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Municipalities secession and uncertainty on public goods provision

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  • Arvate, Paulo Roberto
  • Mattos, Enlinson
  • Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro

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This paper investigates the causes of municipalities secession in Brazil. The theoretical model proposes that the median voter is not fully informed about the efficiency effect of secession on public good provision and uses the break up decision undertaken by neighbor’s municipalities within the state to account for his voting. Our empirical results confirms that prediction

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  • Arvate, Paulo Roberto & Mattos, Enlinson & Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro, 2010. "Municipalities secession and uncertainty on public goods provision," Textos para discussão 225, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil).
    • Handle: RePEc:fgv:eesptd:225
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    1. Paulo Arvate & Vladimir Ponczek, 2008. "Municipality secession, voter’s preference and persistence of power," Working Papers 08_07, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto.

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    • H4 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods
    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue

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