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100			_a Hott, Henrique Augusto Campos Fernandez and Menezes-Filho, Naercio _951417
245			_aAre newcomers financially responsible? Evidence from close elections in Brazilian municipalities
260			_aLocal Government Studies
300			_a50(1), Feb, 2024: p.48-86
520			_aThis paper examines how mayors’ political experience impacts fiscal outcomes. Using a regression discontinuity design in highly-contested elections in Brazilian municipalities, we estimate the differences in fiscal performance between newcomers and veteran politicians. We find that municipalities governed by mayors who never won an election before experience a worse budget balance and a substantial increase in public investments. This difference appears to be driven by differences in candidates’ experience rather than by factors such as re-election concern, ideology, vertical partisan alignment, gender and political party turnover.- Reproduced https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03003930.2023.2185230
650			_aExperience, Municipal elections, Regression discontinuity design, Local government budget, May. _951418
773			_aLocal Government Studies
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