Do women gain from corruption? An assessment of the electoral impacts of Brazil's audit lotteries

Abstract

It provides an analysis of the supply and success of female mayoral candidates where corruption has occurred under a male incumbent in Brazil's 5,570 municipalities, and over three electoral cycles. It finds that local media outlets play a pivotal role in these outcomes, as does the seriousness and extent of the incumbents' misdeeds, and the timing of the availability of knowledge about corrupt acts.