Federal policy design matters for inter-municipal cooperation? An analysis of Brazilian case

Resumo

How institutional drivers of public policies in federal countries may influence and incentive local government’s decision-making to participate in inter-municipal cooperation (IMC)? Could institutional factors of public policies in federal countries influence local government’s decision-making to participate in IMC? Or are broader national rules or even local factors more important in this process? The paper analyzes if the Brazilian federative design in health, education and sanitation public policies influence this process. The hypothesis isthe institutional approach in federative public policies influences on the probability for IMC. The research finds that the federative rules in each of the analyzed area.