Classical liberal economists have proposed a theory of intervention-crisis-disintervention cycles that allow us to find the right moment to promote market liberalization. Our project seeks to understand the Brazilian cycle since its democratic opening in the 1980s as a way of enhancing the...

Portuguese Abstract: O foco está em como a economia comportamental pode explicar algumas das atitudes que o presidente brasileiro, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, vem tomando durante a pandemia do coronavírus. Fala sobre os tipos de vieses que parecem definir sua perspectiva negacionista, a saber,...

This paper holds that the standard economic accounts of corruption based on expected costs and benefits are insufficient to understand and to tackle dishonesty in the real world. It embarks on a survey of the literature to discuss the major roles automatic judgments and decisions, as well as...

Portuguese Abstract: Parece lugar comum dizer que a explicação dos escândalos de corrupção que envolvem agentes públicos (políticos e burocratas), indivíduos do setor privado (executivos e donos de empresas), operadores financeiros e bancos e/ou agências públicos (p.ex. BNDES) está...

The departure point of this paper is the conjecture that the search for big picture of corruption in the real world calls for new research and policy tools that draw on psychologically more realistic accounts of individual judgment and decision-making. In light with a growing literature that...