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Carlos Pereira

Carlos Pereira is Assistant Professor of the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University. He has also been working as a consultant of the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank. His major research interests are political institutions in comparative perspective and positive political economy of regulation. He has also worked with public policy; executive-legislative relationship; coalition formation, agenda setting, and Congress organization in comparative perspective. He has extensively published at several distinguished referee journals such as Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Latin American Studies, Electoral Studies, among others.

Class:

PLS 352 Introduction to Latin American Politics

PLS 853 Political Economy of Development Policy

PLS 850 Comparative Political Economy and Institutions in Latin America Spring 2007

i. Education

  • University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College / Centre for Brazilian Studies), Post-doctorate in Politics (Research Fellow in Politics), 2000-2002
  • New School University, Ph.D. Political Science, 1996-2000 (Adam Przeworski, Professor at New York University, de facto advisor)
  • New School University, MA in Political Science, 1994-1996 (Anthony Pereira, advisor)
  • Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil), MA in Sociology, 1990-1994 (Marcus Melo, advisor)
  • State University of Pernambuco (Brazil), MD in Medicine, 1984-1990


ii. Main Research and Teaching Interests

Political institutions and positive political economy in comparative perspective. I have studied the effect of political institutions on public policy outcomes; budgetary policies; theory of regulation and regulatory governance; executive-legislative relationships; coalition management; and legislative organization in comparative perspective. I have also investigated voters’ behavior with regard to corruption information released by anti-corruption organizations, and the effect of political institutions of economic growth in comparative perspective. My research also includes the application of formal theory, qualitative and quantitative methods to comparative political institutions and public policies. My work has led to articles published in several distinguished refereed journals such as Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Journal of Latin American Studies, Electoral Studies, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, and Journal of Legislative Studies. I also have published a co-authored book, Regulatory Governance in Infrastructure Industries (The World Bank Press). In addition, I have recently submitted a co-authored manuscript, On the Road to Good Governance in Brazil, to the Political Economy Series of the Cambridge University Press.

 

iii. Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University
  • Professor of Political Economy, School of Economics São Paulo, Getulio Vargas Foundation – Brazil.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Economy, Universidade de São Paulo – Brazil (January 2004 – December 2004).
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Department of Government, Colby College (August 2002 – September 2003).

iv. Main Publications

iiv.i - Refereed Journals:

Pereira, Carlos; Melo, Marcus; and Figueiredo, Carlos (forthcoming September 2009) “Political and Institutional Checks on Corruption: Explaining the Performance of Brazilian Audit Institutions” Comparative Political Studies Volume 42, issue 9.

Pereira, Carlos; Melo, Marcus; and Figueiredo, Carlos (forthcoming March 2009) “The Corruption-Enhancing Role of Reelection Incentives? Counterintuitive evidence from Brazil’s audit reports.” Political Research Quarterly.

Pereira, Carlos; Timothy Power; and Lucio Renno (2008) “Agenda Power, Executive Decree Authority, and the Mixed Results in the Brazilian Congress” Legislative Studies Quarterly XXXIII (1): 5-33.

Correa, Paulo; Pereira, Carlos, Mueller (2007) Bernardo, and Melo, Marcus; “Regulatory Governance in Brazilian Infrastructure Industries” The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance v. 10, n. 10, p. 56-77.

Pereira, Carlos and Renno, Lucio (2007) “What is Different about Incumbent’s Reelection? The Return” Brazilian Journal of Political Economy Vol. 27, n.4,

Pereira, Carlos; Power, Timothy; and Renno, Lucio (2005) “Under What Conditions Do Presidents Resort to Decree Power? Theory and Evidence from the Brazilian Case” Journal of Politics, Vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 178-200

Pereira, Carlos; Power, Timothy; and Rennó, Lúcio (2005) “Opinião pública, estratégia presidencial e ação do congresso no Brasil: quem manda?" Opinião. Pública, vol.11, no.2, p.401-421. ISSN 0104-6276.

Pereira, Carlos and Mueller, Bernardo (2004) “A Theory of Executive Dominance of Congressional Politics: The Committee System in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies,” Journal of Legislative Studies, vol. 10, number: 01, spring, 9-49.

Pereira, Carlos and Mueller, Bernardo (2004) “The Cost of Governing: The Strategic Behavior of the President and Legislators in Brazil's Budgetary Process” Comparative Political Studies, 37 (7): 781-815.

Leoni, Eduardo; Pereira, Carlos; and Rennó, Lúcio (2004) “Political Survival Strategies: Political Career Decisions in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies” Journal of Latin American Studies 36: 109-130. It is also published in Portuguese at Opinião Pública Vol. IX (1): 44-67, 2003.

Pereira, Carlos and Rennó, Lúcio (2003) “Successful Reelection Strategies in Brazil: The Electoral Impact of Distinct Institutional Incentives.” Electoral Studies 22: 425-448.

Mueller, Bernardo and Pereira, Carlos (2002) “Credibility and the Design of Regulatory Agencies in Brazil” Brazilian Journal of Political Economy Vol. 22 (3): 65-88.

Pereira, Carlos and Mueller, Bernardo (2002) “Comportamento Estratégico em Presidencialismo de Coalizão: As Relações Executivo e Legislativo na Elaboração do Orçamento Brasileiro.” Dados, Vol. 45 (2): 265-301.

Pereira, Carlos and Rennó, Lúcio (2001) “O Que é Que o Reeleito Tem? Dinâmicas Político-Institucionais Locais e Nacionais nas Eleições de 1998 para a Câmara dos Deputados.” Dados Vol: 44(2): 323-362.

iv.ii - Book:

Paulo Correa; Pereira, Carlos; Mueller, Bernardo; and Melo, Marcus (2006) Regulatory Governance in Infrastructure Industries, World Bank Press, Trends and Policy Options N3.

iv.iii - Book chapters:

Alston, Lee; Melo, Marcus; Mueller, Bernardo; Pereira, Carlos (Forthcoming 2009) “Presidential Power, Fiscal Responsibility Laws, and the Allocation of Spending: The Case of Brazil” Edited by Mark Hallerberg, Carlos Scartascini, and Ernesto Stein Who Decides the Budget? A Political Economy Analysis of the Budget Process in Latin America, Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Melo, Marcus; Gaetani, Francisco; and Pereira, Carlos (Forthcoming 2008) “Capacidad estatal y cambio institucional: estudios de caso sobre regulación e industria agropecuaria en Brasil.” In Conrado Ramos and Gastón Labadie, Transformación Estatal y Gobernabilidad en el Contexto de la Globalización: Un Análisis Comparativo de Argentina, Brasil, Chile y Uruguay, BID, PNUD. Pp. 51-141.

Alston, Lee; Melo, Marcus; Mueller, Bernardo; Pereira, Carlos (2008) “On The Road to Good Governance: Recovering from Economic and Political Shocks in Brazil,” Edited by Ernesto Stein; Mariano Tommasi; Carlos Scartascini; and Pablo Spiller The Policymaking in Latin America: How Politics Shapes Policies, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, pp. 111-153.

Pereira, Carlos; Power, Timothy; and Renno, Lucio (2007) “Presidents and Agenda-Setting Power.” In Jairo Nicolau and Timothy Power (org.) Instituições Representativas no Brasil: Balanço e Reformas, UFMG Press – Minas Gerais and IUPERJ – Rio de Janeiro, 75-97.

Pereira, Carlos (2006) “Electoral Rules and Presidential Powers: two complementary dimensions of the capacity of governance.” In Glaucio Soares and Lucio Renno (org.) Reforma Política FGV Press – Rio de Janeiro; 296-315.

Pereira, Carlos (2004) “O Marco Regulatório no Setor de Saúde Suplementar: Contextualização e Perspectivas.” In Januário Montone e Antônio Joaquim Werneck de Castro (Org) Regulação & Saúde Ministério da Saúde Press, 93-120.

Pereira, Carlos (2000) “Why Have the Brazilian Legislators Decided to ‘Clean up their Sidewalks’? The Influence of the Brazilian political institutions on the Process of State Reform.” In Handbook of Global Political Policy. Edited by Stuart Nagel. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York.