Estimating the Effect of Discretion in Public Spending on Government Performance: Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities

• In Event: Budgets and Spending in the Public Sector

Brief Overview

In this paper we look at the effect of discretion in public spending on government performance by exploring the Brazilian procurement law 8,666/93. We find no effect on corruption and limited effect on mismanagement.

Authors

• Andre Assumpcao, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Ciro Biderman, FGV

• George Avelino, FGV (Fundação Getulio Vargas)