Who Is Responsible for the Emergency Aid? Cash Transfer and Presidential Approval During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2969920 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederico Batista Pereira (0000-0001-6666-7033, University of North Carolina at Charlotte), Gerard Russo (0000-0001-8763-5698, Fundação Getulio Vargas), Felipe Nunes (0000-0001-6944-4812, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 76-98 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Politics and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1531-426X • E-ISSN: 1548-2456 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/lap.2023.17 |
| OpenAlex | W4379386348 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 67 |
Studies show that cash transfer programs increase incumbent approval through their financial impact and clear association with the executive. But does this effect hold when it is the legislature rather than the incumbent proposing the program? Amid the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, more than 60 million Brazilians received an emergency assistance payment that was proposed by Congress against resistance from the executive. This study leverages this unique case to examine if cash transfer programs affect presidential approval under circumstances of unclear responsibility. Survey results showed that while approval ratings increased, the public was divided about who was responsible for the program. Moreover, a survey-experiment that informed respondents about the negotiations between the president and Congress found that information improves views about Congress but does not affect presidential approval. The results suggest that even cash transfer programs may promote limited vertical accountability in contexts of unclear policy responsibility
Accountability · Business · Cash · Cash transfers · Conditional cash transfer · Disease · Economics · Legislature · Negotiation · Pandemic · Payment · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Public economics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Medicine · Policy Transfer and Learning · Politics and Society in Latin America · Psychology · Public Administration · Accounting · Finance
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