A novel study of Brazilian city council efficiency using the non-parametric estimator FDH (free disposal hull) with bias correction is presented. In regional terms, study results show a concentration of efficient councils in the southern region. In turn, those in the northeastern and...

On this paper, we evaluate the Brazilian intergovernmental fiscal transfers, identifying which kind would be more adequate to schedule a transfer system denoted by efficiency and equity in the access to public services, proposing, in particular, specifics kind and ways of executing healthcare...

This paper analyses primary revenue, primary expenditure, public investment and public consumption from Brazilian federal government by Markov Switching Vector Autorregressive methodology (MS-VAR), investigating if these fiscal variables are procyclical or countercyclical in relation to Brazil...

In this article, we analyze the efficiency of Brazilian local legislative branches using the nonparametric estimator FDH (Free Disposal Hull). At the regional level, the results show high concentration of local legislative branches in the south. In addition, among the inefficient local...

In this article, we analyze the efficiency of Brazilian local legislative branches using the nonparametric estimator FDH (Free Disposal Hull). At the regional level, the results show high concentration of local legislative branches in the south. In addition, among the inefficient local...

On this paper, we evaluate the Brazilian intergovernmental fiscal transfers, identifying which kind would be more adequate to schedule a transfer system denoted by efficiency and equity in the access to public services, proposing, in particular, specifics kind and ways of executing healthcare...