I list interviewees in alphabetical order by first name. Not all interviewees are cited in the book – some provided only background information. I include the following information: name, partisan affiliation (if applicable), state of origin, political position held at the time of the interview, any other essential information, followed by the date and place of the interview. Some interviewees may have changed partisan affiliation during their career.

1. Abraham Lincoln Ferreira Cardoso, legislative aide to the PMDB leadership. Brasília, June 25, 1997; June 6, 1999; and June 7, 2000.

2. Adhemar de Barros Filho (PPB-SP) served six terms as federal deputy and as Secretary of Administration of the state of São Paulo. He also served as a member of Subcommittee on Taxes, Participation, and Distribution of Revenue, of the Committee on the Tax System, Budget, and Finances (TPDR/TBF) (the subcommittee that prepared the portion of the constitution that regulated the division of revenues and expenditures across levels of government in Brazil) of the 1987–8 Constitutional Convention. São Paulo, February 28, 1997.

3. Adilor Guglielme, city council member from Iraçá, Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, April 22, 1997.

4. Aglas Watson Barrera, staff economist for a São Paulo state government planning agency. São Paulo, July 16, 1997.

5. Airton Sandoval (PMDB-SP) served four terms as federal deputy. São Paulo, January 13, 1997.

6. Alberto Goldman (PSDB-SP) has served five terms as federal deputy, and has served as Secretary of Government of the state of Sao Paulo, and as Minister of Labor. He was also the Secretary of Administration for the State of São Paulo during the Constitutional Convention. In that capacity he acted as the liaison between the state government and the state's congressional delegation. São Paulo, November 10, 1996.

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