A significant question in agricultural economic research is understanding how economic shocks affect the different links of a productive chain, since the gains and losses induced by them might spread in a non-uniform way among the different actors. In the face of a scenario that advocates a...

When discussing the early termination of concession agreements, compensation for investments in reversible assets is a core issue that directly affects the parties' interests. Without fair economically compensation, in addition to representing a possible act of illicit enrichment on the public...

Traceability requirements aim to protect consumer health, prevent the spread of adulterated or dangerous products, and facilitate the identification of goods during recalls. This paper aims to provide the impact of traceability related non-tariff measures (NTMs) on trade between 53 exporting and...

This study investigates the growing of environmental compromises in international trade. The objective was to map the main trade policies with environmental objectives and identify which were the main countries that made environmental demands, the sectors most affected and the type of trade...

The history of the DASP (now extinct) and of the civil service reform in the 1930s shows that as a matter of fact the supposed merit system lacked strength. That is, a large share of the civil servants kept being selected by means of favoritism. Afterwards, in the years up to 1988, favoritism...

This article's main objective is to present an overview of the financing of public basic sanitation services in Brazil. We emphasize incentivized debenture-type bond issues as a complement to traditional credit mechanisms for the sector, based on the database of debentures issued in Brazil,...

The objective of this work was to analyze the process of inclusion of family farming in the ABC+ Plan. Initially, a historical contextualization of the emergence of the ABC Plan was made. Little participation of family farming in this Plan was verified. With the emergence of the ABC+ Plan, which...

The main objective of this work is to assess the challenges to be faced by Brazil to become a full member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in terms of tax rules related to controlled foreign companies, transfer pricing, thin capitalization, and mandatory...