This paper analyses the effects of the 1990 Brazilian trade liberalization on the total factor productivity, market … 1986/94 indicates very large total factor productivity gains in the period to 1994, which were accompanied by large falls …

In the first part of the paper, we use translog indexes to measure the rate of total factor productivity growth (TFPG … productivity growth.TFPG averaged 2.6% p. a. in the seventies and accounted for one-fifth of output growth. Sectors that …

In this paper we estimate the rate of total factor productivity (TFP) growth in 80 sectors of Brazilian manufacturing …

Regulation in the sanitation sector in Brazil is facing a great deal of debate regarding the government level in which … productivity performance of the operators. Therefore, we elaborate a detailed analysis of the productivity performance of the … current structure of the sanitation sector in Brazil. In doing so, we are able to analyze how jurisdiction of operators as …

alternative methods and analyze their application and implications for growth forecasts and macroeconomic policy in Brazil. The … use of aggregate measures of Total Factor Productivity in growth accounting, and the sensitivity of such a variable to … growth-accounting exercises. The main conclusions are: i) the annual potential growth rate of Brazil's Gross Domestic Product …

investigated. This work focuses on mapping the gain of agricultural productivity in Brazil in the years 1990-2012 by micro … assess the sector's productivity gain over time. However, the regional analysis of agricultural productivity still is not …-region. After an overview of the behavior of productivity in the major regions, will be studied the ten major crops relative to the …