Paulo Roberto Arvate|Marcos Mendes|Alexandre B. Rocha
Are voters fiscal conservatives? Evidence from Brazilian municipal elections
Federal Senate|Federal Senate
papers literature show voters fiscal conservatives others find evidence preference fiscal profligacy use traditional probit model analyze preference brazilian municipal voters 2000 election main result suggests voters prefer greater expenditure present evidence result consequence fiscal federalism model soft budget constraint municipalities institutional context moreover obtained evidence voters different levels schooling impose different result expenditure effect expenditure marked municipalities low level literacy