Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:  Sergio Naruhiko Sakurai
Author-Name-First: Sergio Naruhiko
Author-Name-Last: Sakurai
Author-Name:  Naercio Aquino Menezes Filho
Author-Name-First: Naercio Aquino
Author-Name-Last: Menezes Filho
Title: Fiscal policy and reelection in Brazilian municipalities
Abstract:  This paper uses a new panel of more than two thousand Brazilian municipalities over thirteen years to analyze the influence of public expenditures on the probability of mayors’ reelection. We examine Brazilian municipal elections from 1988 to 2000 using a logit fixed effects model. The results suggest that higher public expenditures executed during the whole political term increase the probability of reelection of Brazilian mayors. In particular, higher capital spending over the years preceding elections and current expenditures in election years are beneficial to Brazilian incumbent mayors.
Length:  25 pages
Creation-Date:  2008
Order-URL: https://repositorio.insper.edu.br/handle/11224/5776
File-URL: https://repositorio.insper.edu.br/handle/11224/5776
File-Format: text/html
File-Function: Full text
Number: 051
Handle: RePEc:aap:wpaper:051