Costa, M. A., & Montpetit, É. (2025). Health Policy Capacity and Reliance on Expert Advice in Comparative Perspective: COVID-19 Responses Across Brazilian States. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 1–19.

Lemor, A., Costa, M. A., Beaulieu-Guay, L.-R., & Montpetit, É. (2025). Why did the influence of experts erode during the COVID-19 pandemic? Policy & Politics, 1-20.

Costa, M. A., & Montpetit, É. (2024). State Capacity and Wicked Problems: Examining the Agri-Environmental Topic Through Media Framing and the Legislative Agenda in Brazil. In Policy Capacity, Design and the Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 89-117). Emerald Publishing Limited.

Beaulieu-Guay, L. R., Costa, M. A., & Montpetit, É. (2023). Policy change and information search: A test of the politics of information using regulatory data. Policy Sciences, 56(2), 377-418.

Costa, M. A. Preventive or Frontloaded? Gendered Leadership in Health and Climate Crises. In O. G. El-Taliawi, E. St. Denny, & H. Sullivan (Eds.), Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Public Policy. Palgrave Macmillan (Accepted).

Pipelines 

Costa, M. A., Bortz, G; Seijo, G. Reconfiguring policy advisory systems under political pressure: The role of bureaucratic autonomy and scientific reputation (Revise & Resubmit).

Costa, M. A., & Forlini, L. How Do States Select Vaccine Partners during Crises? Projected Capacity and the Politics of Anticipation (Revise & Resubmit)). 

Costa, M. A. Which Pressures Matter? Health Policy Capacity and Government Responsiveness during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil (Under Review). 

Costa, M.A.; Massard da Fonseca, E.; Bortz, G.; Seijo, G. Is Evidence “Good Enough”? Organizational Design, Political Pressure, and Regulatory Decisions during COVID-19 in Brazil and Argentina. 

Corrêa, J., & Costa, M.A. Why Does One Health Break Down in Practice? Advocacy Coalitions and the Limits of AMR Governance in Brazil. 

Costa, M. A; Barberia, L; Schmaltz, P. Bureaucratic Autonomy in Crisis: A Computational Analysis of Health Communication and Power Dynamics. 

Database 

Costa, M. A. (2025). Database on Public Opinion, Legislation, and COVID-19 Measures in Brazil. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14687194