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Working papers and work in progress

Organized crime

"The Pax Criminalis" (with Chris Blattman, Gustavo Duncan, Ben Lessing and Juan F. Martinez)

"Gangs of Medellín: How organized crime is organized" (with Chris Blattman, Gustavo Duncan and Ben Lessing)

"Organized crime in Rio de Janeiro: Understanding non-state provision of order and justice" (with Benjamin Lessing and Joana Monteiro)

"Who expects to join criminal gangs and why? Occupational choice among 15,000 teenage boys in Medellín" (with Chris Blattman and Arantxa Rodríguez-Uribe)

Policing and trust in state institutions

"Building trust in state actors: A multi-site experiment with the Colombian National Police" (with Verónica Abril, Ervyn Norza, Santiago Pérez-Vincent and Michael Weintraub)

"Do procedurally just interactions increase trust in the police? Evidence from a survey experiment in Colombia" (with Verónica Abril, Santiago Pérez-Vincent and Martín Vanegas-Arias)

Violence and behavior

"Building anti-social behaviors: The impacts of violence exposure" (with Verónica Abril and Brayan Pineda)