Paralisação de obras públicas e sua relação com a transparência municipal, fatores socioeconômicos e perfil político.

Abstract

This work sought to identify the existence of a relationship between external factors, such as the level of transparency of municipalities, the socioeconomic characteristics and political profile of managers, and the in the stoppage of public works carried out in the municipalities of Pernambuco in the years 2016 to 2018. For this, the Logit probabilistic model was used with the aim of investigating the relationships between variables mentioned and the probability of public works being stopped. Furthermore, the spillover effect of the level of transparency was investigated, which indicates the existence of an “imitation” effect of the behavior of mayors in relation to the level of public transparency practiced in a municipality and neighboring municipalities. The results obtained showed that there is influence of external factors the probability of a public work stoppage. The results also showed that there is a spillover effect of the levels of transparency practiced by municipalities. They were also Robustness tests were carried out to ensure greater reliability of the results obtained.