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Can Institutions Cure Clientelism?: Assessing the Impact of the Australian Ballot in Brazil

Gingerich, Daniel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

; and 3) greatly increased the proportion of wasted votes cast in elections. …

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Democracies in Development: Politics and Reform in Latin America Title: La política importa: Democracia y desarrollo en América Latina

Carrillo-Flórez, Fernando; Echebarría, Koldo; Payne, … - Inter-American Development Bank

A legitimate and effective democracy is essential for sustainable economic and social development. This updated and … democratic governance, and offers tentative conclusions on the types of reforms that may hold promise for strengthening democracy …

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Elections and the Timing of Devaluations

Stein, Ernesto H.; Streb, Jorge M. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

economies, previous political cycle models had overlooked the influence of elections on the behavior of exchange rates. Voter …

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Politics Under the Weather: Droughts, Parties and Electoral Outcomes

Miller, Sebastian; Bastos, Paulo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

drought declarations and mayoral elections in Brazil. While accounting for current and historical rainfall patterns, the paper …

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Political Stabilization Cycles in High Inflation Economies

Stein, Ernesto H.; Streb, Jorge M. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1995

elections in order to increase the chances of being reelected. It is modeled as a two-period game of incomplete information …

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Local Electoral Rewards from Centralized Social Programs: Are Mayors Getting the Credit?

Rodríguez-Chamussy, Lourdes - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015

reward for the federal incumbent in local elections. Alternative explanations are examined, and it is shown that the effect … municipalities, being stronger where the mayor faced more contestable elections, in capital cities of the states and in predominantly …

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Do We Need More Women in Power? Gender, Public Policy, and Development in Bolivia

Yáñez-Pagans, Patricia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

higher female representation appear only some years after the elections, highlighting the importance of training and …

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Veto Players, Intertemporal Interactions and Policy Adaptability: How Do Political Institutions Work?

Scartascini, Carlos G.; Stein, Ernesto H.; Tommasi, Mariano - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

Veto player theory argues that a higher number of veto players lowers the likelihood of change; in turn, policies that do not change help to sustain commitments but may prevent adaptation to changing circumstances. This paper challenges that claim of veto player theory by arguing that policy...

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Indigenous Development: Poverty, Democracy and Sustainability

Iturralde, Diego; Krotz, Esteban; Cárdenas, Víctor; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996

Seminar on Indigenous Development: Poverty, Democracy and Sustainability, organized on the occasion of the First General …

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DataGov: Governance Indicators Database Title: DataGob: Base de datos de indicadores de gobernabilidad

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2007

cover four major areas: democracy, markets, public sector management and rule of law, as well as a number of key …

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