Determinantes do comportamento particularista de legisladores estaduais brasileiros

This article focuses on the behavior of legislators in twelve States of Brazil. The aim was to analyze the effects produced by: 1) degree of electoral and legislative competition; 2) the ideological position of the State legislators' parties; 3) types of voter constituency; and 4) types of consistent supporters of State legislators in relation to the degree of their particularist behavior. The study drew on the results of a survey conducted in twelve States of Brazil, besides secondary data from the 2006 elections. The analysis used multiple linear regression models. The main observations rela...

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