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S3 Ep6: Elite control and development in Brazil

VoxDev Development Economics

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How Did the Military Intervention Work in More Concentrated Regions?

In the more concentrated regions, the military exerted an implemented a range of policies to try to foster more political competition. And it's the fact that the military cracked down more on the most powerful families that gives you a causal relationship here. So this change in the political institutions and the electoral rules we believe was one of the main determinants that affected like political competition at the local level.

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