Voting technology and political competition: lessons from overlapping political races in Brazil

This dissertation investigates changes in election results associated with adoption of different voting technologies. The empirical application uses election data for different offices from the period 1994-2002. We exploit a discontinuity associated with a change of the voting mechanism, from pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murilo Ferreira de Moraes
Other Authors: Marcos de Almeida Rangel
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012
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Online Access:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12138/tde-16042013-143746/