Investigating the ‘Bolsonaro effect’ on the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic: An empirical analysis of observational data in Brazil

• Mireille Razafindrakoto ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mireille.razafindrakoto@ird.fr

  Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, LEDa-DIAL Research Unit, IRD, Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL Research University, Paris, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6797-3021

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• François Roubaud,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, LEDa-DIAL Research Unit, IRD, Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL Research University, Paris, France

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• Marta Reis Castilho,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1483-4597

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• Valeria Pero,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• João Saboia

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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