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dc.titlePolitics Under the Weather: Droughts, Parties and Electoral Outcomes
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Sebastián J.
dc.contributor.authorBastos, Paulo
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.date.available2013-12-16T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2013-10-17T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThe increased occurrence of extreme weather conditions leading to drought is a key development challenge. This paper studies how these extreme events interact with the political process at the local level using rich administrative data for drought declarations and mayoral elections in Brazil. While accounting for current and historical rainfall patterns, the paper finds that that: i) municipalities led by a mayor affiliated with the President¿s party are more likely to receive formal drought declarations prior to the municipal election; and ii) receiving a drought declaration reinforces the electoral advantage of incumbent mayors running for reelection. These results are robust to the inclusion of a rich set of controls for municipal attributes.
dc.format.extent42
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011513
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Politics-Under-the-Weather-Droughts-Parties-and-Electoral-Outcomes.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectElections
dc.subjectDisaster
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subject.jelcodeD72 - Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
dc.subject.jelcodeQ54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming
dc.subject.keywordsIDB-WP-455
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-K1219
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