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Control armado y comportamiento electoral: Un cuasi-experimento en el Caguán

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  • Iván Higuera Mendieta

    (Banco de la República)

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La violencia en las guerras civiles no ocurre de forma espontánea y desordenada, tiene lógicas y está unida al uso de variadas estrategias, incluso transformando el comportamiento electoral de los votantes. Este artículo buscará abordar este impacto partiendo de un evento histórico particular, la zona de distensión del Caguán para resolver un problema empírico. La intención de esta aproximación es observar el comportamiento electoral en una zona de control hegemónico insurgente y explorar los cambios de corto y largo plazo que tiene ante el control armado. Los resultados muestran el parcial congelamiento de la política local, el aumento de la hegemonía electoral y su efecto en el presente, la enquistada división partidista en la política subnacional. Estos resultados están en línea con los hallazgos de la literatura sobre la baja participación y la concentración del poder local.

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  • Iván Higuera Mendieta, 2017. "Control armado y comportamiento electoral: Un cuasi-experimento en el Caguán," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 256, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdr:region:256
    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.256
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    Keywords

    Conflicto armado; comportamiento electoral; control territorial; elecciones locales; evaluación de impacto.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • C36 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation

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