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Estimating the nature of political corruption: evidence from a policy experiment in Brazil

dc.contributor.authorRamos, M.
dc.coverage.spatialAmérica Latina y el Caribees_ES
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-25T20:04:27Z
dc.date.available2019-02-25T20:04:27Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-25
dc.identifier.citationRamos, M. (2018, November 25). Estimating the nature of political corruption: evidence from a policy experiment in Brazil. Caracas: CAF. Retrieved from https://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/1391en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/1391
dc.description.tableofcontentsThis paper proposes a test to estimate the nature of political corruption in developing countries: embezzlement by self enriching politicians versus corruption that originates as a quid-pro-quo from campaign contributions. If politicians decide whether to be corrupt rationally, then increasing the punishment for corrupt practices or the probability of getting caught should reduce corrupt practices (Becker, 1968). If corruption is a response of politicians to firms that finance their campaigns, an increase in punishment should yield not only a reduction in corruption but also a reduction in the demand for projects that are corruptible, such as projects on infrastructure. We test these explanations for corrupt practices using a randomized policy experiment in Brazil. We exploit the fact that some municipalities were randomly chosen to have their probability of being audited increased and we analyze public data of block grants. We find a significant decrease in the resources requested by the mayors to execute projects in infrastructure. This effect is stronger if the municipality has been audited in the past, evidence that mayors respond to credible policies. Moreover, this effect is larger if the mayor’s campaign was strongly financed by construction companies. Finally, treated mayors have their performance in subsequent elections worsened and get less financed by construction companies after the experiment happened. In sum, our findings suggest that mayors are committed to campaign contributors and respond to larger probability of audits by reducing the amount of resources requested for infrastructure projects.es_ES
dc.language.isoenes_ES
dc.publisherCAFes_ES
dc.subjectDemocraciaes_ES
dc.subjectEconomíaes_ES
dc.subjectInvestigación socioeconómicaes_ES
dc.subjectCorrupción
dc.titleEstimating the nature of political corruption: evidence from a policy experiment in Braziles_ES
dc.typeworkingPaperes_ES
dc.publisher.cityCaracases_ES


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