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Fighting Political Corruption: Evidence from Brazil

In: Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption

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  • Claudio Ferraz

    (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
    BREAD)

  • Frederico Finan

    (UC Berkeley
    BREAD
    IZA
    NBER)

Abstract

Political corruption is widespread across many developing countries and it is considered a major impediment to economic development. But we have limited evidence on the effectiveness of anti-corruption policies. This chapter summarizes the extent to which government audits of public resources reduces corruption in the context of Brazils anti-corruption program that randomly audits municipalities for their use of federal funds.

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  • Claudio Ferraz & Frederico Finan, 2018. "Fighting Political Corruption: Evidence from Brazil," International Economic Association Series, in: Kaushik Basu & Tito Cordella (ed.), Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption, chapter 9, pages 253-284, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-3-319-65684-7_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65684-7_9
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