Artículos de revistas
Fiscal policy and reelection in Brazilian municipalities
Fecha
2008Registro en:
PUBLIC CHOICE, v.137, n.1/Fev, p.301-314, 2008
0048-5829
10.1007/s11127-008-9329-3
Autor
SAKURAI, Sergio Naruhiko
MENEZES-FILHO, Naercio Aquino
Institución
Resumen
This paper uses a new panel of more than 2,000 Brazilian municipalities over 13 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 mayors who spend more during their terms of office increase the probability of their own reelection or of a successor of the same political party. In particular, higher capital spending over the years preceding elections and current expenditures in election years are beneficial to Brazilian incumbent mayors.