Sources of the Incumbency (Dis)Advantage

An emerging literature finds that legislators frequently suffer a negative incumbency advantage in developing countries but disagrees as to the sources of this anti-incumbent bias. We contribute to this literature by examining the case of Brazil, where the extant literature predicts a large incumben...

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Main Authors: George Avelino Filho, Ciro Biderman, Scott Desposato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Political Science Association 2022-01-01
Series:Brazilian Political Science Review
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Online Access:https://brazilianpoliticalsciencereview.org/article/sources-of-the-incumbency-disadvantage/