Municipalities secession and uncertainty on public goods provision

AUTOR(ES)

Arvate, Paulo Roberto

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

01/07/2010

RESUMO

This paper investigates the causes of municipalities secession in Brazil. The theoretical model proposes that the median voter is not fully informed about the efficiency effect of secession on public good provision and uses the break up decision undertaken by neighbor’s municipalities within the state to account for his voting. Our empirical results confirms that prediction

ASSUNTO(S)

municipalities secession median voter public good provision administração municipal - brasil

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