Santiago Torres

Santiago Torres

Pre-Doctoral Research Scholar

The Pearson Institute, The University of Chicago

About me

Hello! Welcome to my webpage.

I currently am a pre-doctoral scholar at The Pearson Institute of Global Affairs, hosted by the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. My fields of interest encompass political economy, theoretical and applied econometrics, and economic history. If you want to learn more about my research, please visit the “Research” tab.

Interests
  • Political Economy
  • Applied and Theoretical Econometrics
  • Economic History
Education

  • Master's degree in Economics (Cum Laude), 2023

    Universidad de los Andes

  • B.Sc. in Mathematics (Summa Cum Laude), 2021

    Universidad de los Andes

  • B.A. in Economics (Summa Cum Laude), 2021

    Universidad de los Andes

Research Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Harris School of Public Policy, The University of Chicago
Pre-Doctoral Research Scholar
Harris School of Public Policy, The University of Chicago
May 2023 – Present Chicago
 
 
 
 
 
Universidad de los Andes
Research Assistant
Universidad de los Andes
December 2018 – May 2023 Bogotá

Research

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Working Papers Public Datasets In Progress Other
A Historical Characterization of Colombian Political Parties: 1958-2022
This dataset classifies all political parties, movements, and coalitions have competed in elections for mayors, municipal councilors, assembly deputies, governors, lower house representatives, senators, and presidents in Colombia for which there are records into five dimensions: their ideology, the identity groups they represent, their traditionality, their degree of nationalization, and longevity.
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A Historical Characterization of Colombian Political Parties: 1958-2022
Colombia’s Electoral Results
This repository is comprised of 124 datasets containing the results of the vast majority of elections for mayors, municipal councilors, assembly deputies, governors, lower house representatives, senators, and presidents held in Colombia between 1958 and 2022. Moreover, we present a new database containing information on all of the political parties, movements, coalitions, and significant citizen groups that were involved in these elections.
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Colombia’s Electoral Results
The Interaction of Economic and Political Inequality in Latin America
We investigate how economic inequality can persist in Latin America in the context of visible falls in political inequality in the last decades.
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The Interaction of Economic and Political Inequality in Latin America
The Oracle Local Polynomial Estimator
This paper introduces a new estimator for continuity-based Regression Discontinuity (RD) designs named the estimated Oracle Local Polynomial Estimator (OLPE), a new consistent estimator of the target causal effect exhibiting lower bias and/or variance than traditional local polynomial estimators.
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The Oracle Local Polynomial Estimator
Addressing Bias in Politician Characteristic Regression Discontinuity Designs
In this paper, I provide a new econometric framework to address politician characteristic regression discontinuity designs estimation bias.
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Addressing Bias in Politician Characteristic Regression Discontinuity Designs
Close Elections Regression Discontinuity Designs in Multi-seat Systems
This article presents a general framework for using continuity-based regression discontinuity designs as an identification strategy in multi-seat electoral contests.
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Close Elections Regression Discontinuity Designs in Multi-seat Systems
Constitutions and Order: A Theory and Evidence from Colombia and the United States
We propose a framework to explain why some societies may end up with different constitutional solutions to the problem of maintaining order in the face of self-interested behavior.
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Constitutions and Order: A Theory and Evidence from Colombia and the United States
A Pharmacokinetic Model for Multiple-Dose Dynamics and Long-Term Treatment Effectiveness
This paper presents a novel pharmacokinetic model that uses Time Scale Calculus to analyze the dynamics of blood concentration resulting from multi-dose treatments.
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A Pharmacokinetic Model for Multiple-Dose Dynamics and Long-Term Treatment Effectiveness
Unraveling crowd dynamics: An introduction to mean field games
This document is a self-contained introduction to mean-field games.
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Unraveling crowd dynamics: An introduction to mean field games
A Conditional Iron Law of Oligarchy: Evidence from Colombia
We document and investigate the consequences of the entry into Colombian politics of newcomers - those who have not held previous political office.
A Conditional Iron Law of Oligarchy: Evidence from Colombia
Can early political inclusion experiences determine future turnout?
This paper exploits the different degrees of franchise extension among states during Colombia’s federal republic to estimate the effect of early politically inclusive institutions in long-run turnout.
Can early political inclusion experiences determine future turnout?
Estimation of the Cost-Effectiveness Threshold of the Dominican Republic
This paper presents an estimation of the cost-effectiveness threshold for the Dominican Republic using administrative data.
Estimation of the Cost-Effectiveness Threshold of the Dominican Republic

Teaching Experience

Universidad de los Andes
Political Economy
Universidad de los Andes Jan 2022 – Jun 2022
Universidad de los Andes
Advanced Econometrics
Universidad de los Andes Aug 2021 – Dec 2022
Universidad de los Andes
Integral Calculus with Differential Equations
Universidad de los Andes Aug 2021 – Dec 2021
Universidad de los Andes
Mathematical Statistics
Universidad de los Andes Aug 2020 – Dec 2020
Universidad de los Andes
Fiscal Policy
Universidad de los Andes Jan 2020 – Jun 2020
Universidad de los Andes
Linear Algebra
Universidad de los Andes Aug 2019 – Dec 2019

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