This discussion paper is a contribution of the Brazilian Government to the 2006 Annual Conference of the OECD High-level Conference on 'Better Financing for Entrepreneurship and SMEs' to be held in Brasilia, Brazil on 27-30 ...

This paper resumes the presentation of the index of electoral concentration suggested by Avelino, Biderman e Silva (2011). It also extends the original scope to include all candidates for federal deputy throughout the ...

Biofuels offer one approach for reducing carbon emissions in transportation. However, the agricultural expansion needed to produce biofuels may endanger tropical forests and thus offset the benefits of fossil fuel substitution. ...

Este estudo objetiva investigar os efeitos produzidos em termos de disparidades regionais, que decorrem do elevado grau de concentração econômica e demográfica observado nos principais centros urbanos do País. Esse grau ...

Neste texto, apresentamos características gerais de transferências a prefeitos e a entidades sem fins lucrativos e padrões de alocação desses recursos. Em especial, estamos interessados em analisar e verificar possíveis ...

Over the last decades, there is an increasing concern around what should be the role played by the World Trade Organization before the proliferation of preferential and plurilateral trade agreements (PTAs). Moreover, the ...

Literature on labor economics shows the existence of wage gap between internet users and non-users. Moreover, wage gap is wider in developing countries than developed world. This paper investigates whether internet users ...