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Another argument against negotiated grants: how the bill for local corruption is distributed
2016The objective of this paper is to indicate another argument against negotiated grants (NGs): the possibility of local leaders seeking NGs in order to transfer the bill for local corruption to the whole country. Our argument ... -
Campaign donation and government contracts in Brazilian states
2013-12-06A corporate firm may influence policies in its favor by transferring money to political candidates. However, empirical studies which document evidence about the return on campaign donations are rare (Großer, Reuben and ... -
Economias de escala na oferta de serviços públicos de saúde: um estudo para os municípios paulistas
2010-08-19Este artigo avalia os efeitos das variáveis de escala na oferta de serviços públicos de saúde dos municípios paulistas, com o objetivo de investigar os possíveis efeitos do processo de descentralização dos serviços de saúde ... -
Existe um hedge para a moeda em ambientes de inflação: a evolução institucional da dívida pública no Brasil
2000-12-01O objetivo deste artigo é encontrar uma justificativa teórica para a alocação da dívida pública na riqueza financeira dos agentes em face aos sucessivos defaults impostos pelo setor público aos demandantes de dívida pública ... -
The fire-armed police effect: evidences from a quasi-natural experiment in Brazil
2016We estimate the impact of fire-armed police on violent crimes (homicides and acts of aggression) in a quasi-natural experiment in Brazil. In 2003, Brazilian legislators approved a law that regulates the use of firearms by ... -
Gender stereotypes in politics: what changes when a woman becomes the local political leader?
2014-02-12This study documents how the presence of a woman in an executive political role affects the gender stereotype of women in politics. We use Brazilian electoral data and restrict our focus to close mayoral races (using an ... -
Generic-branded drug competition and the price for pharmaceuticals in procurement auctions
2013-12-05This paper studies the effects of generic drug’s entry on bidding behavior of drug suppliers in procurement auctions for pharmaceuticals, and the consequences on procurer’s price paid for drugs. Using an unique data set ... -
Ideological changes and tax structure: Latin American countries during the nineties
2007-12-05Sabatini (2002) and Roberts and Wibbles (1999) Pointed Out That Voters in Latin American Countries are no Longer Choosing According to Their Ideological Preferences. Ashworth and Heyndels (2002) Showed That the Tax Choice ... -
Intergovernmental transfers and public spending in Brazilian municipalities
2015-03-02We estimate the effects of unconditional (full fiscal decentralization) versus conditional (partial fiscal decentralization) block grants on local public spending in Brazilian municipalities. Our results suggest that the ... -
Lighting and violent crimes: evaluating the effect of an electrification policy in rural Brazil on violent crime reduction
2016-01-19This paper estimates the effect of lighting on violent crime reduction. We explore an electrification program (LUZ PARA TODOS or Light for All - LPT) adopted by the federal government to expand electrification to rural ... -
Municipalities secession and uncertainty on public goods provision
2010-07-01This paper investigates the causes of municipalities secession in Brazil. The theoretical model proposes that the median voter is not fully informed about the efficiency effect of secession on public good provision and ... -
Uma nova versão para a política monetária do Plano de Ação Econômica do Governo (Paeg)
2002-09-01There is divergence between Lara Resende (1982) and Cysne (1993) about what was determine to not to obey of monetary target that serve how an instruments of inflation combat on PAEG´s. To understand what happened, we rebuild ... -
Participação relativa da dívida pública interna na riqueza financeira dos agentes privados: um estudo exploratório
2000-12-01O objetivo deste artigo é verificar quais as variáveis que explicam a participação da dívida interna pública na riqueza financeira dos agentes, M4. Constata-se que a taxa real de juros ( variável fundamental em modelos de ... -
Should voters be afraid of hard budget constraint legislation? Fiscal responsibility law in Brazilian municipalities
2010-06-29This manuscript demonstrates that voters have nothing to be afraid of when new hard budget constraint legislation is implemented. Our claim is that this kind of legislation reduces the asymmetry of information between ...
