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    • Articulação intrapartidária e desempenho eleitoral no Brasil 

      Avelino Filho, George; Biderman, Ciro; Barone, Leonardo Sangali
      2012
      We address the issue of whether electing a mayor affects the same party performance at subsequent proportional elections in the same municipality. We employ a Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) model to identify the ...
    • A geografia do voto nas eleições paulistas: medidas e aplicações 

      Avelino Filho, George; Biderman, Ciro; Silva, Glauco Peres da
      2011
      Este artigo discute as medidas de concentração geográfica dos votos propostas pela literatura e propõe uma nova medida, estimada para as eleições para deputado federal no Estado de São Paulo nos últimos 5 pleitos (1994-2010). ...
    • Local economic development: theory, evidence, and implications for policy in Brazil 

      Barberia, Lorena Guadalupe; Biderman, Ciro
      2008
      Local economic development policies have surged in Brazil over the past decade—a major shift in this regionally diverse country of 27 states, over 5,000 municipalities, and the largest economy in Latin America. We review ...
    • Measuring corruption: what have we learned? 

      Avelino Filho, George; Biderman, Ciro; Lopes, Marcos Felipe Mendes
      2012
      There is current a large concern with corruption around the world as it may be one of the causes for lagging development. There is also a concern that corrupt government will succeed to stay in power using the money obtained ...