Bandit problems are pervasive in various fields of research and are also present in several practical applications. Examples, including dynamic pricing and assortment and the design of auctions and incentives, permeate a large number of sequential treatment experiments. Different applications...

In product markets, there exists substantial dispersion in prices for transactions of physically identical goods, and incumbent sellers sell at higher prices than entrants. This study develops a theory of dynamic pricing that explains these facts as results from the same fundamental friction:...

The goal of this article is to analyse diferent teorethical and methodological approaches of classes structures typologies, the empírical metrics aplied in Brazil and their implications on public policies. Therefore, it is discussed the main theoretical currents that proposed the typologies and...

There is a consensus that income inequality is one of the main problems faced by the public administration. Thus, this article develops an innovative analysis of Brazilian citizens' opinions, based on the results of the Oxfam Brasil and Datafolha surveys of 2017 and 2019, about inequalities,...

The main objective of this work is to analyze how the Brazilian Supreme Audit Institution (Tribunal de Contas da União - TCU) has been acting in the policy making of the federal public administration. It seeks to highlight that in addition to the classic functions of a court of accounts that...

This text aims at investigating the effects of unifying the constitutional minimum levels for healthcare and education expenditures, especially in municipalities. It provides a contribution to the public debate on a series of legislative initiatives, such as the Constitutional Amendment...

This paper analyzes recent Legislative propositions regarding the regulation of federative relations in Brazil's education system. These propositions take the form of the National System of Education (Sistema Nacional de Educação), which relates to a long-standing reformist tradition. The main...