This thesis is a collection of three independent essays in empirical political economics. The first chapter investigates if the presence of appointed mayors in a subset of municipalities during the Brazilian dictatorship led to elite capture. This is done comparing measures of inequality after redemocratization between municipalities that had appointed mayors with municipalities where mayors were elected directly. The main results are consistent with the hypothesis of elite capture and indicate income inequality increased more in municipalities that had mayors appointed by the regime. The second chapter investigates the extent to which media vehicles are prone to political capture in the context of the Brazilian dictatorship. This is done...
Esta dissertação consiste em duas partes independentes. A primeira delas é uma avaliação empírica d...
O presente trabalho investiga as causas determinantes da existência de ciclos eleitorais na política...
The developed study required parameters of objectification for the construction of the epistemic-pra...
The manipulation of economic variables by political agents in order to increase their chances of re...
This thesis is composed by three independent essays in economics of education, which aim to assess t...
This doctoral dissertation is comprised of three separate research pieces divided by chapters. In th...
Neste artigo utiliza-se a reforma constitucional brasileira de 1988 para investigar o impacto da ext...
This study aimed at proving a major attendance of the Juiz de Fora electorate in relation to others ...
This dissertation aims to investigate the impacts of the institutional political incentives, capture...
PhDThe rst chapter uses a unique dataset on Brazilian party members and variation from mayoral elec...
This doctoral dissertation consists of 3 articles that address topics not related to each other, but...
The present academic research analyses the political conjuncture of the democratic transitional proc...
Recent research has stressed the role of political institutions in economic development. This thesis...
Through the New Political Economics. theoretical structure this paper intends to explore how certain...
This article proposes a set of parameters for understanding political behavior in Brazil during the ...
Esta dissertação consiste em duas partes independentes. A primeira delas é uma avaliação empírica d...
O presente trabalho investiga as causas determinantes da existência de ciclos eleitorais na política...
The developed study required parameters of objectification for the construction of the epistemic-pra...
The manipulation of economic variables by political agents in order to increase their chances of re...
This thesis is composed by three independent essays in economics of education, which aim to assess t...
This doctoral dissertation is comprised of three separate research pieces divided by chapters. In th...
Neste artigo utiliza-se a reforma constitucional brasileira de 1988 para investigar o impacto da ext...
This study aimed at proving a major attendance of the Juiz de Fora electorate in relation to others ...
This dissertation aims to investigate the impacts of the institutional political incentives, capture...
PhDThe rst chapter uses a unique dataset on Brazilian party members and variation from mayoral elec...
This doctoral dissertation consists of 3 articles that address topics not related to each other, but...
The present academic research analyses the political conjuncture of the democratic transitional proc...
Recent research has stressed the role of political institutions in economic development. This thesis...
Through the New Political Economics. theoretical structure this paper intends to explore how certain...
This article proposes a set of parameters for understanding political behavior in Brazil during the ...
Esta dissertação consiste em duas partes independentes. A primeira delas é uma avaliação empírica d...
O presente trabalho investiga as causas determinantes da existência de ciclos eleitorais na política...
The developed study required parameters of objectification for the construction of the epistemic-pra...