The paper estimates the effects on presidential election returns in Mexico of a government climatic contingency … voters reward the incumbent presidential party for delivering drought relief compensation. The paper finds that receiving …

The paper estimates the effects on presidential election returns in Mexico of a government climatic contingency … voters reward the incumbent presidential party for delivering drought relief compensation. The paper finds that receiving …

income and expenditure in Mexico. The identification strategy takes advantage of the variation across counties and across …

The paper estimates the effects on presidential election returns in Mexico of a government climatic contingency … voters reward the incumbent presidential party for delivering drought relief compensation. The paper finds that receiving …

drought on total calorie availability and the mitigating effects of PROGRESA on food consumption in periods of drought …. Drought reduced total expenditures and total food expenditures but increased the total availability of calories. This paradox … can be explained by the impact of drought on the composition of calories; that is, it reduced the consumption of expensive …