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Books
What Makes Poor Countries Poor? Institutional Dimensions of Development (Co-authored with Michael Trebilcock), Edward Elgar [forthcoming 2011].
Co-editor (with D. Coutinho, P. Mattos, R. Oliva, and J-P. Rocha), Economic Regulation and Democracy: The European Debate (2006) [Portuguese]
Co-editor (with D. Coutinho, P. Mattos, R. Oliva, and J-P. Rocha), Economic Regulation and Democracy: The American Debate (2004) [Portuguese]
Law Journal Articles
"How Innovative was the Poupatempo experience in Brazil? Institutional Bypass as a New Form of Institutional Change" (co-authored with Ana Caroline Chasin), Brazilian Political Science Review [forthcoming 2011].
"Obstacles to Convergence in Administrative Law: Lessons and Questions from the Brazilian Experience", Italian Journal of Public Law [forthcoming 2011].
"Flawed Freedom of Association in Brazil: How Unions can become an obstacle to meaningful reforms in the Labour Law System" (Co-authored with Ana Virginia Gomes) Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, Volume 32, Number 4, Summer 2011, p. 843.
"What is Law and Development?" (2010) Revista Argentina de Teoria Juridica, vol. 11 Número 1. (Spanish version)
"The Paradox of Rule of Law Reforms: How Early Reforms Can Create Obstacles To Future Ones", 60 University of Toronto Law Journal, Special Issue on Law, Economics and Public Policy: Essays in Honour of Michael Trebilcock, 2010, pp. 555-578. (view Abstract)
"Democracy and its Impact on Nominations for the Supreme Court and Independent Regulatory Agencies" (Co-authored with Claudia Turner) [in Portuguese], Revista de Direito Administrativo - RDA, n. 250 (Jan/April 2009).
"Should We Adopt a 'What Works' approach in Law and Development?" in Symposium: The Future of Law and Development, Part I, 104 NW. U. L. Rev. Colloquy 164, 165 (2009).
"Path Dependence, Development and the Dynamics of Institutional Reforms" (co-authored with Michael Trebilcock), University of Toronto Law Journal 59 (3), Summer 2009, pp. 341-380. (earlier version on SSRN)
"Contracts between Independent Regulators and the Executive Branch: Desirable Oversight or Unjustified Political Control?" [Portuguese], 6:22 Revista de Direito Publico da Economia 115-139 (Abr. /Jun. 2008).
"The Challenges and Risks of Creating Independent Regulatory Agencies: A Cautionary Tale from Brazil," 41:2 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (March 2008), pp. 435-503.
Book Chapters
"Presidential Dominance: the Relationship between the Executive Branch and Regulatory Agencies in Brazil", in S. Rose-Ackerman and P. Lindseth (eds.), Comparative Administrative Law (Edward Elgar, 2010).
"Independent Regulatory Agencies, Patronage, and Clientelism: Lessons from Brazil" in Irma Sandoval (ed.), Corruption and Transparency: the Limits between State, Market and Society (Mexico City: Siglo XXI and UNAM, 2009). (Spanish Version)
"Regulatory Choices in the Privatization of Infrastructure", in S. Chesterman and A. Fischer (eds.), Private Security and Public Order: Governance and Limits (Oxford University Press, 2009).
"The Electricity Sector," in M. Shapiro (ed.), Economic Law and Regulated Sectors (Sao Paulo: Saraiva, 2008).
"Accountability Mismatch: Independent Regulatory Agencies and the Lula Administration,"
in Regulatory agencies and Democracy (Gustavo Binenbojm ed., 2006). [Portuguese]
Reprint in The Limits of Democracy (Roberto Saba ed., 2005). [Spanish]
"Regulatory Agencies, Independence, and Institutional Design," in Regulatory Agencies (Instituto Tendencias de Direito e Economia ed., 2005). [Portuguese]
Popular Articles
"Like a coronary bypass, for governments" NEXUS Magazine, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Fall/Winter 2010, p. 30-31.
"Human Rights and Development: Can This Dialogue be More Productive?" IHRP Rights Review Newsletter, Volume 2, Spring 2009, p. 3.
"Ethanol and Global Warming: The Jury is Still Out", NEXUS Magazine, Fall 2007, pp. 43-45.
"What Else Do We Need to Start Thinking Seriously About Public Policies in Brazil?" [in Portuguese], Correio Braziliense (Newspaper), Special Issue on Law & Justice, March 19, 2007.
Works-in-Progress
Articles:
Institutional Bypass: An Alternative for Development Reform
Lost in Translation Twice: a Response to Tankha's Interpretation of the Failure of Privatization in the Brazilian Electric Power Industry
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