Unraveling the relation of health spending and outcomes between bordering jurisdictions is a first-order concern to better coordinate public health provision. In this paper, we explore the rules governing the main federal grant to Brazilian municipalities, which varies discontinuously near...

Does economic dependence of small jurisdictions on upper-government grants lead to electoral support of the incumbent? To answer this question, we explore the discontinuities in the main unconditional federal grant to Brazilian municipalities to estimate the causal effects of a larger share of...

The social democrats, in office from 1985 to 1995, have introduced significant reforms in the Portuguese telecommunications sector. The terminal equipment and advanced services were liberalized; the separation of the regulatory and operational functions became effective; the telecommunications...