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electoral coalitions, we found results that suggest strong malapportionment effects on partisan bias in Brazil. These effects …This paper offers a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the effects of malapportionment on partisan bias, that is …
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This paper explores how malapportionment affects the way Brazilian federal government allocates its resources to …
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This study investigates the performance of interest groups in standing committees from the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, in the 2011-2015 legislature. It is based on the premise that two activities are the main strategies of these groups to influence the legislative process: corporate campaign...
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This study investigates the relationship between electoral donations made by industrial entrepreneurs and the behavior of federal deputies elected for the 54th legislature (2011-2015), with regard to the presentation of legislative proposals favorable or contrary to the interests of that...
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This paper aims to analyze the role of government coalitions in the formulation and implementation of a socioeconomic … development model. It is a qualitative research that focuses on the extent to which the formation of coalitions to support a … with the institutional dimension, in particular the role of the State, of government coalitions, of various public …
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This paper aims to empirically verify to what extent the controversies on lobbying regulation are manifested by the opinions of political actors directly involved in the activities of the National Congress, which are interest groups' representatives and legislative advisors of governmental...
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rich set of propositions in Brazil and that our legislators choose an intermediate regulation, compatible with other …
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This study analyses the political correlates of the use of provisionary decrees (medidas provisórias) by Brazilian presidents in law-making. It is argued that the intense use of this legislative tool reflects a tacit delegation of agenda powers from the Congress to the Executive branch, and...
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The work has as its starting point the near consensus in the literature about the Brazilian Congress, particularly on the Chamber of Deputies, according to which rules and procedures inside this institution do not present effective incentives for the development of expertise and legislators...
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