Municipalities secession and uncertainty on public goods provision

This paper investigates the causes of municipalities secession in Brazil. The theoretical model proposes that the median voter is not fully informed about the efficiency effect of secession on public good provision and uses the break up decision undertaken by neighbor’s municipalities within the state to account for his voting. Our empirical results confirms that prediction

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Year of publication:	2010-07-01
Authors:	Arvate, Paulo Roberto ; Mattos, Enlinson Henrique Carvalho de ; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro
Institutions:	Escola de Economia de São Paulo (EESP), Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Textos para discussão.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 225
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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