Los grupos de interés y sus efectos sobre las políticas públicas: El caso del FUT

Abstract

Interest groups form a kind of collective action that has been widely studied in recent years due to their influence on public policy. In Chile its influence was demonstrated during the negotiation of tax reform by the government of New Majority. In this case, the government failed to take the reform as it was proposed in the government program. Indeed the issue of Taxable Income Fund -known as FUT- underwent major modifications. Special relevance took the entrepreneurial sectors, who conducted an intensive campaign in order to change the main aspects of the legislation.