Mauricio Bugarin's Blog

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

The article “Should Voting Be Mandatory? The effect of compulsory voting rules on candidates’ political platforms” has been published as the leading article of issue 18(1) of the Journal of Applied Economics.
The article will be shortly included by Elsevier BV in their online platform Science Direct http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/15140326

The article “Benford’s law for audit of public works: an analysis of overpricing in Maracanã soccer arena’s renovation” has been published in Economics Bulletin.

I was saddened today by the terrible news of the death of John and Alicia Nash.

In addition to  the well known, fantastic contributions of Nash’s genius to Mathematics and Economic Theory, John and Alicia Nash where the living proof that Love, Patience, Dedication and Companionship are among the most beautiful expressions of human spirit.

This is surely why you were allowed the rest together…

We will miss you!

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2, 2014

The paper: “Benford Law for audit of public works: An analysis of overpricing in Maracanã soccer arena’s renovation” coauthored with Flávia Ceccato R. da Cunha has just been accepted for publication in Economics Bulletin.

The following book chapters will appear in 2015:

“Aplicações da lei Newcomb-Benford às Planilhas Orçamentárias de Obras Públicas” in ESAF (org.): VII Prêmio SOF de monografias, Brasília: ESAF, 2015. Co-author: Flávia Ceccato.

“Mudanças político-partidárias e rotatividade dos cargos de confiança (1999-2013)” in IPEA (org.): Cargos de confiança, política e burocracia federal, Brasília: IPEA, 2015. Co-authors: Felix Lopez and Karina Bugarin.

The Economics Department of Yokohama National University (YNU), Japan, “is the world’s unique and single institution that provides for International Input Output DB on Asia that cover the recent years up to 2012!” Prof. Keiichi Yamazaki, YNU.

The database is freely available at the Research Center for Economic and Social Statistics in Asia (ReCESSA). Please click here to access ReCESSA.

The Center publishes a free-access working paper series. Please click here to view the entire list of working papers.

I will present the research “Economic confidence and preference for redistribution: The security & income trade-off and an application to Brazilian 2014 street protests” at the Catholic University of Brasilia (Campus Avançado Asa Norte – SGAN 916 Módulo B Avenida W5) room B108,  this Friday, March 27 at 9am. All are welcome!

Seminário
O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia tem a satisfação de convidar V.Sª.  para o seminário acadêmico, que será realizado no dia 27 de março (sexta – feira)  às 9h,  na sala B108, com o seguinte tema:

“Economic confidence and preference for redistribution: The security & income trade-off and an application to Brazilian 2014 street protests”.

Prof. Dr. Mauricio Bugarin
Universidade de Brasília-UnB

The research “Aplicações da Lei Newcomb-Benford às Planilhas de Obras Públicas” co-authored with Flávia Ceccato was awarded a Honorary Mention at the 7th Secretary of the Federal Budget Award.

The article “Lei de Benford e Auditoria de Obras Públicas: Uma Análise de Sobrepreço na Reforma do Maracanã” has been published in Revista do TCU.

“The Federal Court of Accounts of Brazil (Tribunal de Contas da União – TCU) audits the accounts of administrators and other persons responsible for federal public funds, assets, and other valuables, as well as the accounts of any person who may cause loss, misapplication, or other irregularities that may cause losses to the public treasury. Such administrative and judicative authority, among others, is provisioned in art. 71 of the Brazilian Constitution. “