Upwardly Mobile: Subnational Term Limits and Political Budget Cycles in the Brazilian States

• In Event: Spending and Investment

Brief Overview

We examine the logic driving political budget cycles at the subnational level. We argue that subnational leaders have an incentive to engage in election-oriented fiscal policy decisions, regardless of their eligibility for reelection.

Authors

• Allyson Lucinda Benton, City, University of London

• Lorena G. Barberia, University of São Paulo