INTEREST GROUPS, ELECTIONS, AND POLITICAL NETWORKS IN CONGRESS

Authors

  • Larissa Barbosa Cardoso Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Geraldo Edmundo Silva Jr. Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Campus Sorocaba

Keywords:

analysis of collective decision-making, economic models of political processes, rent-seeking, elections, legislatures, voting behavior

Abstract

This paper examines how the relationships between deputies and senators, considered as agents, interacting with the sectors of economic activity, considered as principals. For this purpose, we used the principal-agent model for the case of many agents and many principals associated with the method of analysis of social networks, and more specifically to blockmodels techniques. The results showed that in the years 2002 and 2006, respectively, a pattern of similarity was identified, primarily with changes in the number of agents. Presented an increase of the number of agents between elections years under review, which contributed to the increase in the value of contributions received in 2006. It was observed that this increase has implications on the connectivity of the actors considered so that the low connectivity verified between sectors in 2006, for example, supports a higher spending and greater control of Congress with a view to designing an optimal mechanism.

Author Biographies

Larissa Barbosa Cardoso, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutoranda em Economia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Geraldo Edmundo Silva Jr., Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Campus Sorocaba

Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia da Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Campus de Sorocaba. Doutor em Economia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Published

2022-01-12

How to Cite

Cardoso, L. B., & Silva Jr., G. E. (2022). INTEREST GROUPS, ELECTIONS, AND POLITICAL NETWORKS IN CONGRESS. Planejamento E Políticas Públicas, (41). Retrieved from //ipea.gov.br/ppp/index.php/PPP/article/view/289