Tying your enemy's hands in close races: The politics of federal transfers in Brazil

American Political Science Review

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 742-761

  Brollo, Fernanda ^a   Nannicini, Tommaso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 84873897368     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055412000433     Document Type: Article

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