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Budget Deficits And Reelection Prospects: Voters As Fiscal Conservatives In A New Democracy

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  • Paulo Roberto Arvate
  • George Avelino
  • José A. Tavares

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  • Paulo Roberto Arvate & George Avelino & José A. Tavares, 2007. "Budget Deficits And Reelection Prospects: Voters As Fiscal Conservatives In A New Democracy," Anais do XXXV Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 35th Brazilian Economics Meeting] 106, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics].
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