Browsing FGV CEPESP - Working Papers 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 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 ...