Government and voters in Brazil

• Grant number: 13/24210-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: March 01, 2014
• End date: October 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - Political Behavior
• Principal Investigator: Fernando de Magalhães Papaterra Limongi
• Grantee: Maurício Yoshida Izumi
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/08536-1 - Political institutions, executive-legislative relationship and government performance, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/01413-2 - Political sophistication and vote in Brazil, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

According to the spatial theory of voting, a voter should vote for the candidate who is in a position closer to his. However, assess empirically this proposition is not a trivial task. First of all, to test a spatial model, we need to know the position of voters and candidates. And most importantly, they must be in the same scale. Thus, the main objective of this work is to provide a common measure for the voters and to the rulers in order to test hypotheses about the spatial theory of voting in Brazil. Therefore, I will use a nonparametric technique of ideal point estimation, roll call votes and a innovative survey.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

IZUMI, Maurício Yoshida. Old questions, new methods: positions, agenda, ideology and money in Brazilian politics. 2017. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.