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Tax reform in production networks
(2021-03-30)
This paper studies the effects of a tax reform that eliminates heterogeneity of tax rates and cumulative taxation in a production networks model calibrated for Brazil. In modern economies, industries are highly connected ...
An analysis of neighborhood and type of location choice
(2021)
A malha urbana dos países em desenvolvimento é marcada pela presença de favelas. O objetivo deste trabalho é desvendar as forças motrizes das escolhas de localização de moradias em um contexto de múltiplos bairros, os quais ...
Essays on growth, competition and international trade
(2020-09-14)
This thesis is composed of three independent papers. In the first paper, I revisit the competition-innovation debate in light of the recent empirical evidence on the effects of increased exposure to China product competition. ...
Expansão do crédito para empresas e desenvolvimento econômico
(2019-08-29)
We use a version of the neoclassical growth model with heterogeneous agents and financial frictions to evaluate the macroeconomic impacts of credit to firms in Brazil. The model is calibrated to match facts about Brazilian ...
Relação entre produtividade e idade dos estabelecimentos no Brasil
(2019-03-26)
A má alocação de recursos pode diminuir a produtividade total dos fatores agregada (PTF). Utilizando micro dados dos estabelecimentos brasileiros, estimamos qual seria a diferença entre a PTF dos estabelecimentos mais ...
The allocation of talent in teacher's occupation and Economic Growth
(2018-04-06)
The quality of teachers is a determining factor in the formation of human cap-ital, so it is also an object of study of economic development. We develop a generalequilibrium model in which workers are heterogeneous and ...
Essays on economic development and education
(2018-03-09)
This thesis is a collection of three essays in economic development mainly focused on education. In the first two chapters, we study the effects that educational policies may have on a macroeconomic environment where ...
Corrupção, reformas e estagnação
(Valor Econômico, 2017-06-21)
Um modelo de dominância fiscal: o caso brasileiro
(2017-03-31)
Desde a crise de 2008 temos visto um fenômeno em que grande parte das economias desenvolvidas tem mantido taxas de juros bem próximas ao limite inferior durante períodos prolongados, Japão há mais de duas décadas e Estados ...
Do macro ao micro: o papel da produtividade no desenvolvimento econômico
(2017-03-31)
This work emphasizes the evolution in the understanding of productivity as a fundamental factor for economic development. Based on a diagnosis that places productivity as a preponderant factor in determining the dispersion ...
