His teaching includes courses on networks and institutions, quantitative contextual analysis, political economy of development, positive political economy, and Latin American politics.
Prof. Razo researches how informal and formal institutions affect economic behavior in developing countries. His research interests include the development of mathematical and computational models to develop theories on the impact of social and political networks on economic outcomes. He is also interested in applying statistical networks analysis to the study of economic history and international development.
Research Interests
- Political economy; institutions; development; networks; Latin America