Do anti-corruption audits work? Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities

• In Event: Education, Careers, and the Politics of the Bureaucracy in Developing Countries

Brief Overview

How do anti-corruption audits reduce corruption? We test a set of channels through which audits can affect local governments in Brazil. We find that corrupt high-level bureaucrats are insulated and that audits do not remove them from office.

Authors

• Galileu Kim, Princeton University

• Romain Ferrali, Princeton University