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We present a theory to explain government procrastination as a consequence of its present-bias resulting from the political uncertainty in a two-party political system. We show that under a two-party political system the party in office tends to be present-biased. This may lead to inefficient...
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This paper evaluates the impacts of increasing female representation in Bolivian municipal councils on public policy choices and welfare outcomes. By combining detailed administrative panel data on municipal expenditures and revenues together with electoral data, an innovative regression...
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This text's purpose is to analyze the progress and setbacks in public policies during PT (Partido dos Trabalhadores) governments (2003-2015), especially macroeconomic, industrial, social and income-related policies, as well as their relation to the neo-developmentalist agenda. My overall...
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