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Escobari and Hoover’s “Difference Estimates” Are Driven by Geography — Not by...
This is the eighth in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia. Their conclusions do not hold up to scrutiny, as...
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The 2019 Election Is Not Directly Comparable to the 2016 Referendum
This is the ninth in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia. Their conclusions do not hold up to scrutiny, as we...
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Escobari and Hoover Make an Improper Comparison to 2016, Invalidating Their...
This is the tenth in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia. Their conclusions do not hold up to scrutiny, as we...
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Red Herrings: Escobari and Hoover’s Geographic Controls and Common Trends Add...
This is the eleventh in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia. Their conclusions do not hold up to scrutiny, as...
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The Grand Switcheroo: Escobari and Hoover Reinterpret Their Results to...
This is the twelfth in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia. Their conclusions do not hold up to scrutiny, as...
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Omitting the Evidence: What the IMF Gets Wrong about Venezuela
En español| Sanctions Fact Sheet On December 5, 2022, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Western Hemisphere Department published a report titled “Regional Spillovers from the Venezuelan Crisis,”...
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Escobari and Hoover Fake a Triple-Difference and Make Things Worse
This is the thirteenth in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia. Their conclusions do not hold up to scrutiny,...
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Omitiendo la evidencia: En lo que el FMI se equivoca sobre Venezuela
In English El 5 de diciembre de 2022, el Departamento del Hemisferio Occidental del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) publicó un informe titulado “Regional Spillovers from the Venezuelan Crisis”...
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This is the fourteenth in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia. Their conclusions do not hold up to scrutiny,...
View ArticleOnce the US’s “Good Friend” in Honduras; Now on Trial for Drug Trafficking
The trial of Juan Orlando Hernández, once the seemingly untouchable and authoritarian president of Honduras, is officially set to begin on February 12 in New York. Hernández, who faces drug-trafficking...
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