in Comparative Perspective: The Case of American State Governments, 1979-1999

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2012
Eric Magar
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department
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executive veto, US states, divided government, negative binomial regression

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Institutions Matter, Lines Don't: Unveiling Mexico's Redistricting Process

Number of pages: 89 Posted: 28 Jan 2024
Alejandro Trelles, Micah Altman, Eric Magar, Michael P. McDonald and Michael P. McDonald
Brandeis University, Center for Research in Equitable and Open Scholarship, MIT, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Political Science Department and University of FloridaGeorge Mason University - Government and Politics
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electoral integrity, electoral management, redistricting, party strategic interaction, algorithmic optimization, gerrymandering