Unpacking Unilateral Actions in Latin American Presidentialism: Administrative Decrees as Multi-Targeting Tools

• In Event: Rethinking Political Institutions in Latin America

Brief Overview

This paper analyzes the use of unilateral actions by Latin American presidents executed through administrative decrees. We use structural topic models to recover decisions and goals pursued by the president’s issuance of administrative initiatives.

Authors

• Magna Maria Inacio, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

• Filipe Recch, Stanford University