This report presents sample characteristics and summary statistics from the Brazilian Electoral Panel Study (BEPS) project. The survey, composed of three waves, was conducted in Brazil in 2010, a presidential election year, and is composed of 4,611 interviews with 2,669 voting-age Brazilians

This paper estimates the electoral effects of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) --- the fastest-growing social policy in the developing world --- in three presidential elections in Brazil. It analyzes municipal level electoral results and survey data, and employs matching techniques to reduce...