Political competition and candidate selection in Brazilian municipalities

Savio Oliveira and Wallace Patrick Souza ()
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Wallace Patrick Souza: Federal Univesity of Paraíba

Economics Bulletin, 2022, vol. 42, issue 2, 1171 - 1179

Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between political competition and the quality of candidates and elected politicians. We use the effective number of candidates for measuring electoral competition, and the level of education for measuring the quality of politicians. By employing an instrumental variable approach, we find that greater electoral competition increases the proportion of elected mayors, mayoral candidates, elected councilors and council candidates that are college educated. In contrast, it decreases the participation and the performance of women in politics.

Keywords: Political Competition; Political Selection; Instrumental Variables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D7 H7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-06-30
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