Are voters fiscal conservatives? Evidence from Brazilian municipal elections

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Autor(a) principal: Arvate, Paulo Roberto
Data de Publicação: 2010
Outros Autores: Mendes, Marcos, Rocha, Alexandre
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo)
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/ee/article/view/35998
Resumo: Some papers in literature show that voters are fiscal conservatives, while others find evidence of a preference for fiscal profligacy. We use a traditional Probit model to analyze the preference of Brazilian municipal voters in the 2000 election. The main result suggests that voters prefer greater expenditure. We present evidence that this result is a consequence of a fiscal federalism model where there is a soft budget constraint for municipalities (institutional context). Moreover, we obtained evidence that voters with different levels of schooling impose a different result on expenditure. The effect of expenditure is more marked in municipalities with a low level of literacy.
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spelling Are voters fiscal conservatives? Evidence from Brazilian municipal electionsreeleiçãogovernos locaisdescentralizaçãofederalismo fiscalreelectionlocal governmentdecentralizationfiscal federalismSome papers in literature show that voters are fiscal conservatives, while others find evidence of a preference for fiscal profligacy. We use a traditional Probit model to analyze the preference of Brazilian municipal voters in the 2000 election. The main result suggests that voters prefer greater expenditure. We present evidence that this result is a consequence of a fiscal federalism model where there is a soft budget constraint for municipalities (institutional context). Moreover, we obtained evidence that voters with different levels of schooling impose a different result on expenditure. The effect of expenditure is more marked in municipalities with a low level of literacy.Alguns artigos na literatura mostram que os eleitores são conservadores em assuntos fiscais enquanto outros encontram evidências de preferência por uma expansão fiscal. Nós usamos um modelo Probit tradicional para analisar a preferência dos eleitores municipais brasileiros na eleição de 2000. Nosso principal resultado sugere que os eleitores preferem mais gastos. Apresentamos algumas evidências de que esse resultado é uma consequência do modelo de federalismo fiscal existente no qual predomina uma restrição orçamentária fraca para os municípios (contexto institucional). Adicionalmente, obtivemos evidências de que os eleitores com diferentes níveis de escolaridade impõem diferente resultado nos gastos. O efeito do gasto é maior nos municípios onde o nível de alfabetização é menor.Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade2010-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ee/article/view/3599810.1590/S0101-41612010000100003Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo); v. 40 n. 1 (2010); 67-101 1980-53570101-4161reponame:Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo)instname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPenghttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ee/article/view/35998/38715Copyright (c) 2010 Paulo Roberto Arvate, Marcos Mendes, Alexandre Rochahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArvate, Paulo RobertoMendes, MarcosRocha, Alexandre2020-12-18T14:21:27Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/35998Revistahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/eePUBhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ee/oaiestudoseconomicos@usp.br||aldrighi@usp.br1980-53570101-4161opendoar:2020-12-18T14:21:27Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Are voters fiscal conservatives? Evidence from Brazilian municipal elections
title Are voters fiscal conservatives? Evidence from Brazilian municipal elections
spellingShingle Are voters fiscal conservatives? Evidence from Brazilian municipal elections
Arvate, Paulo Roberto
reeleição
governos locais
descentralização
federalismo fiscal
reelection
local government
decentralization
fiscal federalism
title_short Are voters fiscal conservatives? Evidence from Brazilian municipal elections
title_full Are voters fiscal conservatives? Evidence from Brazilian municipal elections
title_fullStr Are voters fiscal conservatives? Evidence from Brazilian municipal elections
title_full_unstemmed Are voters fiscal conservatives? Evidence from Brazilian municipal elections
title_sort Are voters fiscal conservatives? Evidence from Brazilian municipal elections
author Arvate, Paulo Roberto
author_facet Arvate, Paulo Roberto
Mendes, Marcos
Rocha, Alexandre
author_role author
author2 Mendes, Marcos
Rocha, Alexandre
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Arvate, Paulo Roberto
Mendes, Marcos
Rocha, Alexandre
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv reeleição
governos locais
descentralização
federalismo fiscal
reelection
local government
decentralization
fiscal federalism
topic reeleição
governos locais
descentralização
federalismo fiscal
reelection
local government
decentralization
fiscal federalism
description Some papers in literature show that voters are fiscal conservatives, while others find evidence of a preference for fiscal profligacy. We use a traditional Probit model to analyze the preference of Brazilian municipal voters in the 2000 election. The main result suggests that voters prefer greater expenditure. We present evidence that this result is a consequence of a fiscal federalism model where there is a soft budget constraint for municipalities (institutional context). Moreover, we obtained evidence that voters with different levels of schooling impose a different result on expenditure. The effect of expenditure is more marked in municipalities with a low level of literacy.
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