Measuring Bureaucratic Capacity in Brazil: Assessing Alternative Views By Structural Equation Modeling

• In Event: Capacity to Implement and Innovate

Brief Overview

This research paper points out the effect of a professional and meritocratic bureaucracy on
State performance, indicating that the Weberian ideal type of administration still matters
as criteria to evaluate the quality of the public administration.

Authors

• Alexandre A Gomide, UCSD

• Raphael Amorim Machado, Institute for Applied Economic Research IPEA

• Pedro Henrique M Albuquerque, University of Brasilia