Listagem por autor "Assunção, Juliano"

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    • Local socioeconomic impacts of Brazilian Hydroelectric Power Plants 

      Assunção, Juliano; Costa, Francisco; Szerman, Dimitri
      2017
      This paper estimates the short- and medium-run effects of the construction of large hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) on the economic development of Brazilian municipalities. We use the synthetic control method to perform ...

    • Power plants and deforestation: recent evidence from the Amazon 

      Assunção, Juliano; Costa, Francisco; Szerman, Dimitri
      2017
      This paper estimates the impacts of the construction of the new HPPs built in the Brazilian Amazon between 2003 and 2011 on local deforestation patterns. We assemble a comprehensive geo-referenced dataset combining dams’ ...