I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at聽Texas A&M University. I earned my Master of Arts in Political Science at the聽University at Buffalo, The State University of New York聽and my Master of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Economics at the聽University of the Philippines School of Economics. My research focuses on the political economy of state capacity and development, specifically enforcement and compliance in the informal sector. I am currently working on my dissertation that investigates informality as a political equilibrium in weak states, with a regional focus in West Africa and Southeast Asia. In addition, I am interested in political methodology, specifically experimental methods and time series econometrics. My previous works also delve into studies of judicial decision-making, comparative courts, and law and economics.
PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS
Camba, Alvin, Jerik Cruz, Janica Magat, and Angela Tritto. 2020. 鈥淓xplaining the Belt and Road in the Philippines: Elite Consolidation, Kaliwa Dam, and Online Gambling Investments.鈥� In Unpacking the Belt and Road Initiative. J. Liow, L. Hong, and G. Xue (editors). EE Publishers.
Camba, Alvin and Janica Magat. 2020. 鈥淗ow do Chinese Investors Respond to Territorial Disputes? Evidence from the Philippines and Implications on Economic Strategy.鈥� The Singapore Economic Review.
Dulay, Dean, Janica Magat, and Mateo Villamizar Chaparro. 2021. 鈥淒isentangling the Effects of Informality and Precarity on Redistribution.鈥� Under Review
Gottlieb, Jessica, Adrienne Lebas, and Janica Magat. 2020. 鈥淐an Social Intermediaries Build the State? Evidence from an Experiment in Lagos,
Nigeria.鈥� Part of EGAP鈥檚 Metaketa II: Taxation. Under Review
de la O, Ana et al. 2020. 鈥淔iscal Contracts? : A Six-Country Randomized Experiment on Transaction Costs, Public Services, and Taxation In
Developing Countries.鈥� Under Review
COMMUNITY, LOCAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS
鈥淓ffects of COVID on Group Inequality and Ethnic Attitudes:聽 Evidence from Lagos鈥�, 2021 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Seattle, WA, USA.
鈥淔ormalization, Tax Appeals, and Social Intermediaries:聽 Evidence from a Field Experiment in Lagos, Nigeria鈥�, 2021 Annual GLD Conference. Gothenburg, Sweden.
鈥淒isentangling the Effects of Informality and Precarity on Redistribution鈥�, 2021 The Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL, USA.