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    • Las elecciones que hacen los gobernadores: los roles de los “checks and balances” y la competencia política 

      Alston, Lee J.; Melo, Marcus André B. C. de; Mueller, Bernardo Pinheiro Machado; Pereira Filho, Carlos Eduardo Ferreira
      2009
      States 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 ...

    • The political economy of productivity in Brazil 

      Alston, Lee J.; Mueller, Bernardo Pinheiro Machado; Melo, Marcus André B. C. de; Pereira Filho, Carlos Eduardo Ferreira
      2010-03
      This 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 ...

    • The predatory or virtuous choices governors make: the roles of checks and balances and political competition 

      Alston, Lee J.; Melo, Marcus André B. C. de; Mueller, Bernardo Pinheiro Machado; Pereira Filho, Carlos Eduardo Ferreira
      2008
      States 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 ...