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John Polga-Hecimovich is a Professor in the Political Science Department at the United States Naval Academy. His research focuses on political institutions' impact on democratic stability, governance, and policymaking in Latin America, with an emphasis on formal modeling and quantitative methods. He examines how lawmakers in low-capacity bureaucracies ensure policy implementation and evaluates executive decrees across Latin America to assess agency ideology and capacity effects on policy success.
His work also explores presidential instability, coups d'état, coalition dynamics under presidential systems, and electoral institution design. His scholarship has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as The Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, and Electoral Studies.
Current research includes a book project analyzing bureaucratic delegation strategies and long-term policy implementation costs. No specific grants, advising details, or lab affiliations are noted in the provided text.
