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# Pablo M. Pinto

Pablo M. Pinto, University of Houston

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- [About me:](https://pablopinto.com/) - Curriculum Vitae: (updated September 2026) Bio: I am Director of the Center for Public Policy, and Distinguished Professor at the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston. I hold a law degree from Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Argentina, an M.A. from Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan, and a Ph.D. from
- [Teaching](https://pablopinto.com/teaching/) - Spring 2027 Enrolled students: Check Canvas for updates, announcements and materials. POLC 6320 - Fundamentals of Policy Analysis II: Political Analysis. Wednesday 5:30-8:30pm. POLC 6317 -Public Policy Capstone. Thursday 5:30-8:30pm. POLC 6380 - Political Economy of Trade and Finance. Tuesday 2-5pm. Summer 2026 POLC 6391/ECON 4390 - Social Economy and Enterprise Academy. SEEA webpage. Spring
- [Peer reviewed publications](https://pablopinto.com/research/) - Books: Boon, Curse, Fortune or Evil? The Political Consequences of Inward Foreign Direct Investment. Book manuscript under contract at Cambridge University Press, with Boliang Zhu. Pre-print version. Partisan Investment in the Global Economy: Why the Left loves foreign direct investment and FDI loves the Left. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2013. Buy from CUP or Amazon. Politics and Foreign Direct
- [Current research and working papers](https://pablopinto.com/working-papers/) - Boon, Curse, Fortune or Evil? The Political Consequences of Inward Foreign Direct Investment, with Boliang Zhu. Book manuscript under contract with Cambridge University Press. Promotion, Relegation and Competitive Balance: Evidence from Mexican Fútbol, Juan Pablo Micozzi, Joaquin Pinto, and Sebastian Saiegh. Hobby School of Public Affairs, Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series CPP-WP-2026-03. Heterogeneous
- [Center for Public Policy](https://pablopinto.com/cpp/) - The Center for Public Policy is the research unit of the Hobby School of Public Affairs. CPP is dedicated to providing scientific, non-biased data and analysis to public officials, business professionals, community leaders and residents throughout Houston and the state of Texas. Led by Pablo M. Pinto the research orientation of the Center is interdisciplinary, with
- [The Political Determinants of Economic Performance](https://pablopinto.com/research/sources/) - Political Competition and the sources of growth Pablo M. Pinto (Columbia University) Jeffrey F. Timmons (Instituto Tecnolgico Autónomo de México) Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 38, No. 1, 26-50 (2005) DOI: https://10.1177/0010414004270886 © 2005 SAGE Publications Abstract: The authors present and test a theory about the effects of political competition on the sources of economic growth. Using Mankiw, Romer, and Weil's