By combining an historical analysis of three megaprojects and an organizational theory approach based on the notion of symbolism-intensive organizations, this research attempts to shed light on how symbols are constructed, ...

This chapter uses candidates’ reports to the Brazilian electoral court to examine the evolution of campaign spending during four elections between 2002 to 2014. Focusing on campaigns for federal representative, we show ...

The goal of this paper is to extend the counterfactual methodologies in particular Carvalho et al. (2016), by considering the estimation of quantile counterfactuals in the presence of trend units. We derive an asymptotically ...

An alternative to minimize the semantic gap in automatic indexing systems is to make use of knowledge organization systems, like ontologies. Given that these two operational concepts are subjects of study in Information ...

A pesquisa Geografia do Encarceramento , lançada no final de 2015 pela FGV/DAPP, identificou de forma inédita a concentração geográfica da origem de apenados que estiveram no sistema prisional carioca entre janeiro e julho ...

Com objetivo de elaborar recomendações sobre como prevenir o impacto da instalação e operação de grandes empreendimentos nos direitos de crianças e adolescentes, a pesquisa utilizou como metodologia a análise de três grandes ...

What might lie behind a heterodox approach to legal disputes arising in the struggle for energy resources? Here, the State parties turn to bargained solutions, instead of reaching for remedies available in contracts and ...