Capital político e financiamento eleitoral no Brasil : uma análise empírica da estratégia das empresas na alocação de recursos de campanha
Does the amount of campaign funding vary according to the political resources of a candidate? In this paper, we answer this question and evaluate the extent in which receiving more donations enables the electoral success of high level candidates who run for Congress in Brazil. We classify the candid...
| Principais autores: | Araújo, Victor, Silotto, Graziele Cristina, Cunha, Lucas Rodrigues |
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| Outros Autores: | Tribunal Superior Eleitoral |
| Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | Português |
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2018
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Does the amount of campaign funding vary according
to the political resources of a candidate? In this
paper, we answer this question and evaluate the extent
in which receiving more donations enables the
electoral success of high level candidates who run
for Congress in Brazil. We classify the candidates
into three categories of political capital (high, medium
and low) to test the argument that campaign
donors invest their resources in capable candidates
to ensure representation of their demands. The
main results indicate that high level candidates
receive greater donations than medium and low level
candidates. Besides that, high level candidates
are more likely to win elections when compared to
their medium and low level opponents. The results
suggest that private donors direct their campaign
investments to candidates that, when elected, are
capable of influencing the key decision-making
arenas. To sum it up, in the Brazilian case, neither
choosing to which candidate one must donate, nor
the winners of the elections are events that result
from random and uncoordinated processes. |
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