Conditional Cash Transfers as a Punishment Tool: Evidence from Mexico's PROGRESA

• In Event: Corruption, Rule of Law, and Economic Development

Brief Overview

We use network analysis to study whether the world's largest conditional cash transfer program was used to punish non-supporters and send a warning message to other citizens. Our design is a difference-in-difference using the 2012 Mexican elections.

Authors

• Pablo Balan, Harvard University

• Mauricio Fernandez Duque, CIDE

• Horacio Larreguy, Harvard University