Robert Gonzalez

HiCN Working Papers Series

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Polling Place Matters:How Voting Location Influences Election Fraud

Robert Gonzalez, Tannishtha Ghosh, Kelly Lifchez

Research on the determinants of election fraud typically focuses on conventional factors such as election monitoring, legal punishments, and voter education. This paper examines an […]

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Mobile Phones and Gender Norms: Evidence from Afghanistan

Robert Gonzalez, Seunghun Chung, Ahmad Shah Mobariz

This paper examines the impact of mobile phone expansion on gender norms in Afghanistan. We combine cell tower data from the country’s largest operator with […]

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Do Military Deployments Reduce Crime? Evidence from the 2025 Washington, DC National Guard Deployment

Robert Gonzalez

The deployment of military personnel in response to urban crime has become increasingly salient in the United States. Yet the effectiveness and efficiency of such […]

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Mobile phone access and insurgent violence: Evidence from a radio wave propagation model in Afghanistan

Robert Gonzalez

This paper examines the impact of mobile phone coverage on insurgent violence. In theory, access to coverage can lower violence by increasing the flow of […]