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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Sebastian M. Saiegh is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of economics, econometrics, and finance, with a total of twelve publications in these areas. Saiegh's work covers several subfields including economics and econometrics, political science and international relations, accounting, strategy and management, and finance.

The scientist's research topics include corporate finance and governance, American constitutional law and politics, political influence and corporate strategies, market dynamics and volatility, monetary policy and economic impact, fiscal policies and political economy, and electoral systems and political participation.

Saiegh has contributed to numerous academic venues, frequently publishing in the following:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of Historical Political Economy
  • Journal of the European Economic Association
  • Political Science Research and Methods
  • Economics and Politics

Recent publications by Saiegh include:

  • "Cronyism in State Violence: Evidence from Labor Repression During Argentina's Last Dictatorship" (2020), Journal of the European Economic Association
  • "The Political Economy of Suffrage Reform: The Great Reform Act of 1832" (2023), Journal of Historical Political Economy
  • "Suffrage Reform and Financial Volatility: Reconsidering the Great Reform Act" (2022), Journal of Historical Political Economy
  • "Electoral uncertainty and financial volatility: Evidence from two-round presidential races in emerging markets" (2020), Economics and Politics
  • "Political shocks and asset prices" (2021), Political Science Research and Methods

Frequent collaborators in Saiegh's work include:

  • Gary W. Cox
  • Juan Pablo Micozzi
  • Pablo M. Pinto
  • Adriane Fresh
  • Daniel Carnahan

In 2009, Saiegh received the Hellman Fellow award, recognizing their contributions to their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Government Coalitions and Legislative Success Under Presidentialism and Parliamentarism

    José Antonio Cheibub;Adam Przeworski;Sebastian M. Saiegh

  • Amateur Legislators -- Professional Politicians: The Consequences of Party-Centered Electoral Rules in a Federal System

    Mark P. Jones;Sebastian Saiegh;Pablo T. Spiller;Mariano Tommasi

  • Policymaking in Latin America: How Politics Shapes Policies

    Pablo T. Spiller;Ernesto H. Stein;Mariano Tommasi;Carlos Scartascini

  • Sovereign Debt and Regime Type: Reconsidering the Democratic Advantage

    Emily Beaulieu;Gary W. Cox;Sebastian Saiegh

  • Do Countries Have a “Democratic Advantage”?: Political Institutions, Multilateral Agencies, and Sovereign Borrowing

    Sebastian M. Saiegh

  • Recovering a Basic Space from Elite Surveys: Evidence from Latin America

    Sebastian M. Saiegh

  • WHY IS ARGENTINA'S FISCAL FEDERALISM SO INEFFICIENT? ENTERING THE LABYRINTH *

    Sebastián M. Saiegh;Mariano Tommasi

  • Fiscal Federalism in Argentina: Policies, Politics, and Institutional Reform

    Mariano Tommasi;Sebastian Saiegh;Pablo Sanguinetti

  • Ruling by Statute: How Uncertainty and Vote Buying Shape Lawmaking

    Sebastian M. Saiegh

  • CIVIL WAR EXPOSURE AND VIOLENCE

    Edward Miguel;Sebastián M. Saiegh;Shanker Satyanath

  • The Politics of Policies: Economic and Social Progress in Latin America: 2006 Report

    Maria Victoria Murillo;Ben Ross Schneider;Mercedes Iacoviello;Carlos Scartascini

  • El juego político en América Latina: ¿Cómo se deciden las políticas públicas?

    Carlos Scartascini;Pablo T. Spiller;Ernesto H. Stein;Mariano Tommasi

  • How Democracy Works: Political Institutions, Actors and Arenas in Latin American Policymaking

    Carlos Scartascini;Ernesto H. Stein;Mariano Tommasi;Mark P. Jones

  • Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954-2003

    José Molinas;Aníbal Pérez Liñán;Sebastián Saiegh

  • Fraudulent Democracy? An Analysis of Argentina's Infamous Decade Using Supervised Machine Learning

    Francisco Cantú;Sebastián M. Saiegh

  • Using Joint Scaling Methods to Study Ideology and Representation: Evidence from Latin America

    Sebastián M. Saiegh

  • Legislative Preferences, Political Parties, and Coalition Unity in Chile

    Sebastian M. Saiegh;Eduardo Aleman

  • National Cultures and Soccer Violence

    Edward Miguel;Sebastián M. Saiegh;Shanker Satyanath

  • Political Prowess or “Lady Luck”? Evaluating Chief Executives’ Legislative Success Rates

    Sebastian M. Saiegh

  • COMING TOGETHER: THE INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION OF FEDERALISM *

    Matías Iaryczower;Sebastián Saiegh;Mariano Tommasi

  • Ruling by Statute

    Sebastian M. Saiegh

  • Cronyism in State Violence: Evidence from Labor Repression During Argentina's Last Dictatorship

    Esteban F. Klor;Sebastian Saiegh;Shanker Satyanath

  • AN "INCOMPLETE-CONTRACTS" APPROACH TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER SYSTEMS IN LATIN AMERICA

    Sebastián M. Saiegh;Mariano Tommasi

  • Disentangling the Role of Ideology and Partisanship in Legislative Voting:: Evidence from Argentina

    Eduardo Alemán;Juan Pablo Micozzi;Pablo M. Pinto;Sebastian M. Saiegh

  • The Institutional Foundations of Public Policy in Argentina: Congress, Political Careers, and the Provincial Connection

    Mark P. Jones;Sebastián Saiegh

  • Fraudulent Democracy? An Analysis of Argentina's Infamous Decade using Supervised Machine Learning

    Sebastian M. Saiegh;Francisco Cantu

  • Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954-2003

    Sebastian Saiegh;Marcela Montero;Anibal Pérez-Liñán;José Molinas

  • Heterogeneity and Group Performance: Evaluating the Effect of Cultural Diversity in the World's Top Soccer League

    Keith Ingersoll;Edmund J. Malesky;Sebastian M. Saiegh

Frequent Co-Authors

Mariano Tommasi
Mariano Tommasi University of San Andrés
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán University of Notre Dame
Mark P. Jones
Mark P. Jones Rice University
Ernesto Stein
Ernesto Stein Inter-American Development Bank
Pablo T. Spiller
Pablo T. Spiller University of California, Berkeley
Maria Victoria Murillo
Maria Victoria Murillo Columbia University
Edward Miguel
Edward Miguel University of California, Berkeley
Laurence Whitehead
Laurence Whitehead University of Oxford
Lee J. Alston
Lee J. Alston Indiana University

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