Voting technology, political responsiveness, and infant health: Evidence from Brazil

Econometrica

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 423-464

  Fujiwara, Thomas ^a,b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CIFAR ^*  (Canada)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enfranchisement; Infant health; Political responsiveness; Voting technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961288536     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA11520     Document Type: Article

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