Reeleição e política fiscal: um estudo dos efeitos da reeleição nos gastos públicos

AUTOR(ES)
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The political economy literature often considers fiscal federalism as a mechanism to refrain the growth of government. However, an unbalanced federalism may induce government growth. This study focus on the Brazilian case, in which the municipalities are beneficiaries of a common pool of federal and state fiscal resources. It is shown that increasing the municipal expenditure and the revenue from fiscal grants are winner electoral strategies for mayors that seek reelection, which induces the growth of government size through the years. It is used a probit selection econometric model.

ASSUNTO(S)

economia município mayor eleições - política tributária economia - brasil selection bias federalismo fiscal prefeito reeleição economia do setor público public expenditure despesa pública fiscal federalism viés de seleção probit reelection municipality probit

Documentos Relacionados