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This three essay dissertation examines the political economy of development in Latin America. It relies on new data to study how the presence of criminal actors shapes the incentives of politicians and negatively affect economic, social, and political outcomes.

The primary purpose for this study was to provide self-reports on the personal and social experience of Assyrian-Iranian refugees and their issues of displacement from Iran, acculturation, and adjustment to their new social environment in the U.S. This research analyzed the expe…