Policy rulemaking process within the executive branch of government: an analysis of the brazilian presidential decrees.

This article analyzes whether the Presidential Decrees complied with better regulation standards and results are explained in light of legal, managerial cultural dimensions Public Administration. 128 Decrees, issued between 2009 2018, which institutionalize public policies or government programs evaluated. These quantitative data were combined information obtained from 66 interviews top-ranked managers lawyers. evidence a reduced compliance practices set hypothesis that this institutional trajectory is going to be sustained due an observed mismatch current values underlying assumptions reforms.