Extractive Institutions, State Capacity and Horizontal Accountability: The case of oversight institutions of subnational governments for the Quality of Democracy in Brazil.

• In Event: Corruption, Rule of Law, and Economic Development

Brief Overview

Oversight institutions hold politicians accountable in between elections. Extractive/Inclusive institutions also play a fundamental role. Using Brazilian data we test that extractive informal institutions decrease horizontal accountability.

Authors

• Gustavo Andrey de Almeida Lopes Fernandes, EAESP-FGV

• Ivan Filipe Fernandes, Federal University of ABC

• Marco Antonio Carvalho Teixeira, EAESP-FGV