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Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política
Print version ISSN 0797-9789On-line version ISSN 1688-499X
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LIMA BAIAO, Alexandre. Pork Barrel in Brazil: The electoral effect of individual amendments to the budget. Rev. Urug. Cienc. Polít. [online]. 2016, vol.25, n.spe, pp.57-77. ISSN 0797-9789.
The pork barrel politics in electoral systems with single-member districts and majority election are a phenomenon deeply discussed among comparative studies. Pork barrel politics are a phenomenon deeply studied in electoral systems with uninomial districts and majority elections. Nevertheless, in a country with large districts and open-list proportional elections, as Brazil, the phenomenon becomes more complex and less clear. The studies that investigated Brazilian experience have not identified clearly the electoral efficacy of funds sent by the deputies in the conquest of voters of the beneficiary regions. This article aims to verify if the budget amendments produces immediate electoral benefits for the deputy and if these resources are used in order to gain votes
Keywords : budget amendment; electoral system; pork barrel politics.