Public costs vs private gain : assessing the effect of alternative information treatments on electoral accountability

Do voters punish candidates with records of misuse of public funds? I address this question in the context of the 2008 and 2012 municipal elections for mayor and City Council legislator in Brazil. I use a unique dataset listing all candidates with accounts rejection records by any of the 34 Brazilia...

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Autor principal: Avenburg, Alejandro
Outros Autores: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral
Tipo de documento: Outro
Idioma: English
Publicado em: 2020
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spelling oai:bdjur.stj.jus.br.col_bdtse_4134:oai:localhost:bdtse-67562024-10-14 Public costs vs private gain : assessing the effect of alternative information treatments on electoral accountability Avenburg, Alejandro Tribunal Superior Eleitoral Voto Eleitor Gastos públicos Eleição municipal Prestação de contas Rejeição de contas Do voters punish candidates with records of misuse of public funds? I address this question in the context of the 2008 and 2012 municipal elections for mayor and City Council legislator in Brazil. I use a unique dataset listing all candidates with accounts rejection records by any of the 34 Brazilian Audit Courts between 2004 and 2012 and electoral data. I test the effect of having accounts rejected on subsequent electoral returns. To test this effect I use matching and difference-in-difference. Results show evidence that voters punish both candidates for mayor and City Council legislator in most elections. 2020-06-02T18:47:59Z 2020-06-02T18:47:59Z 2017 Outro AVENBURG, Alejandro. Public costs vs private gain: assessing the effect of alternative information treatments on electoral accountability. In: CONGRESSO LATINO-AMERICANO DE CIÊNCIA POLITICA, 9., 2017, Montevidéu. [Trabalhos apresentados]. Montevidéu: ALACIP, 2017. p. 1-48. http://bibliotecadigital.tse.jus.br/xmlui/handle/bdtse/6756 en <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.pt_BR"><img alt="Licença Creative Commons" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />Este item está licenciado com uma Licença <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.pt_BR">Creative Commons Atribuição-NãoComercial-SemDerivações 4.0 Internacional</a>. 48 p.
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topic Voto
Eleitor
Gastos públicos
Eleição municipal
Prestação de contas
Rejeição de contas
spellingShingle Voto
Eleitor
Gastos públicos
Eleição municipal
Prestação de contas
Rejeição de contas
Avenburg, Alejandro
Public costs vs private gain : assessing the effect of alternative information treatments on electoral accountability
description Do voters punish candidates with records of misuse of public funds? I address this question in the context of the 2008 and 2012 municipal elections for mayor and City Council legislator in Brazil. I use a unique dataset listing all candidates with accounts rejection records by any of the 34 Brazilian Audit Courts between 2004 and 2012 and electoral data. I test the effect of having accounts rejected on subsequent electoral returns. To test this effect I use matching and difference-in-difference. Results show evidence that voters punish both candidates for mayor and City Council legislator in most elections.
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author Avenburg, Alejandro
title Public costs vs private gain : assessing the effect of alternative information treatments on electoral accountability
title_short Public costs vs private gain : assessing the effect of alternative information treatments on electoral accountability
title_full Public costs vs private gain : assessing the effect of alternative information treatments on electoral accountability
title_fullStr Public costs vs private gain : assessing the effect of alternative information treatments on electoral accountability
title_full_unstemmed Public costs vs private gain : assessing the effect of alternative information treatments on electoral accountability
title_sort public costs vs private gain : assessing the effect of alternative information treatments on electoral accountability
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