Browsing FGV CEPESP - Centro de Estudos em Política e Economia do Setor Público by Subject "Brasil - Política econômica"

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    • Local economic development: theory, evidence, and implications for policy in Brazil 

      Barberia, Lorena Guadalupe; Biderman, Ciro
      2008
      Local economic development policies have surged in Brazil over the past decade—a major shift in this regionally diverse country of 27 states, over 5,000 municipalities, and the largest economy in Latin America. We review ...

    • The political economy of fiscal reform in Brazil: the rationale for the suboptimal equilibrium 

      Melo, Marcus André B. C. de; Pereira, Carlos; Souza, Saulo Santos de
      2009-03
      This project examines fiscal reforms in Brazil since the 90s, focusing on the varying reform outcomes in the area of taxation, budgeting, and fiscal federalism. While there has been an extensive reorganization of fiscal ...

    • The political economy of productivity in Brazil 

      Alston, Lee J.; Mueller, Bernardo Pinheiro Machado; Melo, Marcus André B. C. de; Pereira Filho, Carlos Eduardo Ferreira
      2010-03
      This paper explores the link between Brazil’s political institutions and its disappointing productivity and growth in recent decades. Although political institutions provide the president with incentives and the instruments ...