The Relationship between Federal Budget Amendments and Local Electoral Power
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- Firpo, Sergio & Ponczek, Vladimir & Sanfelice, Viviane, 2015. "The relationship between federal budget amendments and local electoral power," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 186-198.
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Keywords
electoral power; politician's strategies; pork barrel; voter's preference;All these keywords.
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- H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2014-02-08 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2014-02-08 (Positive Political Economics)
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