O voto e a política distributiva de bens duráveis

Abstract

This dissertation explores the relationship between the electoral behavior and the distributive politics of durable goods, that is, goods which can be used by beneficiaries in the long term. To do so, I develop an systematic review based on nineteen articles published worldwide on the subject, examining the electoral impact and allocation of one of the country's most significant durable goods programs: the "Luz para Todos" Program (LPT). Using two regression discontinuity models, I demonstrate that the policy did not favor municipalities governed by the Workers' Party (PT) and that there are no statistically significant electoral effects for the public policy in municipal, general, and presidential elections. We contribute to the recent literature on durable goods by providing a shared language for an area that remains fragmented, highlighting the primary contributions and gaps within this field, and conducting one of the first analyses on the distributive politics and electoral impacts of the Luz para Todos program.