Economic mainstream and power: a profile analysis of Central Bank directors during PSDB and PT governments in Brazil

  • Codato A
  • Cavalieri M
  • Perissinotto R
  • et al.
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Abstract: This paper analyses the professional and educational backgrounds of members of the Board of Directors of Central Bank of Brazil in the period between the beginning of the first Fernando Henrique’s term and the end of Dilma Rousseff’s first term. The paper puts forward two novelties. First, a database synthesizing the information from the curricula of the abovementioned individuals. Second, modern literature in the field of methodology of economics is used to categorize the educational backgrounds of those individuals with education in economics. Our general findings point to a differentiation between two types of members in the Board of Directors. The first type is the one generally recruited for the positions concerned with organizational issues within the Bank, and the second is usually the one that occupies posts directly related to the decision making of economic policies. However, we did not identify significant differences between the types of individuals chosen by PSDB and PT governments.Resumo: Este artigo faz uma análise das trajetórias profissionais e dos backgrounds educacionais dos diretores do Banco Central do Brasil que serviram desde o primeiro governo de Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995) até o término do primeiro mandato de Dilma Rousseff (2014). O trabalho apresenta duas novidades. Primeiro, a elaboração de um banco de dados inédito sobre os currículos dos 39 diretores que atuaram nos governos no período mencionado. Segundo, a utilização da literatura em metodologia da Economia para a caracterização dos backgrounds educacionais dos diretores com formação em Economia. Os resultados mais gerais apontam para uma diferenciação entre o tipo de diretor recrutado para as diretorias envolvidas com decisões de política econômica e para aquelas que lidam com questões organizacionais do banco. Entretanto, não há diferença significativa entre o tipo de diretor escolhido pelos governos do PSDB e do PT.

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Codato, A., Cavalieri, M., Perissinotto, R., & Dantas, E. G. (2016). Economic mainstream and power: a profile analysis of Central Bank directors during PSDB and PT governments in Brazil. Nova Economia, 26(3), 687–720. https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6351/2845

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