Santiago López-Cariboni

Full Professor

Departamento de Economía (dECON), Universidad de la República (Uruguay)

I am Full Professor at the Departamento de Economía (dECON) , Universidad de la República . I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Essex in 2015.

My research lies in international and comparative political economy. Current projects examine the political economy of taxing the wealthy, informal access to basic services, the politics of social policy and informality, and gender stereotypes in elections.

Since 2018, I am part of the organizing committee of the Latin American Political Methodology Meetings (LAPolMeth) , and since 2025 a researcher member of Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) .

Interests

International political economy
Informality and social policy
Elections and political parties
Research methods and experiments

Education

PhD in Political Science, 2015

University of Essex
MA in Political Science, 2009

University of Essex
BA in Political Science, 2004

Universidad de la República

Publications

Santiago López-Cariboni (2024). Political Regimes and Informal Social Insurance. Comparative Political Studies, 57(5): 715-748.

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Ronconi, Lucas, Ravi Kanbur, Santiago López-Cariboni (2022). Who demands labor (de) regulation in the developing world? Revisiting the Insider--Outsider Theory. International Labour Review, 162(2): 223-243.

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Béjar, Sergio, Juan A. Moraes, Santiago López-Cariboni (2020). Elite Polarization and Voting Turnout in Latin America, 1993–2010. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 30(1): 1–21.

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Santiago López-Cariboni (Ed.) (2020). The Political Economy of the BRICS Countries. Volume 3: Political Economy of Informality in BRIC Countries. World Scientific. Editors in chief: Edward D. Mansfield and Nita Rudra..

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Santiago López-Cariboni, Xun Cao (2019). When do authoritarian rulers educate: Trade competition and human capital investment in Non-Democracies. The Review of International Organizations, 14(3): 367–405.

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Santiago López-Cariboni (2019). Informal Service Access in Pro-Cyclical Welfare States: A Comparison of Electricity Theft in Slums and Regular Residential Areas of Montevideo. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice (21)3: 287-305..

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Santiago López-Cariboni (2018). Pérdidas de Energía Eléctrica y Regímenes Políticos en América Latina. Globalization, Competitiveness and Governability 12(1): 109-119.

Santiago López-Cariboni, Xun Cao (2015). Import Competition and Policy Diffusion. Politics & Society, 43(4): 471–502.

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Santiago López-Cariboni, Juan A. Moraes (2014). Uruguay 2013: Un Balance Pre-electoral. Revista de Ciencia Política, 34(1): 293-313..

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Santiago López (2007). ¿Cuán Locales son las Elecciones Municipales en Uruguay? Estimando Independencia de Resultados y Comportamientos Electorales. Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política 16: 1.

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Santiago López (2005). Partidos desafiantes en América Latina: representación política y estrategias de competencia de las nuevas oposiciones. Revista de Ciencia Política (25)2: 37-64.

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Current Research

Working papers

“Parallel Conjoint Experiments for Measuring Gender Stereotypes and Analyzing Preferences” With Catherine Reyes-Housholder .

“The Politics of Non-Contributory Social Policy: Labor Market Institutions and Left Strategies in the Developing World.” 2019. With Irene Menéndez . Submitted.