Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121576 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 2094
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
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 activities. The second question is about the broadly shared perception about unethical conducts and the uneven power to influence public agents that some private interest representatives have when there is interaction. In order to face the issue, many countries that regulated lobbying activities based their legislations on transparency and accountability as a way of minimizing the problem (Thomas, 2004). This study verifies how Brazilian legislators have absorbed these questions in the many attempts to regulate lobbying activities in the country since 1984. From a comparative analysis of 12 law initiatives and the legislation from 9 countries, we conclude that there is a rich set of propositions in Brazil and that our legislators choose an intermediate regulation, compatible with other countries with similar characteristics. Lastly, this study offers recommendations about relevant aspects of the debate, if the theme receives the necessary attention to be in the political reform agenda.
Subjects: 
regulation
lobby
Congresso Nacional
comparative study
interest groups
JEL: 
D72
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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