Luz Marina Arias
Ph.D. in Economics, Stanford University
Areas of specialization
Political economy of development,
political economics, economic history.
Email: luarias at ucsd.edu
Department of Economics
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive # 0508
La Jolla, CA 92093-0508
About me
Currently, I am a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Economics at UCSD. I am also collaborating with the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (USMEX). I was a Fellow in 2007-2008 at the Center on Democracy, Development, and The Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University. My research interests lie at the intersection of economics, political science, and history.
Research
“Indigenous Origins of Colonial Institutions,” joint with Desha Girod. 2010. abstract pdf
“A theory of the origins of coercive enforcement: The provision of public goods in Colonial Mexico," 2008. abstract pdf
“Can legitimacy lead to the concentration of coercive power?” Working paper, 2007. abstract pdf
“Analytic Narratives.” Entry for the IPSA Encyclopedia, forthcoming 2010. pdf
Teaching
Game Theory, Econ 109, (Fall 2009) at UCSD.
Game Theory, Econ 109, (Spring 2009) at UCSD.
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Some courses I TAed at Stanford University:
Economic Analysis II (Steve Tadelis)
Economic Policy Analysis (Avner Greif, Rothwell)
Introduction to Econometrics (David McKenzie)
Intro to Statistical Methods for Social Scientists (Mark Tendall)