Kaushik Basu ; Tito Cordella. Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption. 2018. p. 253-284

Claudio Ferraz, Frederico Finan.

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-65684-7_9

Political corruption is widespread across many developing countries and it is considered a major impediment to economic development. But we have limited evidence on the effectiveness of anti-corruption policies. This chapter summarizes the extent to which government audits of public resources reduces corruption in the context of Brazils anti-corruption program that randomly audits municipalities for their use of federal funds.