Avenburg, AlejandroTribunal Superior Eleitoral2020-06-022020-06-022017AVENBURG, Alejandro. Public costs vs private gain: assessing the effect of alternative information treatments on electoral accountability. In: CONGRESSO LATINO-AMERICANO DE CIÊNCIA POLITICA, 9., 2017, Montevidéu. [Trabalhos apresentados]. Montevidéu: ALACIP, 2017. p. 1-48.http://bibliotecadigital.tse.jus.br/handle/bdtse/6756Do voters punish candidates with records of misuse of public funds? I address this question in the context of the 2008 and 2012 municipal elections for mayor and City Council legislator in Brazil. I use a unique dataset listing all candidates with accounts rejection records by any of the 34 Brazilian Audit Courts between 2004 and 2012 and electoral data. I test the effect of having accounts rejected on subsequent electoral returns. To test this effect I use matching and difference-in-difference. Results show evidence that voters punish both candidates for mayor and City Council legislator in most elections.48 p.enCreative Commons Atribuição-NãoComercial-SemDerivações 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/VotoEleitorGastos públicosEleição municipalPrestação de contasRejeição de contasOutro