Rent Seeking and the Unveiling of 'De Facto' Institutions
Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5830147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joana Naritomi (0000-0002-6761-3077, Center for Global Development), Rodrigo R Soares (0000-0003-1158-3865, Center for Global Development), Rodrigo Soares (0000-0002-7890-0741), Juliano Assunção (0000-0003-1580-8128, Center for Global Development) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REPORT |
| Venue | National Bureau of Economic Research (REPOSITORY) |
| Publisher | National Bureau of Economic Research (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3386/w13545 |
| OpenAlex | W1526795086 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 12 |
This paper analyzes the roots of variation in de facto institutions, within a constant de jure institutional setting.We explore the role of rent-seeking episodes in colonial Brazil as determinants of the quality of current local institutions, and argue that this variation reveals a de facto dimension of institutional quality.We show that municipalities with origins tracing back to the sugar-cane colonial cycle --characterized by a polarized and oligarchic socioeconomic structure --display today more inequality in the distribution of land.Municipalities with origins tracing back to the gold colonial cycle --characterized by an over-bureaucratic and heavily intervening presence of the Portuguese state --display today worse governance practices and less access to justice.The colonial rent-seeking episodes are also correlated with lower provision of public goods and lower income per capita today, and the latter correlation seems to work partly through worse institutional quality at the local level
Archaeology · Colonialism · De facto · Ethnology · Geography · Political science · Politics · Rent-seeking · Corruption and Economic Development · History · Land Rights and Reforms · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization
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| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
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