Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaRewarding the Corrupt? Reelection and Scandal Involvement in the Brazilian 2006 Legislative Elections
Corruption was a central theme of the Brazilian 2006 elections, both at the Executive and Legislative levels. According to our data, more than 100 Federal Deputies, or 1 in 5 in the 52nd Legislature (2003-2007) were mentioned by the media in relation to some scandal. The focus of this paper is how...
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Universidad de Los Andes
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| author | Lúcio Remuzat Rennó Jr. |
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| description | Corruption was a central theme of the Brazilian 2006 elections, both at the Executive and Legislative levels. According to our data, more than 100 Federal Deputies, or 1 in 5 in the 52nd Legislature (2003-2007) were mentioned by the media in relation to some scandal. The focus of this paper is how Federal Deputies involved in corruption scandals fare during elections. Do voters punish allegedly corrupt politicians? We use a dataset of Brazilian Federal Deputies legislative and electoral performance to test how involvement in corruption is related to career choice and reelection success in the 2006 elections. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO949942022-03-22T18:51:39Z Rewarding the Corrupt? Reelection and Scandal Involvement in the Brazilian 2006 Legislative Elections Lúcio Remuzat Rennó Jr. Política Reelection legislative careers corruption Corruption was a central theme of the Brazilian 2006 elections, both at the Executive and Legislative levels. According to our data, more than 100 Federal Deputies, or 1 in 5 in the 52nd Legislature (2003-2007) were mentioned by the media in relation to some scandal. The focus of this paper is how Federal Deputies involved in corruption scandals fare during elections. Do voters punish allegedly corrupt politicians? We use a dataset of Brazilian Federal Deputies legislative and electoral performance to test how involvement in corruption is related to career choice and reelection success in the 2006 elections. 2008 2022-03-22T18:51:39Z 2022-03-22T18:51:39Z artículo científico http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81211204005 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/94994 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=812 Colombia Internacional application/pdf Universidad de Los Andes Colombia Internacional (Colombia) Num.68 |
| spellingShingle | Política Reelection legislative careers corruption Lúcio Remuzat Rennó Jr. Rewarding the Corrupt? Reelection and Scandal Involvement in the Brazilian 2006 Legislative Elections |
| title | Rewarding the Corrupt? Reelection and Scandal Involvement in the Brazilian 2006 Legislative Elections |
| title_full | Rewarding the Corrupt? Reelection and Scandal Involvement in the Brazilian 2006 Legislative Elections |
| title_fullStr | Rewarding the Corrupt? Reelection and Scandal Involvement in the Brazilian 2006 Legislative Elections |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rewarding the Corrupt? Reelection and Scandal Involvement in the Brazilian 2006 Legislative Elections |
| title_short | Rewarding the Corrupt? Reelection and Scandal Involvement in the Brazilian 2006 Legislative Elections |
| title_sort | rewarding the corrupt? reelection and scandal involvement in the brazilian 2006 legislative elections |
| topic | Política Reelection legislative careers corruption |
| url | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=81211204005 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/94994 |