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Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes

Claudio Ferraz; Frederico Finan · Quarterly Journal of Economics 123(2), 703–745 · 2008

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Article
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Claudio Ferraz; Frederico Finan
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DOI 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.2.703
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2026-09-01

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EstablishedExploiting the random selection of Brazilian municipalities for federal audits from 2003, Ferraz and Finan compared municipalities audited before and after the 2004 elections with the same reported corruption and found that releasing the findings hurt corrupt incumbents' electoral performance, especially where local radio was present.