The Unintended Consequences of Democratic Reforms: Electronic Vote and Criminal Violence in Brazil

• In Event: JSS 12
  In JSS Session: Political Violence

Brief Overview

We argue that the implementation of electronic voting in Brazil increased the costs of committing fraud, thus producing a spike in the levels of violence.

Authors

• Camilo Nieto Matiz, University of Notre Dame

• Natán Skigin, University of Notre Dame