The present work aims to explore the existing theories about the size of the public sector and test empirically in Brazilian municipalities. The theoretical model assumes that the economy has only two sectors: the public and the private. The latter receives productivity shocks while the former...

The present article studies three mechanisms for estimulating the creation and sustainability of Intermunicipal Health Consortia (IHC). First, the incentives for sustainability can be aligned by using suitable transfers from the Central Government to the members of the consortia...

The present article studies an institution that has been widely adopted by Brazilian health districts in recent years. It consists of a new organizational structure in which neighboring districts form a partnership to supply specialized health care services that otherwise would be difficult to...