Articles and Chapters

With Vidal Romero “Political Cleavages, State Retrenchment and Free Trade: Latin America in the 1990s” conditionally accepted at Latin American Research Review

with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros (2001) “Party Dominance and the Logic of Electoral Design in Mexico’s Transition to Democracy” Journal of Theoretical Politics 13(3):271-293

(1996) "Dominancia de Partido y Dilemas Duvergerianos en las Elecciones Federales de 1994" (Party Dominance and Duvergerian Dilemmas in the 1994 Federal Elections) Política y Gobierno Vol.3, Num. 2.

(1994) "Elección Racional y Voto Estratégico: Algunas Aplicaciones al caso Mexicano" (Rational Choice and Strategic Voting: Some Applications to the Mexican Case) Política y Gobierno, Vol. 1, Num 2.

“Autocratic Political order and the Role of Courts: The Case of Mexico” In Ginsburg Tom and Moustaffa, Tamir (eds) Rule By Law: The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes (forthcoming) Cambridge University Press

with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Federico Estévez (2006) “Clientelism and Porfolio Diversification: A model of Electoral Investment with Applications to Mexico” In Herbert Kitschelt and Steven Wilkinson Patrons of Policies London: Cambridge University Press.

(2005) “The Demise of Mexico’s One-Party Dominant Regime: Elite Choices and the Masses in the establishment of Democracy” in Scott Mainwaring and Frances Hagopian (eds) The Third Wave of Democratization in Latin America: Advances and Setbacks in Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

with Alberto Diaz Cayeros (2004) “Designing Electoral Rules by a Dominant Party” in Josep Colomer Handbook of Electoral System Choice Palgrave-Macmillan

with Guillermo Zepeda (2004) “Democratization, Crime and Judicial Reform in Mexico” in Kevin Middlebrook Dilemmas of Change in Mexican Politics joint publication of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD and the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London.

with Alejandro Poiré (2004) “Strategic Coordination in the 2000 Mexican Presidential Race” in Jorge Domínguez and Chappell Lawson Mexico’s Pivotal Elections Stanford: Stanford University Press

with Alejandro Poiré (2004) “Issues, the Vote and the Mandate for Change” in Jorge Domínguez and Chappell Lawson Mexico’s Pivotal Elections Stanford: Stanford University Press

(2003) “Authoritarianism, Democracy and the Supreme Court: Horizontal Exchange and the Rule of Law in Mexico” in Scott Mainwaring and Christopher Welna (eds) Democratic Accountability in Latin America. Oxford University Press.

with Alejandro Moreno (2003) “Catching-All-Souls: The PAN and the Politics of Catholicism in Mexico”, in Timothy Scully and Scott Mainwaring (eds) Christian Democracy in Latin America. Stanford: Stanford University Press

(2002) “El Poder Judicial en el Siglo XX” in Soledad Loaeza (coordinadora) Gran Historia de México Ilustrada México: Planeta, Tomo V (Textbook on political history of Mexico in the XXth century)

(1999) “Is the PRI fading? Economic Performance, Electoral Accountability and Voting Behavior” in Jorge Domínguez and Alejandro Poiré (eds.) The New Mexican Party System. New York: Routledge.

with Alberto Diaz (1999) “Autoridad Presupuestal del Poder Legislativo en México: una Primera Aproximación” (Budgetary Authority of the Mexican Legislature: A Preliminary Assessment) Política y Gobierno.

Books in Spanish

with Luis Rubio and Edna Jaime (eds) 1993 A la Puerta de la Ley: El Estado de Derecho en México (At the Threshold of the Law: Rule of Law in Mexico) México: CIDAC-Cal y Arena.

Chapters in Spanish

Luis Rubio et. al (1991) El Acuerdo de Libre Comercio México-Estados Unidos: Caminos Para Fortalecer la Saberanía México: CIDAC-DIANA.

Norma Alvarez (ed) (1990) La Reforma del Sistema Político Mexicano México: CIDAC-DIANA

(1990) "La Desobediencia Civil en la Democracia Constitucional" Estudios 22 México: ITAM.