Neal Richardson

Ph.D. Candidate
Travers Department of Political Science
University of California, Berkeley

npr@berkeley.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Latin American politics; international political economy; the political economy of commodity exporting; agrarian structure and rural conflict; quantitative and qualitative research methodology.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

"Export-Oriented Populism: Commodities and Coalitions in Argentina," Studies in Comparative International Development 44.3 (Fall 2009), pp. 228-55. [Abstract] [Full Text]

"Economic Determinants of Land Invasions," Review of Economics and Statistics 92.3 (August 2010), 505-23. Co-authored with F. Daniel Hidalgo, Suresh Naidu, and Simeon Nichter.

Other Publications

"Farmers at the Barricades," Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies, Fall 2008.

"The Economy of Land Conflict in Brazil," Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies, Fall 2007. Co-authored with F. Daniel Hidalgo.

Working Papers

"Property Rights and Party Politics in Brazil: The Effect of Land Invasions on Rural Elections"

"Politics in the Kingdom of Soy: Subnational Organization in Brazil's Rural Lobby"

"The Returns to Political Investment: Campaign Donations and Government Contracts in Brazil." Co-authored with Taylor Boas and F. Daniel Hidalgo.

"Rural-Urban Redistributive Conflict in Argentina, 2003-2009."

"A Perfect Match? Verifying Statistical Assumptions with Case Knowledge." Co-authored with F. Daniel Hidalgo.