Economic Opportunist or Partisan Political Cycles? An empirical approach for Brazilian municipalities between 2000 and 2012

This paper investigates the occurrence of Political Business Cycles (PBC) in the Brazilian municipal elections between 2000 and 2012, taking as reference the classical theories of CPE and their derivations. It empirically analyzes the influence of public expenditures, income level and geographic reg...

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Main Authors: Edson Guilherme Correia, Lucas Casonato
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2018-07-01
Series:Economia & Região
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Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/ecoreg/article/view/29218/23173