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Collective Action and Policy Implementation: Evidence from Salvador Allende’s Expropriations

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  • Felipe González
  • Felipe Vial

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The Cold War triggered the implementation of U.S. sponsored re-distributive policies in Latin America with the goal of decreasing the influence of the Soviet Union. We study how organized groups of workers affected the implementation of one of the largest programs of the time, Salvador Allende’s land reform in Chile (1970-1973). Using original data in an event study research design, we find that land invasions affected the intensity and location of expropriations making use of mostly non-discretionary legal causes. We argue this result can be explained by a threat of political unrest and valuable information about expropriable plots.

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  • Felipe González & Felipe Vial, 2019. "Collective Action and Policy Implementation: Evidence from Salvador Allende’s Expropriations," Working Papers ClioLab 29, EH Clio Lab. Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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    1. Gonzalez, Felipe & Prem, Mounu & von Dessauer, Cristine, 2023. "Empowerment or Indoctrination? Women Centers Under Dictatorship," SocArXiv 64mf9, Center for Open Science.
    2. Basco, Sergi & Domènech, Jordi & Maravall, Laura, 2023. "Land reform and rural conflict. Evidence from 1930s Spain," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    3. Gonzalez, F & Prem, M, 2021. "The Legacy of the Pinochet Regime," Documentos de Trabajo 19446, Universidad del Rosario.
    4. Juan David Torres, 2022. "Shaping inequality? Property rights, landed elites and public lands in Colombia," Documentos CEDE 20514, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
    5. Felipe González & Magdalena Larreboure, 2021. "The Impact of the Women’s March on the U.S. House Election," Documentos de Trabajo 560, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile..

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