Kinship, Capitalism and Democracy: Evidence from Brazilian Firms

• In Event: Firms' Political Connections

Brief Overview

We document a correlation between family ties at the top and campaign contributions, both across firms and within firms (at the individual level), and a substitution of contributions by firms to individuals a ban that is stronger for families

Authors

• Pablo Balan, Harvard University

• Juan Dodyk, Harvard

• Ignacio Puente, MIT