When Payouts Pay Off: Conditional Cash Transfers and Voting Behavior in Brazil 2002-10

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 810-822

  Zucco, Cesar ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84885427717     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12026     Document Type: Article

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