Elected in a close race: Mayor’s characteristics and local public finances
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of mayor’s characteristics (education, experience and gender) on fiscal indicators of Brazilian municipalities. We use regression discontinuity and the outcomes of close elections to identify causal effects for 2000, 2004 and 2008. We find evidence t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-05-01
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| Series: | EconomiA |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1517758017300371 |