Browsing FGV CEPESP - Artigos Acadêmicos by Author "Biderman, Ciro"

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Aprovação de empréstimos a governos subnacionais no Brasil: há espaço para comportamento político oportunista?

Arvate, Paulo Roberto; Biderman, Ciro; Mendes, Marcos
2008

The aim of this study was to test whether political influence comes into play in the approval of loans to State governments by the Brazilian National Senate. Although all the requests for loans submitted to the Senate ...
Dry law and homicides: evidence from the São Paulo metropolitan area

Biderman, Ciro; Mello, João Manoel Pinho de; Schneider, Alexandre Alves
2009

We use time-series and cross-section variation in adoption of dry laws in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area (SPMA) to measure the impact of recreational consumption of alcohol on violent behavior. Adoption of dry laws causes ...