Reforming the Nepotistic State? How Family and Political Networks Undermine Bureaucratic Reform in Brazil

• In Event: Democracy, Representation, and Public Goods Provision

Brief Overview

To what extent top-down policy intervention is effective in curbing rent-seeking behavior of politicians? The paper explores the case of nepotism with reference to Brazil, assessing the introduction of an anti-nepotism ban in 2008.

Authors

• Michele Castiglioni, Bocconi University

• Daniel Hidalgo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Gabriel Cepaluni, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP-Franca)