Listagem por autor "Pereira, Carlos"
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Agenda power, executive decree authority, and the mixed results of reform in the Brazilian Congress
2008-02This article examines how institutional change in the use of extraordinary legislation affects delegation of power and unilateral action in new democracies. From 1988 to 2001, Brazilian presidents were able to reissue ... -
All the president's men and women: coalition management strategies and governing costs in a multiparty presidency
2016-09This project examines the effects of a president's coalition management decisions on associated governing costs in a multiparty system. A strategic president who is concerned about policy outcomes and about her various ... -
Are political institutions substitutes for democracy?: a political economy analysis of economic growth
2013-09-12This manuscript empirically assesses the effects of political institutions on economic growth. It analyzes how political institutions affect economic growth in different stages of democratization and economic development ... -
Avenues to success : electoral strategies and ambition in the Brazilian chamber of deputies
2004-01-22In the second consecutive election for the Brazilian Chamber ofDeputies, the majority of incumbents (75% in 1998 and again 75% in 2002) decided to run for reelection and at least 70% ofthem in both elections were successful, ... -
Beliefs or ideology: the imperative of social inclusion in Brazilian politics
2017This paper underscores how a dominant belief in social inclusion not only has shaped Brazil's post-1988 institutions, but has also dominated policy preferences of Brazilian politicians regardless of their ideological ... -
Coalition management in multiparty presidential regimes
2017Although still in its early stages, a growing literature examines the issue of coalition management in multiparty presidential systems. Presidents in such environments have a complex job in building and sustaining coalitions ... -
Coalition management under divided/unified government
2016If the opposite of pro is con, then the opposite of progress must be the Congress,' says a popular joke about the divided government in the US two-party presidential regime. Divided government occurs when different political ... -
The corruption-enhancing role of re-election incentives? Counterintuitive evidence from Brazil's audit reports
2009-12Traditional wisdom on the effect of re-election on incumbent performance is that first-term politicians refrain from rent extraction because they want to be re-elected. The authors find no evidence to support this belief. ... -
Delegation dilemmas: coalition size, electoral risk, and regulatory governance in new democracies
2010-02This article addresses the determinants of regulatory agency design in multiparty-coalition governments. Previous research has mainly focused on U.S. institutions, producing context-specific findings. We found electoral ... -
The executive toolbox: building legislative support in a multiparty presidential regime
2010-06-29How do presidents win legislative support under conditions of extreme multipartism? Comparative presidential research has offered two parallel answers, one relying on distributive politics and the other claiming that ... -
A great leap forward for democracy and the rule of law? Brazil's mensalão trial
2016-08The Mensalão trial was Brazil's most important political corruption trial ever and an emblematic ex post accountability success. More than 28 individuals were convicted in relation to a legislative vote-buying scheme, many ... -
Hybrid political institutions and governability: the budgetary process in Brazil
2010-06-16In this paper we take a close look at some of the particular pathways by which majoritarian and consensual institutions affect governability. We demonstrate that the mix of majoritarian and consensual institutions found ... -
Majoritarian vs. Median Legislator: party trajectories in multiparty presidential systems
2017In multiparty presidential settings, political parties have two pathways to follow: a protagonist role, by offering competitive candidates for the chief executive, or playing the supporting median legislator game, by trying ... -
Opinião pública, estratégia presidencial e ação do congresso no Brasil: quem manda?
2005-10-01The relationship between elite behavior and mass preferences is in the essence of discussions about representative democracy. However, very little is known about who influences whom and how long it takes for such influence ... -
Pagando o preço de governar: custos de gerência de coalizão no presidencialismo brasileiro
2017-08-01This paper examines the effects of a president's coalition management decisions on the costs of governing. An innovative Governing Costs Index (GCI) was developed, taking into consideration political and financial transfers ... -
Partidos coadjuvantes, porém grandes demais para serem ignorados
2018Em contextos de fragmentação partidária, como o brasileiro, siglas como o PMDB abdicam do protagonismo e apoiam o governo no Legislativo para terem benefícios sem correr grandes riscos. Esse é o tema da pesquisa “Partidos ... -
Political and institutional checks on corruption explaining the performance of Brazilian audit institutions
2009-09This article investigates the performance determinants of accountability institutions in new democracies. Current scholarship on accountability has identified a distinct mechanism through which the introduction of political ... -
The political economy of fiscal reform in Brazil: the rationale for the suboptimal equilibrium
2009-03This project examines fiscal reforms in Brazil since the 90s, focusing on the varying reform outcomes in the area of taxation, budgeting, and fiscal federalism. While there has been an extensive reorganization of fiscal ...
