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Dismemberment of Municipalities: Impacts on the Municipal Legislative

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  • Enlinson Mattos
  • Lucas Garcez

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This paper evaluates the effects of the division of municipalities on the elections in the composition in the municipal legislative chambers, where we try to identify the gerrymandering hypothesis, that is, change of the composition of the power in these municipalities involved with the dismemberment. Our results suggest that there is (i) a positive impact of dismemberment on the concentration of seats in a few parties in the city councils in the municipalities of origin, and (ii) a reduction of participation in the municipality of origin of minority partieis, concomitantly with an increase of concentration in the chamber of the new municipalities of these parties. JEL Classification: H75; H76.

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  • Enlinson Mattos & Lucas Garcez, 2017. "Dismemberment of Municipalities: Impacts on the Municipal Legislative," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 37(4), pages 832-849.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:37:y:2017:i:4:p:832-849:id:162
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    Keywords

    Dismemberment; municipality; city council; elections; gerrymandering; cracking; packing;
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    JEL classification:

    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • H76 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Other Expenditure Categories

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