Can Politicians Police Themselves? Natural Experimental Evidence From Brazil’s Audit Courts

To enhance government accountability, reformers have advocated strengthening institutions of “horizontal accountability,” particularly auditing institutions that can punish lawbreaking elected officials. Yet, these institutions differ in their willingness to punish corrupt politicians, which is ofte...

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Main Authors: Canello, Júlio, Hidalgo, Fernando Daniel, Lima-de-Oliveira, Renato
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
Format: Article
Published: SAGE Publications 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118650
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0237-5060

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