Legislature size and welfare: Evidence from Brazil

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Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversity of California-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)-
Autor(es): dc.contributorBrayford Pool-
Autor(es): dc.creatorMignozzetti, Umberto-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCepaluni, Gabriel-
Autor(es): dc.creatorFreire, Danilo-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2025-08-21T22:08:02Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2025-08-21T22:08:02Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2025-04-29-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2023-12-31-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12843-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/11449/306585-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/11449/306585-
Descrição: dc.descriptionHow does legislature size impact public service provision? Despite the importance of institutional design for democratic governance, the effect of legislative features on citizen welfare remains little understood. In this article, we use a formal model to show that increasing legislature size improves public goods delivery. We argue that changes in bargaining costs depend on whether additional legislators share the executive's party affiliation: More opposition members reduce the equilibrium public goods provision, while more government-aligned members increase it. We test this theory by exploiting sharp discontinuities in city-council size in Brazil. We show that an additional city councilor has a 91% chance of belonging to the mayoral coalition, and this significantly improves primary school enrollment and infant mortality rates. To explore possible mechanisms, we surveyed 174 former city councilors and analyzed 346,553 bills proposed between 2005 and 2008. This article has implications for the design of representative institutions.-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Political Science and Computational Social Sciences Program University of California-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Public Policy and International Relations São Paulo State University-
Descrição: dc.descriptionSchool of Social and Political Sciences University of Lincoln Brayford Pool-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Public Policy and International Relations São Paulo State University-
Idioma: dc.languageen-
Relação: dc.relationAmerican Journal of Political Science-
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Título: dc.titleLegislature size and welfare: Evidence from Brazil-
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