Biography
Emilia Simison is a PhD candidate in Political Economy and Methodology. Her research focuses on the comparative political economy of policymaking and policy change. She studies policymaking, both under authoritarian and democratic regimes, with a regional focus on Latin America. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, she analyzes how political institutions across regime types shape the extent to which citizens and interest groups influence policymaking, and how that affects policy outputs. As part of this research agenda, her dissertation centers on gaining a better understanding of the relationship between regime types and public policies.
She received a MA in Political Science from Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT) and a BA from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Prior to MIT, she was a Ph.D. fellow at CONICET working at Gino Germani Research Institute, and taught at UBA and UTDT. She has published journal articles and book chapters on intergovernmental relationships and legislative politics in both democratic and autocratic regimes.
Publications
Garay, Candelaria and Simison, Emilia. "When Mayors Deliver: Political Alignment and Well-being." St Comp Int Dev (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-022-09357-w
Lawmaking in personalist dictatorships: evidence from Spain, The Journal of Legislative Studies, DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2021.2015885 Alejandro Bonvecchi & Emilia Simison (2022)
"Supporters and opposition in authoritarian legislatures" The Journal of Legislative Studies, published online: 20 Dec 2020.
"Legislatures and Representation in Latin American Politics" Oxford Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics, Oxford University Press, 2019
“Law-Making and Federalism in Argentina’s Last Dictatorship,” with Alejandro Bonvecchi, in The Argentinian Dictatorship and its Legacy: Rethinking the Proceso, eds. Grigera, Juan, et al, Palgrave McMillan. (Aug 2019)
“Nation or My District? Evaluating the Bills’ Territorial Scope of Bills through Experimental Designs” Journal of Politics in Latin America, Vol 9, No2, August 2017.
“Legislative Institutions and Performance in Authoritarian Regimes” Journal of Comparative Politics, Vol 49, No 4, July 2017. Co-authored with Alejandro Bonvecchi.
"Una dictadura sin centro: historia y ciencia política en la interpretación del Proceso de Reorganización Nacional” Revista SAAP, Vol 11, No 1, June 2017. Co-authored with Alejandro Bonvecchi
Biography
Emilia Simison is a PhD candidate in Political Economy and Methodology. Her research focuses on the comparative political economy of policymaking and policy change. She studies policymaking, both under authoritarian and democratic regimes, with a regional focus on Latin America. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, she analyzes how political institutions across regime types shape the extent to which citizens and interest groups influence policymaking, and how that affects policy outputs. As part of this research agenda, her dissertation centers on gaining a better understanding of the relationship between regime types and public policies.
She received a MA in Political Science from Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT) and a BA from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Prior to MIT, she was a Ph.D. fellow at CONICET working at Gino Germani Research Institute, and taught at UBA and UTDT. She has published journal articles and book chapters on intergovernmental relationships and legislative politics in both democratic and autocratic regimes.
Publications
Garay, Candelaria and Simison, Emilia. "When Mayors Deliver: Political Alignment and Well-being." St Comp Int Dev (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-022-09357-w
Lawmaking in personalist dictatorships: evidence from Spain, The Journal of Legislative Studies, DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2021.2015885 Alejandro Bonvecchi & Emilia Simison (2022)
"Supporters and opposition in authoritarian legislatures" The Journal of Legislative Studies, published online: 20 Dec 2020.
"Legislatures and Representation in Latin American Politics" Oxford Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics, Oxford University Press, 2019
“Law-Making and Federalism in Argentina’s Last Dictatorship,” with Alejandro Bonvecchi, in The Argentinian Dictatorship and its Legacy: Rethinking the Proceso, eds. Grigera, Juan, et al, Palgrave McMillan. (Aug 2019)
“Nation or My District? Evaluating the Bills’ Territorial Scope of Bills through Experimental Designs” Journal of Politics in Latin America, Vol 9, No2, August 2017.
“Legislative Institutions and Performance in Authoritarian Regimes” Journal of Comparative Politics, Vol 49, No 4, July 2017. Co-authored with Alejandro Bonvecchi.
"Una dictadura sin centro: historia y ciencia política en la interpretación del Proceso de Reorganización Nacional” Revista SAAP, Vol 11, No 1, June 2017. Co-authored with Alejandro Bonvecchi