Abstract:Th is article seeks to understand the reasons for the persistence of corruption in the Brazilian federal government, despite strong public accounting and fi nancial control systems in the country. More than two-thirds of the states in the world, including Brazil, face the challenge of plundering public fi nances by political, economic, and bureaucratic elites. In this context, the exclusive use of the dominant approach of economic theories for the structuring of public control systems is limited. It is more ap… Show more
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