Document Type
Honors Project
Abstract
This paper looks at localized violence in Mexico through both a qualitative and quantitative approach. Looking at some motivating factors behind violence against political institutions at the municipal level in Mexico. In addition, this paper looks at the relationship between assassinations of municipal mayors in Mexico to see if their assassination leads to changes in remittances in those municipalities in the following periods. This paper uses various difference in difference models to come to its conclusion. There is suggestive evidence of a relationship between remittance growth in municipalities in the periods following an assassination of a mayor currently in office.
Recommended Citation
Mendez Robles, Victor M., "Elected To Die: The Effect of Municipal Assassinations on Remittances in Mexico" (2025). Latin American Studies Honors Projects. 14.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/lashonors/14
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