Transparency of subnational governments: the impact of inequality on transparency
Abstract What are the effects of extractive informal institutions on the horizontal accountability process in a developing democracy? This paper presents evidence about the harmful effects of extractive informal institutions on horizontal accountability within subnational governments in Brazil. Afte...
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| author | Gustavo Andrey de Almeida Lopes Fernandes Ivan Filipe Fernandes Marco Antonio Carvalho Teixeira |
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| description | Abstract What are the effects of extractive informal institutions on the horizontal accountability process in a developing democracy? This paper presents evidence about the harmful effects of extractive informal institutions on horizontal accountability within subnational governments in Brazil. After three decades of free and competitive elections, the institutional design of oversight institutions for state governments has hardly changed. We explore the hypothesis that more extractive informal institutions, measured by the level of income inequality, is associated with decreasing transparency levels. Given its extensive social, political, and economic diversity embedded in an overall centralized formal institutional framework, Brazil provides an appropriate setting to test the hypothesis that extractive informal institutions responsible for increased income inequality can undermine horizontal accountability in new democracies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cf53c2ef462d4dc8b88a460eb7b4d0552024-01-09T07:38:23ZengFundação Getúlio VargasRevista de Administração Pública0034-76122024-01-0157610.1590/0034-761220230025xTransparency of subnational governments: the impact of inequality on transparencyGustavo Andrey de Almeida Lopes Fernandeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-390XIvan Filipe Fernandeshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4236-4393Marco Antonio Carvalho Teixeirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3298-8183Abstract What are the effects of extractive informal institutions on the horizontal accountability process in a developing democracy? This paper presents evidence about the harmful effects of extractive informal institutions on horizontal accountability within subnational governments in Brazil. After three decades of free and competitive elections, the institutional design of oversight institutions for state governments has hardly changed. We explore the hypothesis that more extractive informal institutions, measured by the level of income inequality, is associated with decreasing transparency levels. Given its extensive social, political, and economic diversity embedded in an overall centralized formal institutional framework, Brazil provides an appropriate setting to test the hypothesis that extractive informal institutions responsible for increased income inequality can undermine horizontal accountability in new democracies.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-76122023000600506&tlng=ptdemocracyinequalityinformal institutionsextractive institutionsaccountabilitytransparency |
| spellingShingle | Gustavo Andrey de Almeida Lopes Fernandes Ivan Filipe Fernandes Marco Antonio Carvalho Teixeira Transparency of subnational governments: the impact of inequality on transparency Revista de Administração Pública democracy inequality informal institutions extractive institutions accountability transparency |
| title | Transparency of subnational governments: the impact of inequality on transparency |
| title_full | Transparency of subnational governments: the impact of inequality on transparency |
| title_fullStr | Transparency of subnational governments: the impact of inequality on transparency |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transparency of subnational governments: the impact of inequality on transparency |
| title_short | Transparency of subnational governments: the impact of inequality on transparency |
| title_sort | transparency of subnational governments the impact of inequality on transparency |
| topic | democracy inequality informal institutions extractive institutions accountability transparency |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-76122023000600506&tlng=pt |
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