The Political Economy of Fiscal Reform in Brazil: The Rationale for the Suboptimal Equilibrum
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- Melo, Marcus André & Pereira, Carlos & Souza, Saulo, 2010. "The Political Economy of Fiscal Reform in Brazil: The Rationale for the Suboptimal Equilibrum," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1704, Inter-American Development Bank.
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Keywords
Fiscal responsibility laws; Fiscal federalism; Brazil; Political institutions;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
- H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
- H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2010-04-17 (Development)
- NEP-PBE-2010-04-17 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2010-04-17 (Positive Political Economics)
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