Electoral campaign donations and business groups political favoring

• Grant number: 14/04466-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2014
• End date: December 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics
• Principal Investigator: Dante Mendes Aldrighi
• Grantee: André Medeiros Sztutman
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project focuses on possible implications of donations made by economic groups to candidates in the 2006 election campaigns. More specifically, we examine potential effects on the Brazilian Development bank credit access.