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The article “Incentivos à Corrupção e à Inação no Serviço Público: Uma análise de desenho de mecanismos” has been accepted for publication in Estudos Econômicos.

Abstract

The present paper analyzes the institutional incentives public managers face in Brazil. A decision-theoretic model suggests that the constitutional principle of “Legality” induces tenured civil servants to adopt a non-innovative, bureaucratic management. On the other hand, temporary appointed managers tend to be more active, which could either generate higher social returns, in the case of socially inclined managers, or lower social return, in the case of managers involved in corrupt activities. A preliminary panel data econometric analysis spanning from 2002 to 2013 suggests that Ministries with higher percentages of temporary appointed managers tend to present higher levels of corruption. A mechanism design approach shows how institutions could be adjusted in order to stimulate socially-beneficial innovative management while curbing corrupt practices in the country.

Keywords: Public management, the Legality Constitutional Principle, the Efficiency Constitutional Principle, Innovative management, Corruption

O Economics and Politics Research Group (EPRG, http://www.econpolrg.com), tem o prazer de convidá-lo(a) para OS EVENTOS DA SEMANA de seu Ciclo 2015-II de Seminários de Pesquisa, descritos a seguir.

MESA REDONDA: A NOVA FACE DO GDF
Apresentadores:
Leany Barreiro de Sousa Lemos, Secretária de Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão
Arthur Trindade M. Costa, Secretário de Segurança Pública e Paz Social
Lúcio Rennó, Presidente, CODEPLAN
Ivone Rezende Diniz, Diretora Presidente, FAPDF
Data: QUARTA-FEIRA, 7 DE OUTUBRO DE 2015
Horário: 11:00h-13:00h
Local: Auditório da FACE, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasília

ATENÇÃO PARA O HORÁRIO: 11 HORAS!

SEMINÁRIO: Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action Policies Among Whites and Non-Whites: the Case of Racial Quotas in University Admissions in Brazil
Apresentador: Mathieu Turgeon, Political Science Institute, University of Brasilia-IPOL/UnB
Data: QUARTA-FEIRA, 7 DE OUTUBRO DE 2015
Horário: 16:30h-17:45h
Local: Auditório da FACE, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasília

Entrada livre, sem necessidade de registro prévio.
O programa completo do Ciclo 2015-II de Seminários de Pesquisa do EPRG será disponibilizado no site do grupo: http://www.econpolrg.com/seminars
Organizadores: Mathieu Turgeon (IPOL) & Mauricio Bugarin (ECO/FACE)

The Economics and Politics (CNPq) Research Group presents:

ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE:
A NOVA FACE DO GDF
Leany Barreiro de Sousa Lemos, Secretária de Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão
Arthur Trindade M. Costa, Secretário de Segurança Pública e Paz Social
Lúcio Rennó, Presidente, CODEPLAN
Ivone Rezende Diniz, Diretora Presidente, FAPDF
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
11:00am-1 pm
FACE Auditorium
University of Brasilia

SEMINAR:
Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action Policies Among Whites and Non-Whites: the Case of Racial Quotas in University Admissions in Brazil
Mathieu Turgeon, Political Science Institute, University of Brasilia-IPOL/UnB
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
4:30-5:45 pm
FACE Auditorium
University of Brasilia

These are an open access events; there is no need to register.
The complete seminar schedule can be found here (http://econpolrg.com/seminars/)
Organizers: Mathieu Turgeon & Mauricio Bugarin

The book “Cargos de Confiança no Presidencialismo de Coalizão Brasileiro” edited by Felix Lopez has just been published by IPEA.

Chapter 1 of the book, “Mudanças Político-Partidárias e Rotatividade dos Cargos de Confiança (1999-2013)” is a research on DAS (political appointments) turnover in Brazilian Federal government for the period 1999-2013.

Please access the entire book here.

You can also access the Introduction and Chapter 1 here.

The short article: ブラジルの環境問題と環境省人事 (Environment issues in Brazil and turnover in the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment), coauthored with Keiichi Yamazaki, has been published as the leading article in the September 2015 issue of ブラジル特報 (Burajiru Tokuhou – Brazil Dispatch), a publication of the Central Nipo-Brazilian Association (Associação Central Nipo-Brasileira), Tokyo, Japan.

Check the article (in Japanese) here.

The note “Efficiency in a Monotonic Partnership with Investment: An endogenous implementation of Holmström’s Principal” has been accepted for publication in the September 2015 issue of Bulletin of Business and Economics.

Abstract:
This note presents a model of a partnership that requires initial investment. The production technology depends on partners’ effort choices and, possibly, on an exogenous stochastic term. When the technology is monotonic, the paper shows that the need for an investor is a sufficient condition to ensure efficiency. Efficient sharing rules arise endogenously as outcomes of optimal contracts between the investor and the partners. This result illustrates how a Principal-agent structure can naturally arise in a partnership, without changing its basic internal structure. Indeed, the investor emerges as an (external) implementation of a budget-breaker Principal that solves the inefficiency problem inherent to partnerships, as suggested in Holmström (1982).

The paper “Lei de Benford para a Auditoria de Obras Públicas; Análise de Sobrepreço na Construção da Arena da Amazônia” has been published in BLC – Boletim de Licitações e Contratos published by NDJ.

The paper applies a methodology based on Benford’s Law to analyze the UNIT PRICES’ woksheet for the construction of the Amazon Arena 2014 FIFA World Cup Stadium.

The short article: ブラジルの環境問題と環境省人事 (Environment issues in Brazil and turnover in the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment), coauthored with Keiichi Yamazaki, has been accepted for publication in the September 2015 issue of ブラジル特報 (Burajiru Tokuhou – Brazil Dispatch), a publication of the Central Nipo-Brazilian Association (Associação Central Nipo-Brasileira), Tokyo, Japan.

I will present the seminar “On the use of Benford’s Law in public works auditing, with an application to the construction of Brazilian Arena da Amazônia 2014 World Cup soccer stadium” at Keio University this Saturday July 4, 2015, at 3pm according to the information below. All are welcome!

皆様へ
いつもお世話になっております。
お忙しいところ申し訳ございません。
このたび、ブラジル日本研究者協会の勉強会を下記のとおり、行う予定です。
日時：2015年07月04日（土曜日）の 午後3時から 4時まで
場所：慶応大学グローバルセキュリティ研究所、4Fセミナールーム
https://www1.gsec.keio.ac.jp/text/about_access.php
講師：Professor Mauricio Soares Bugarin – Economics Department of the University of Brasilia (https://bugarinmauricio.com/about/)
ご出席可能でございましたら、恐れ入りますが、お早めにメールで確認をお願い申し上げます。
また会員ではない方も出席出来ますので声をかけて下さい。
どうぞ宜しくお願い申し上げます。
日本支部-事務局長
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Prezados colegas,
Venho pela presente convida-los para a palestra da SPBN-Japão.
Data: 04 de Julho de 2015 das 15:00 as 16:00 horas
Local: Keio University, G-Sec, 4º.andar sala de conferencia
Palestrante: Professor Mauricio Soares Bugarin – Economics Department of the University of Brasilia
Pedimos a gentileza de avisar-nos via email a sua presença antes das respectivas datas. Informamos ainda que a palestra é aberta ao público em geral, porém necessária consulta prévia sobre vagas existentes. Solicitamos cooperação na divulgação e participação nas discussões.

Atenciosamente,
SPBN-Japão

The article “Lei de Benford para a Auditoria de Obras Públicas; Análise de Sobrepreço na Construção da Arena da Amazônia” has been accepted for publication in BLC – Boletim de Licitações e Contratos. The paper shows how to use Benford’s Law as a tool to detect possible data manipulation based on the UNIT values of the budget sheets of the Arena da Amazônia soccer stadium, built for the 2014 Brazilian World Cup.

I will present the following seminar at Yokohama National University on June 22nd, 2015. All are welcome!

講師: マウリシオ・ブガーリン教授(ブラジリア大学、本学客員研究員)

日時: 2015年6月22日 月曜日 16時15分~17時45分頃まで

講師について:
 ブガーリン教授は、ブラジルの国立大学を代表するブラジリア大学で教鞭をとっておら