The main dimensions of economic policy in the Brazilian economy based on the public choice model. This approach, when applied to an economy that operates under unstable rules, as is the case of Brazil, allows a better understanding of how political mediation mechanisms work in their relationship with the properties of public policy results. Special attention is given to the government choice to bring about these results, either through conventional policies that preserve the institutions, or by changing the very constitutional rules.
public choice; public policy; constitutional rules; temporary acts