When Do Politicians Appeal Broadly? : The Economic Consequences of Electoral Rules in Brazil /

Electoral rules determine how voters' preferences are aggregated and translated into political representation, and their design can lead to the election of representatives who represent broader or narrower constituencies. Relying on a regression discontinuity design, I contrast single- and two-...

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Autor principal: Chin, Moya
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/227
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Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF
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