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    • Uma análise da eficiência nos gastos em educação fundamental para os municípios paulistas 

      Zoghbi, Ana Carolina Pereira; Mattos, Enlinson; Rocha, Fabiana; Arvate, Paulo Roberto
      2011
      The aim of this paper was to evaluate the relative efficiency of the counties with regard to spending on primary education in 2005. To this end, we used some indexes and indicators of results of an analysis of efficient ...
    • Mensurando o desempenho e a eficiência dos gastos estaduais em educação fundamental e média 

      Zoghbi, Ana Carolina Pereira; Mattos, Enlinson; Rocha, Fabiana; Arvate, Paulo Roberto
      2009
      The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the relative performance and efficiency of Brazilian states in the provision of basic and secondary education. In order to do so performance indicators are initially built using ...
    • On the marginal social cost of cash-cum-in-kind transfers 

      Duarte, Lucas Monteiro; Mattos, Enlinson; Serillo, Juliana Aranha
      2008
      This paper investigates the marginal social cost of cash-cum-in-kind transfers (MSCKT). Based on a generalization of Wildasin (1984), we characterize that the marginal social cost of public funds depends on the relation ...
    • Poverty, informality and the optimal general income tax policy 

      Arbex, Marcelo Aarestru; Mattos, Enlinson; Trudeau, Christian
      2012
      This paper investigates the optimal general income tax and audit policies when poverty is considered a public bad in an economy with two types of individuals whose income may not be observed. Our results depend on whether ...