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Indigenous Institutions and the Reversal of Fortune

Seminar Series

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Luz Marina Arias
Visiting Fellow, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies

November 17, 2008
3:30 p.m.
Location: Institute of the Americas Complex, Deutz Room
Open to: Public

Luz Marina Arias is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University. Prior to coming to UC San Diego, she was a Hewlett Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University. Her current research is on the impact of institutions that organize and coordinate economic and political behavior on economic and political development. Her work focuses on the consequences of pre-colonial establishments on institutional development in the Americas and their effect on current economic performance.

To access an audio podcast of Luz Marina's presentation, please click here.

Part of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies Research Seminar Series.