Choosing the Form of Government: Theory and Evidence from Brazil
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Constitutions; political regime; presidential system; parliamentary system;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
- D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
- H0 - Public Economics - - General
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