Intent vs. Effect: The Wording of Campaign Finance Rules and Women’s Representation in Brazil

• In Event: Women's Descriptive Representation: Its Promise and Limits

Brief Overview

Using campaign finance and candidate data from Brazil’s 2020 and 2024 municipal elections, I investigate whether parties exploit ambiguities in the wording of campaign finance rules to misallocate funds earmarked for women candidates.

Author

• Cinthia Carvalho Dalcin, Rice University