This thesis adds to the political business cycles (PBC) literature by studying the relationships between elections, term limits, political parties and fiscal policies in 3,393 Brazilian municipalities between 2001 and 2008. The results show that first term mayors increase total revenues and keep reasonable levels of spending during elections, thus preserving or either increasing budget balances. They also change their budget composition from current expenditures (e.g. personnel) towards capital related ones (e.g. investments) as elections approach. In fact, only first term mayors seem to benefit from opportunistic increases in fiscal variables, especially in current and personnel expenditures. Yet, first term mayors are not necessarily less...
O presente estudo busca analisar o comportamento das despesas orçamentárias dos municípios gaúchos, ...
This article tests the hypothesis of opportunistic and partisan cycle models using a new large data ...
We study the role of political parties in shaping local fiscal policy in the context of Brazilian ci...
This paper uses a new panel of more than 2,000 Brazilian municipalities over 13 years to analyze the...
Based on the literature on political-budget cycles, the present research aims to verify the influenc...
Please do not cite or quote without permission. State elections in Brazil are an excellent laborator...
The contamination of the economies' public management by both political and partisan interests and t...
O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar as características dos gastos públicos executados pelos chefes ...
O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar as características dos gastos públicos executados pelos chefes ...
A percepção de que a economia é um sistema isolado e sem influência de fatores externos é, em alguma...
Some papers in literature show that voters are fiscal conservatives, while others find evidence of a...
Tese de Doutoramento em EconomiaDa construção de estradas a aumentos dos salários dos funcionários p...
The main purpose on this research is to examine if brazilian electors hold state governors and their...
This paper analyses the interaction between the mayor and other parts of the National Executive thro...
Abstract The economic literature has discussed the effects of public spending on the probability of ...
O presente estudo busca analisar o comportamento das despesas orçamentárias dos municípios gaúchos, ...
This article tests the hypothesis of opportunistic and partisan cycle models using a new large data ...
We study the role of political parties in shaping local fiscal policy in the context of Brazilian ci...
This paper uses a new panel of more than 2,000 Brazilian municipalities over 13 years to analyze the...
Based on the literature on political-budget cycles, the present research aims to verify the influenc...
Please do not cite or quote without permission. State elections in Brazil are an excellent laborator...
The contamination of the economies' public management by both political and partisan interests and t...
O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar as características dos gastos públicos executados pelos chefes ...
O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar as características dos gastos públicos executados pelos chefes ...
A percepção de que a economia é um sistema isolado e sem influência de fatores externos é, em alguma...
Some papers in literature show that voters are fiscal conservatives, while others find evidence of a...
Tese de Doutoramento em EconomiaDa construção de estradas a aumentos dos salários dos funcionários p...
The main purpose on this research is to examine if brazilian electors hold state governors and their...
This paper analyses the interaction between the mayor and other parts of the National Executive thro...
Abstract The economic literature has discussed the effects of public spending on the probability of ...
O presente estudo busca analisar o comportamento das despesas orçamentárias dos municípios gaúchos, ...
This article tests the hypothesis of opportunistic and partisan cycle models using a new large data ...
We study the role of political parties in shaping local fiscal policy in the context of Brazilian ci...