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Artigo científico

Electoral competition and local government responsiveness in Brazil

Arvate, Paulo Roberto

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Resumo

The empirical literature on the effects of competition on the supply of public goods shows controversial results at the local level. The main objective of this paper is to investigate this relationship in a federalist country (Brazil) where the political system places few barriers to the entry of competitors and local governments have the independence to establish their own public policy. We show that a higher effective number of candidates running for the executive branch increase the supply of local public goods (the number of student enrollments, teachers, and free immunizations). (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Tipo
Artigo científico
Ano
2013
Instituição
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
Idioma
Inglês
Acesso
Acesso restrito
Identificador
oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/23309

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