Protests as Accountability Mechanism: Theory and Empirical Evidence of Brazil Mass Protests

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Brief Overview

Despite the increasing use of mass protests, it's still unclear if they've been successfull as accountability mechanisms. We propose a theory of protests as a Bayesian persuasion mechanism and test it empirically using using twitter historical data.

Authors

• Helena Arruda, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)

• Laura Karpuska, Stony Brook University

• Claudio Ferraz, UBC

• Amanda de Albuquerque, PUC-Rio