Polling in the Zones: Studying the impact of Special Economic Zones on Voting Behavior

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Brief Overview

This paper analyzes 440 economic zones in 19 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to test whether shocks promoted by the emergence of place-based policies could impact people’s attitudes when voting at the booth.

Author

• Cesar Humberto Villlegas, University of North Texas