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23/Nov/2016
Wagner Pralon Mancuso, Dalson Britto Figueiredo Filho, Bruno Wilhelm Speck, Lucas Emanuel Oliveira Silva, Enivaldo Carvalho da Rocha
DOI: 10.1590/1981-38212016000300004
What is the profile of candidates whose electoral campaigns are the most dependent on corporate donations? Our main objective is to identify factors that help explaining the level of corporate dependence among them. We answer this question in relation to the 2010 elections for federal deputy in Brazil. We test five hypotheses: 01. right-wing party candidates are more dependent than their counterparts on the left; 02. government coalition candidates are more dependent than candidates from the opposition; 03. incumbents are […]
Keywords: campaign finance; Corporate dependence; elections; federal deputies