Victor Araújo
Biographic Data
| ID | 132184 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victor Araújo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victor |
| FAMILY NAME | Araújo |
| SIGNATURE | ARAÚJO V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5392-5646 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Pro-equality initiatives increase expressed sexism among men but may improve trust among women football fans
Globally, prejudicial attitudes toward women persist. By taking anti-discriminatory stances, value-oriented organizations – e.g., political parties and religious denominations – can tap into group identities to shape their members’ attitudes. We know much less about the role of organizations that are not inherently value-oriented – such as sports teams – in accomplishing the same. Yet, as various campaigns by sports teams worldwide indicate, this…
Does the growth of religious minorities transform electoral politics? Evidence from the evangelical boom in Brazil
Christian evangelicals now represent a significant share of the global population. Notably, they are expected to soon outnumber Roman Catholics in several low- and middle-income countries. This paper examines whether such episodes of religious minority growth can reshape electoral politics. To address this, I combine novel data spanning over two decades (1994–2018) of Christian evangelicals’ expansion across Brazilian municipalities with indicato…
Distributive politics and asymmetric participation
How do distributive politics affect participation under incomplete information? We theorize a novel mechanism that we call asymmetric participation, which explains participation as a self-selection process induced by a broadly targeted welfare benefit. Incomplete information about the de facto allocation of benefits causes asymmetric participation. When citizens expect particularistic distribution and access to the benefit depends on voter regist…
The Electoral Effects of Large-Scale Infrastructure Policies: Evidence from a Rural Electrification Scheme in Brazil
This paper analyzes the conditions under which major infrastructural investments generate electoral returns. It addresses when and how the constraints imposed by myopic voters under democracy can be overcome. We argue that sustained policy spillovers are critical to broadening the pool of beneficiaries and yielding significant returns to the incumbent in the medium to long run. We make this case by analyzing Luz para Todos (LPT)-- a large-scale r…
Pentecostalismo e antipetismo nas eleições presidenciais brasileiras
O antipetismo explica o voto de pelo menos 40 por cento dos eleitores brasileiros para os quais a ideia de eleger o Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) é inadmissível. O antipetista típico tende a ser descrito pela literatura como sujeito branco, escolarizado e anticorrupção. Neste trabalho, argumento que os evangélicos pentecostais, em sua maioria eleitores não brancos e de baixa renda, formam uma sólida base antipetista. Isso ocorre porque os eleito…
Can Conservatism Make Women More Vulnerable to Violence
Violence against women (VAW) affects at least 35% of women worldwide. The need to combat VAW is seemingly noncontroversial: As existing work shows, ideology does not explain governments’ propensity to adopt anti-VAW legislation. Yet, effectively implementing anti-VAW legislation requires complex policy frameworks at odds with conservative values. Voters’ preferences can meaningfully influence policy outputs, so can electoral conservatism make wom…
Casting Ballots When Knowing Results
Access to information about candidates' performance has long stood as a key factor shaping voter behaviour, but establishing how it impacts behaviour in real-world settings has remained challenging. In the 2018 Brazilian presidential elections, unpredictable technical glitches caused by the implementation of biometrics as a form of identification led some voters to cast ballots after official tallies started being announced. In addition to provid…
Do anti-poverty policies sway voters? Evidence from a meta-analysis of Conditional Cash Transfers
Since the 1990s, many governments in middle and low-income countries have used conditional cash transfers to alleviate poverty. However, the evidence of the electoral consequences of this type of anti-poverty intervention remains inconclusive. Do voters reward politicians when they implement conditional cash transfers? This study conducts a meta-analysis using a sample of 10 randomized controlled trials and regression discontinuity designs (35 es…
The Presidential Logic of Government Formation in Latin American Democracies
Is there a relationship between a party's capacity to influence legislative decision-making and its decision to be part of a government coalition? In this study, we argue that when formal legislative rules are more conducive to actorsâ policy preferences, parties have fewer incentives to join the cabinet. To test our analytical model, we analyze 68 governments and 112 cabinets in 12 presidential systems, from 1979 to 2011. Our results indicate th…
Mecanismos de alinhamento de preferências em governos multipartidários: Controle De Políticas Públicas No Presidencialismo Brasileiro
A formação de governos multipartidários potencializa o risco de assimetria de informação entre principals e agentes, de maneira que os conflitos do gabinete sobre políticas se refletem no comportamento dos partidos no parlamento. Diversos estudos demonstram que o controle mútuo entre os partidos integrantes do gabinete é uma forma de compensar a perda de informação inerente à delegação. Enquanto a literatura costuma focar na fase de formulação da…
Redistribuição de renda, pobreza e desigualdade territorial no Brasil
Políticas redistributivas centralizadas podem induzir resultados desiguais entre os territórios? Respondemos afirmativamente a esta questão, apresentando evidências de que a transferência de renda para indivíduos, promovida por uma política social em que a arrecadação e o gasto são centralizados, como o Benefício de Prestação Continuada (BPC), não se traduz automaticamente em redistribuição de recursos entre territórios. Embora a adoção de políti…
O Brasil tornou-se mais conservador? Apoio à redistribuição e à taxação no brasil
Measuring Presidential Dominance over Cabinets in Presidential Systems: Constitutional Design and Power Sharing
This study focuses on the degree of political dominance exercised on cabinets by the executive chief in presidential systems. According to a debate that began in the 1990s, presidential systems are characterized by a non-collegial decision-making process, led by and personified in the figure of the president, in contrast to parliamentary systems where a joint decision-making process is prevalent. The key argument of this research note is that, al…
Can Conservatism Make Women More Vulnerable to Violence
Violence against women (VAW) affects at least 35% of women worldwide. The need to combat VAW is seemingly noncontroversial: As existing work shows, ideology does not explain governments’ propensity to adopt anti-VAW legislation. Yet, effectively implementing anti-VAW legislation requires complex policy frameworks at odds with conservative values. Voters’ preferences can meaningfully influence policy outputs, so can electoral conservatism make wom…
Measuring Presidential Dominance over Cabinets in Presidential Systems: Constitutional Design and Power Sharing
This study focuses on the degree of political dominance exercised on cabinets by the executive chief in presidential systems. According to a debate that began in the 1990s, presidential systems are characterized by a non-collegial decision-making process, led by and personified in the figure of the president, in contrast to parliamentary systems where a joint decision-making process is prevalent. The key argument of this research note is that, al…
Do anti-poverty policies sway voters? Evidence from a meta-analysis of Conditional Cash Transfers
Since the 1990s, many governments in middle and low-income countries have used conditional cash transfers to alleviate poverty. However, the evidence of the electoral consequences of this type of anti-poverty intervention remains inconclusive. Do voters reward politicians when they implement conditional cash transfers? This study conducts a meta-analysis using a sample of 10 randomized controlled trials and regression discontinuity designs (35 es…
Mecanismos de alinhamento de preferências em governos multipartidários: Controle De Políticas Públicas No Presidencialismo Brasileiro
A formação de governos multipartidários potencializa o risco de assimetria de informação entre principals e agentes, de maneira que os conflitos do gabinete sobre políticas se refletem no comportamento dos partidos no parlamento. Diversos estudos demonstram que o controle mútuo entre os partidos integrantes do gabinete é uma forma de compensar a perda de informação inerente à delegação. Enquanto a literatura costuma focar na fase de formulação da…
The Electoral Effects of Large-Scale Infrastructure Policies: Evidence from a Rural Electrification Scheme in Brazil
This paper analyzes the conditions under which major infrastructural investments generate electoral returns. It addresses when and how the constraints imposed by myopic voters under democracy can be overcome. We argue that sustained policy spillovers are critical to broadening the pool of beneficiaries and yielding significant returns to the incumbent in the medium to long run. We make this case by analyzing Luz para Todos (LPT)-- a large-scale r…
O Brasil tornou-se mais conservador? Apoio à redistribuição e à taxação no brasil
Casting Ballots When Knowing Results
Access to information about candidates' performance has long stood as a key factor shaping voter behaviour, but establishing how it impacts behaviour in real-world settings has remained challenging. In the 2018 Brazilian presidential elections, unpredictable technical glitches caused by the implementation of biometrics as a form of identification led some voters to cast ballots after official tallies started being announced. In addition to provid…
Distributive politics and asymmetric participation
How do distributive politics affect participation under incomplete information? We theorize a novel mechanism that we call asymmetric participation, which explains participation as a self-selection process induced by a broadly targeted welfare benefit. Incomplete information about the de facto allocation of benefits causes asymmetric participation. When citizens expect particularistic distribution and access to the benefit depends on voter regist…
The Presidential Logic of Government Formation in Latin American Democracies
Is there a relationship between a party's capacity to influence legislative decision-making and its decision to be part of a government coalition? In this study, we argue that when formal legislative rules are more conducive to actorsâ policy preferences, parties have fewer incentives to join the cabinet. To test our analytical model, we analyze 68 governments and 112 cabinets in 12 presidential systems, from 1979 to 2011. Our results indicate th…
Redistribuição de renda, pobreza e desigualdade territorial no Brasil
Políticas redistributivas centralizadas podem induzir resultados desiguais entre os territórios? Respondemos afirmativamente a esta questão, apresentando evidências de que a transferência de renda para indivíduos, promovida por uma política social em que a arrecadação e o gasto são centralizados, como o Benefício de Prestação Continuada (BPC), não se traduz automaticamente em redistribuição de recursos entre territórios. Embora a adoção de políti…
Measuring Presidential Dominance over Cabinets in Presidential Systems: Constitutional Design and Power Sharing
This study focuses on the degree of political dominance exercised on cabinets by the executive chief in presidential systems. According to a debate that began in the 1990s, presidential systems are characterized by a non-collegial decision-making process, led by and personified in the figure of the president, in contrast to parliamentary systems where a joint decision-making process is prevalent. The key argument of this research note is that, al…
Mecanismos de alinhamento de preferências em governos multipartidários: Controle De Políticas Públicas No Presidencialismo Brasileiro
A formação de governos multipartidários potencializa o risco de assimetria de informação entre principals e agentes, de maneira que os conflitos do gabinete sobre políticas se refletem no comportamento dos partidos no parlamento. Diversos estudos demonstram que o controle mútuo entre os partidos integrantes do gabinete é uma forma de compensar a perda de informação inerente à delegação. Enquanto a literatura costuma focar na fase de formulação da…
Redistribuição de renda, pobreza e desigualdade territorial no Brasil
Políticas redistributivas centralizadas podem induzir resultados desiguais entre os territórios? Respondemos afirmativamente a esta questão, apresentando evidências de que a transferência de renda para indivíduos, promovida por uma política social em que a arrecadação e o gasto são centralizados, como o Benefício de Prestação Continuada (BPC), não se traduz automaticamente em redistribuição de recursos entre territórios. Embora a adoção de políti…
O Brasil tornou-se mais conservador? Apoio à redistribuição e à taxação no brasil
The Presidential Logic of Government Formation in Latin American Democracies
Is there a relationship between a party's capacity to influence legislative decision-making and its decision to be part of a government coalition? In this study, we argue that when formal legislative rules are more conducive to actorsâ policy preferences, parties have fewer incentives to join the cabinet. To test our analytical model, we analyze 68 governments and 112 cabinets in 12 presidential systems, from 1979 to 2011. Our results indicate th…
Do anti-poverty policies sway voters? Evidence from a meta-analysis of Conditional Cash Transfers
Since the 1990s, many governments in middle and low-income countries have used conditional cash transfers to alleviate poverty. However, the evidence of the electoral consequences of this type of anti-poverty intervention remains inconclusive. Do voters reward politicians when they implement conditional cash transfers? This study conducts a meta-analysis using a sample of 10 randomized controlled trials and regression discontinuity designs (35 es…
Pentecostalismo e antipetismo nas eleições presidenciais brasileiras
O antipetismo explica o voto de pelo menos 40 por cento dos eleitores brasileiros para os quais a ideia de eleger o Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) é inadmissível. O antipetista típico tende a ser descrito pela literatura como sujeito branco, escolarizado e anticorrupção. Neste trabalho, argumento que os evangélicos pentecostais, em sua maioria eleitores não brancos e de baixa renda, formam uma sólida base antipetista. Isso ocorre porque os eleito…
Can Conservatism Make Women More Vulnerable to Violence
Violence against women (VAW) affects at least 35% of women worldwide. The need to combat VAW is seemingly noncontroversial: As existing work shows, ideology does not explain governments’ propensity to adopt anti-VAW legislation. Yet, effectively implementing anti-VAW legislation requires complex policy frameworks at odds with conservative values. Voters’ preferences can meaningfully influence policy outputs, so can electoral conservatism make wom…
Casting Ballots When Knowing Results
Access to information about candidates' performance has long stood as a key factor shaping voter behaviour, but establishing how it impacts behaviour in real-world settings has remained challenging. In the 2018 Brazilian presidential elections, unpredictable technical glitches caused by the implementation of biometrics as a form of identification led some voters to cast ballots after official tallies started being announced. In addition to provid…
The Electoral Effects of Large-Scale Infrastructure Policies: Evidence from a Rural Electrification Scheme in Brazil
This paper analyzes the conditions under which major infrastructural investments generate electoral returns. It addresses when and how the constraints imposed by myopic voters under democracy can be overcome. We argue that sustained policy spillovers are critical to broadening the pool of beneficiaries and yielding significant returns to the incumbent in the medium to long run. We make this case by analyzing Luz para Todos (LPT)-- a large-scale r…
Pro-equality initiatives increase expressed sexism among men but may improve trust among women football fans
Globally, prejudicial attitudes toward women persist. By taking anti-discriminatory stances, value-oriented organizations – e.g., political parties and religious denominations – can tap into group identities to shape their members’ attitudes. We know much less about the role of organizations that are not inherently value-oriented – such as sports teams – in accomplishing the same. Yet, as various campaigns by sports teams worldwide indicate, this…
Does the growth of religious minorities transform electoral politics? Evidence from the evangelical boom in Brazil
Christian evangelicals now represent a significant share of the global population. Notably, they are expected to soon outnumber Roman Catholics in several low- and middle-income countries. This paper examines whether such episodes of religious minority growth can reshape electoral politics. To address this, I combine novel data spanning over two decades (1994–2018) of Christian evangelicals’ expansion across Brazilian municipalities with indicato…
Distributive politics and asymmetric participation
How do distributive politics affect participation under incomplete information? We theorize a novel mechanism that we call asymmetric participation, which explains participation as a self-selection process induced by a broadly targeted welfare benefit. Incomplete information about the de facto allocation of benefits causes asymmetric participation. When citizens expect particularistic distribution and access to the benefit depends on voter regist…
Political science (11 works) · Economics (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (4 works) · International Development and Aid (3 works) · Political economy (3 works)