Lobbying regulation initiatives have been developed, especially in liberal democracies, based on two main questions. The first refers to the most powerful interest groups' advantages in the political process in comparison to others who do not have the necessary resources to professionalize their...

This paper aims to empirically verify to what extent the controversies on lobbying regulation are manifested by the opinions of political actors directly involved in the activities of the National Congress, which are interest groups' representatives and legislative advisors of governmental...

This study investigates the performance of interest groups in standing committees from the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, in the 2011-2015 legislature. It is based on the premise that two activities are the main strategies of these groups to influence the legislative process: corporate campaign...

This paper aims to empirically verify to what extent the controversies on lobbying regulation are manifested by the opinions of political actors directly involved in the activities of the National Congress, which are interest groups' representatives and legislative advisors of governmental...

Lobbying regulation initiatives have been developed, especially in liberal democracies, based on two main questions. The first refers to the most powerful interest groups' advantages in the political process in comparison to others who do not have the necessary resources to professionalize their...

This study investigates the performance of interest groups in standing committees from the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, in the 2011-2015 legislature. It is based on the premise that two activities are the main strategies of these groups to influence the legislative process: corporate campaign...

The study assesses the key challenges and opportunities for securitization of public assets as a way to foster investment in the infrastructure sector in Brazil and to improve the domestic capital market. The securitization of public assets offers advantages for public financing of...

The study assesses the key challenges and opportunities for securitization of public assets as a way to foster investment in the infrastructure sector in Brazil and to improve the domestic capital market. The securitization of public assets offers advantages for public financing of...

L'article tire un bilan de la crise financière asiatique et analyse les diverses propositions faites depuis lors en vue d'en éviter la répétition. Il ressort que la globalisation financière a destabilisé les effets potentiellement favorables de l'ouverture au commerce international et à...

This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the institutional arrangement of the Fund of Investment of Guarantee of the Time of Service (FI-FGTS, in Portuguese) with the main objective of assessing the institutional configuration and the operational performance of FI-FGTS. This instrument was...