A despesa primária do governo central: Estimativas e determinantes no período 1986-2016

Abstract

Federal Government primary expenditures growth in Brazil during the process of democratization has been assigned mainly to 1988 Federal Constitution. This paper presents new estimations of primary expenditure beginning in 1986 and presents growth decomposition between Constitutional and non-Constitutional factors. The results show that expenditures would have been stable without the non-Constitutional factors that created new financial obligations.