This study examines the effects of a commodities’ trade shock on the agricultural sector. I estimate the impacts of the increased Chinese demand for commodities on land use, technology adoption and agricultural productivity ...

Essa tese contém três capítulos. O primeiro capítulo estuda a relação entre o programa brasileiro de transferência condicional de renda Bolsa Família e os resultados das eleições de 2010. Nós procuramos estimar esse efeito ...

This thesis contains three independent but interrelated articles within the field of environmental and agricultural economics. Essentially, I empirically investigate topics related to the impacts of agricultural mechanization ...

Education is a powerful tool to improve lives and enhance the development prospects of nations. While primary and secondary school enrollment have increased considerably over the past decades in Brazil, completion rates ...

This study aims to evaluate the impact of new credit lines to Brazilian movie exhibition industry, one of the existing forms of government support for this sector. The evaluated disbursements, conducted by the Brazilian ...

The paper quantifies the effects on violence and police activity of the Pacifying Police Unit program (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro and the possible geographical spillovers caused by this policy. This program consists of taking ...

This paper investigates the following research questions: (i) Do changes in Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) legislation affect crime? (ii) In the case it does affect crime, are there spillover effects on crime rates in ...

Some studies in economics and political science argues that preferences for redistribution are able to explain different redistributive efforts around the world. It is natural to think that the voting decision is the most ...