Thumb on the Scale: Corporate Interests and Campaign Donations in Brazil

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Business Influence in Politics

Brief Overview

We examine campaign donations to municipal politicians in Brazil. Dynastic candidates benefit from weak institutions to amass contributions. We show that in weakly institutionalized democracies private interest groups distort politicians’ incentives.

Authors

• Galileu Kim, Princeton University

• James S L Mao, Princeton University