Incredibly Committed? Assessing Regulatory Agency Financial Autonomy in Brazil From a Critical Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6156563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruno Queiroz Cunha (0000-0001-5521-9278, Institute of Applied Economic Research, corresponding author), Mauro Santos Silva (Institute of Applied Economic Research) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 353-379 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Politics in Latin America (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1868-4890 • E-ISSN: 1866-802X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1866802x241277214 |
| OpenAlex | W4403487607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 87 |
Despite the expansion of the regulatory agency model in Brazil since 1996, specialized literature has raised concerns that the autonomy of the country's regulators has been persistently undermined. Based on a novel 22-year budget dataset, this study challenges the dominant thinking, as it points to a process of continuous institutional embedding. Nevertheless, this process has been endangered by fiscal austerity since 2016. The article contributes to the literature by presenting new ways in which organizational de facto autonomy can develop in state-dependent market economies. Moreover, it provides political economy insights into the legitimacy acquired by regulatory agencies across the political spectrum in Latin America
Agency (philosophy · Autonomy · Economics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public economics · Regulatory agency · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Global Financial Regulation and Crises · Law · Public Administration · Regulation and Compliance Studies
The New Regulatory Orthodoxy
Competing Theories of Regulatory Governance
Discretion and Empowerment
Strong Societies and Weak States
Embedded Autonomy
The study of organisational autonomy
Redeploying the State
‘Post‐NPM’ by force or fiat? A comparison of administrative reform trajectories in Brazil and Mexico 1
Capacidades estatais e mineração
Understanding Institutional Weakness
When Democracies Deliver
Brazilian Democracy as a Late Bloomer
The four pillars for the preservation of the regulatory agencies’ technical impartiality in Brazil
How Regulatory Decisions are Made at the De Facto Level
The involvement of agencies in policy formulation
Delegation versus Control
Beyond institutional fetishism
Towards Post-neoliberal Resource Politics? The International Political Economy (IPE) of Oil and Copper in Brazil and Chile
State capacity and utilities regulation in Brazil
Task Matters
Explaining infrastructure underperformance in Brazil
National Agencies in the European Administrative Space
Unexplored aspects of bureaucratic autonomy
Does task matter? The effect of task on the establishment, autonomy and control of semi-autonomous agencies
National Competitiveness in Comparative Perspective
Variation in Institutional Strength
The Differential Empowering Effects of E uropeanization on the Autonomy of National Agencies
Do parties matter in delegation? Partisan preferences and the creation of regulatory agencies inEurope
De facto independence after delegation
Political interference and regulatory resilience in Brazil
Agencies’ formal independence and credible commitment in the Latin American regulatory state
Agency under constraint
The regulatory state in developing countries
Culture and the Quality of Government
What Role for Learning? The Diffusion of Privatisation in OECD and Latin American Countries
The Politicization of Regulatory Agencies
Measuring the formal independence of regulatory agencies
Policy credibility and delegation to independent regulatory agencies
Ideas as coalition magnets
Coming to Terms
Does formal independence of regulators change? Evidence from Portuguese agencies
Modes of regulatory governance
Good Government Means Different Things in Different Countries
Populism and the military
Presidential Power, Legislative Organization, and Party Behavior in Brazil
The Global Diffusion of Regulatory Agencies
Independence after Delegation? Presidential Calculus and Political Interference in Brazilian Regulatory Agencies
Defining Bureaucratic Autonomy
The Politics of Regulation
Delegation, Presidential Regimes, and Latin American Regulatory Agencies
Institutional Change in Latin America
The Participation of Civil Society in Lula's Government
The Merits of Problem-Solving over Powering
The Odyssey of the Regulatory State
As convenções de desenvolvimento no governo Lula
Neoliberalismo E Guerra Ao Inimigo Interno
How Valuable Is a Presidential Cabinet? Measuring Ministries' Political Attractiveness in Brazil
Telecommunications Reform in Mexico from a Comparative Perspective
Equality and Regional Finance in the Americas
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |