Browsing FGV CEPESP - Centro de Estudos em Política e Economia do Setor Público by Issue Date
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Toward a more inclusive and effective participatory budget in Porto Alegre
2008-01This research attempts to design a method for estimating the impact of the implementation of Participatory Budget (hereafter PB) on selected public finance variables. The idea is that people participating in the budget ... -
Cities and social equity: inequality, territory and urban form: summary report
2009Cities and Social Equity is a report by the Urban Age research team with commissioned pieces from Ipsos MORI, United Nations Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD), the Centre for ... -
Hybrid political institutions and governability: the budgetary process in Brazil
2009In 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 ... -
Indicadores para avaliar o comportamento parlamentar como resultante de eleições
2009Este artigo propõe a utilização de três indicadores adaptados da Economia Regional a fim de caracterizar a concentração de votos em eleições proporcionais em distritos multimembros. Os índices propostos são confrontados ... -
Dry law and homicides: evidence from the São Paulo metropolitan area
2009We use time-series and cross-section variation in adoption of dry laws in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area (SPMA) to measure the impact of recreational consumption of alcohol on violent behavior. Adoption of dry laws causes ... -
Las elecciones que hacen los gobernadores: los roles de los “checks and balances” y la competencia política
2009States usually differ markedly in terms of public goods provision and corruption. Why are some state governments able to provide adequate health and education services, but others tend to specialize in the provision of ... -
Aumentando a eficácia e a eficiência da avaliação do ensino superior: uma análise do uso do Enem como alternativa ao Enade para ingressantes
2009A aplicação do Enade (Exame Nacional de Avaliação do Desempenho dos Estudantes) para alunos ingressantes trouxe um significativo avanço para a avaliação do ensino superior no país: a possibilidade do cálculo de uma medida ... -
Delegation dilemmas: coalition size, electoral risk, and regulatory design in new democracies
2009This paper investigates determinants of regulatory agency design in multiparty coalition governments. Current research has mainly focused on US institutions and its findings are therefore context specific. We find electoral ... -
Education production efficiency: evidence from Brazilian universities
2009This paper investigates how efficient are the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in Brazil, and which institution – public or private – is more efficient in the production of knowledge. In addition, it was also verified ... -
Mensurando o desempenho e a eficiência dos gastos estaduais em educação fundamental e média
2009The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the relative performance and efficiency of Brazilian states in the provision of basic and secondary education. In order to do so performance indicators are initially built using ... -
Opportunistic political cycles and social spending: an examination of transition and consolidated democracies in Latin America
2009In this paper, we show that education, health and social security expenditures did not increase during elections. Based on a panel of fifteen Latin American democracies from 1973 to 2000, we show that there are important ... -
Cities and social equity: inequality, territory and urban form: detailed report
2009Cities and Social Equity is a report by the Urban Age research team with commissioned pieces from Ipsos MORI, United Nations Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD), the Centre for ... -
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 ... -
Migração de empresas, pessoas e preço da terra na RMSP: impactos líquidos do Rodoanel
2009-04A conexão entre alteração na paisagem urbana e investimento em infra-estrutura de transportes é uma preocupação recorrente quando se trata de planejamento urbano. Uma grande obra de transporte pode alterar a decisão de ... -
Ad-valorem tax incidence and after-tax price adjustments: evidence from Brazilian basic basket food
2010We examine price responses to ad-valorem tax changes in the Brazilian food market over the period 1994-2008. In particular, we investigate VAT incidence for ten goods representing basic basket food in 16 states. Our results ... -
Accountability behind closed doors?: legislator power and voting procedures
2010Accountability is important as a means of punishing wrongdoers, improving public confidence in the political system, and deterring potential lawbreakers. But to what extent is the likelihood of accountability an outcome ... -
Electoral accountability and governors´ election in Brazil, 1990-2006
2010The scholarship on the accountability of local incumbents usually focuses on two main hypotheses. The first, the sub-national vote, argues that voters rely mostly on information on incumbent’s local performance. The second ... -
Do political budget cycles differ in Latin American democracies?
2010We test for political budget cycles in a panel of eighteen Latin American democracies from 1973 to 2008. Recent studies have argued that the pattern of deficit cycles in a large cross-section of countries is driven by the ... -
Political budget cycles and democratization in Latin America, 1973-2008
2010We test for political budget cycles in a panel of eighteen Latin American democracies from 1973 to 2008. Recent studies have argued that the pattern of deficit cycles in a large cross-section of countries is driven by the ... -
The political economy of productivity in Brazil
2010-03This paper explores the link between Brazil’s political institutions and its disappointing productivity and growth in recent decades. Although political institutions provide the president with incentives and the instruments ...
