This dissertation investigates changes in election results associated with adoption of different voting technologies. The empirical application uses election data for different offices from the period 1994-2002. We exploit a discontinuity associated with a change of the voting mechanism, from paper ballot to Direct Recording Electronic (DRE), conditioned on Brazilian election structure with overlap (local elections held two years out of phase with general elections) as a source of identification for election results determinants. We find robust evidence that the shift to an easier voting mechanism reflected on an enfranchising effect (increase in valid votes) which ultimately resulted in more political competitiveness. The impact on electi...
What is the effect of the revenue on challengers’ votes? Literature assumes that challengers are mor...
The objective of this work is to analyze the partisan vote in elections for the Executive in the Sta...
The main purpose on this research is to examine if brazilian electors hold state governors and their...
This dissertation investigates changes in election results associated with adoption of different vot...
This paper uses the sharp discontinuity regression methodology to investigate whether political comp...
Analyze the impact of the enactment of clean record law (Lei da Ficha Limpa) primarily on the electo...
Several studies support the idea that electoral campaign costs play a decisive role on the election ...
Several studies support the idea that electoral campaign costs play a decisive role on the election ...
The present study investigated the impact of voluntary transfers from government of Ceará by Secreta...
Electronic voting machines were used for the first time in general elections in Brazil in 1998; in t...
Electronic voting machines were used for the first time in general elections in Brazil in 1998; in t...
Abstract The 1988 federal Constitution introduced a complex and innovative institutional arrangement...
De acordo com a teoria tradicional, governantes eleitos adotam políticas conforme as preferências do...
De acordo com a teoria tradicional, governantes eleitos adotam políticas conforme as preferências do...
The paper proposes an exploratory analysis on the determinants of voting for presidency in the two r...
What is the effect of the revenue on challengers’ votes? Literature assumes that challengers are mor...
The objective of this work is to analyze the partisan vote in elections for the Executive in the Sta...
The main purpose on this research is to examine if brazilian electors hold state governors and their...
This dissertation investigates changes in election results associated with adoption of different vot...
This paper uses the sharp discontinuity regression methodology to investigate whether political comp...
Analyze the impact of the enactment of clean record law (Lei da Ficha Limpa) primarily on the electo...
Several studies support the idea that electoral campaign costs play a decisive role on the election ...
Several studies support the idea that electoral campaign costs play a decisive role on the election ...
The present study investigated the impact of voluntary transfers from government of Ceará by Secreta...
Electronic voting machines were used for the first time in general elections in Brazil in 1998; in t...
Electronic voting machines were used for the first time in general elections in Brazil in 1998; in t...
Abstract The 1988 federal Constitution introduced a complex and innovative institutional arrangement...
De acordo com a teoria tradicional, governantes eleitos adotam políticas conforme as preferências do...
De acordo com a teoria tradicional, governantes eleitos adotam políticas conforme as preferências do...
The paper proposes an exploratory analysis on the determinants of voting for presidency in the two r...
What is the effect of the revenue on challengers’ votes? Literature assumes that challengers are mor...
The objective of this work is to analyze the partisan vote in elections for the Executive in the Sta...
The main purpose on this research is to examine if brazilian electors hold state governors and their...