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August 1, 2026Governance

Legislative Pork‐Barrel Funding and Public Policy Outcomes: The Role of Local‐Level Factors

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LVLuna Bouzada Flores VianaAPAlketa Peci

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Overview

Randomized trial examines pork-barrel funding effects on health outcomes in Brazilian municipalities, highlighting implications for governance.

Key Points

  • The study assesses how Brazil's pork-barrel funding impacts health outcomes and how local conditions mediate these effects.
  • Utilized panel data from 4,114 Brazilian municipalities between 2015 and 2021.
  • Controlled for endogeneity and selection bias in analyses.
  • Evaluated the roles of funding concentration and funding flexibility.
  • Pork-barrel funding linked to increased rates of preventable hospitalizations in the short term.
  • Effects of funding dissipate over time, influenced by political-electoral dynamics.
  • Administrative capacity may enhance the execution of politically allocated funding, leading to inefficiencies.

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Viana et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6d985be258b358b3c6ba9ahttps://doi.org/10.1111/gove.70145
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