Results from a new experiment shed light on the effects of voter information on vote buying and incumbent advantage …. The treatment provided voters with information about a major spending program and the proposed allocations and promises of … mayoral candidates just prior to municipal elections. It left voters more knowledgeable about candidates' proposed policies …

the release of information? Using Brazilian elections and audits as an exogenous source of information, I show that both … competitiveness of elections and, therefore, candidates' spending. Only information disclosed prior to electoral campaigns impacts …Information affecting a candidate's reputation might have significant electoral consequences. Do candidates respond to …

information available to voters. We exploit the introduction of a school-level accountability system in Brazil that provides, for … the first time, information about school quality and exploit variation in schools affected by the policy. We find that …