Opportunistic and partisan election cycles in Brazil: New evidence at the municipal level

Public Choice

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 233-247

  Sakurai, Sergio Naruhiko ^a   Menezes Filho, Naercio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian municipalities; Panel data; Political cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956261031     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-010-9654-1     Document Type: Article

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