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Institutional Requirements for Effective Imposition of Fines
Piehl, Anne Morrison - 2010
A long theoretical literature in economics addresses the heavy reliance of the U.S. criminal justice system on very expensive forms of punishment - prison - when cheaper alternatives - such as fines and other sanctions - are available. This paper analyzes the role of fines as a criminal sanction...
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Public Safety through Private Action : An economic assessment of BIDs, locks, and citizen cooperation
Cook, Philip J. - 2010
One creative method to harness private action to cost-effective crime control is the creation of business improvement … analysis of crime and crime prevention policy. But the leading scholarly commentaries on the crime drop during the 1990s have … sort have the potential to both reduce crime rates and reduce arrests and imprisonment. Well-designed regulations and …
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Commercial Policy in a Predatory World
Anderson, James E. - 2006
Mutual causation of predation and trade induces novel effects of commercial policy in this paper. The model can explain trade volume responses to market widening initiatives that are otherwise puzzlingly 'too big' or 'too small'. Efficient commercial policy (broadly defined) depends crucially on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466086
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Condicionantes institucionais ao investimento em infraestrutura: Elaboração, avaliação e seleção de projetos
Sousa, Rennaly Patricio; Pompermayer, Fabiano Mezadre - 2016
This paper analyzes the effect that shortcomings in the processes of "development, evaluation and selection of project" investments in infrastructure produce on the deployment and operation of these projects. The methodology adopted was to identify best practices in project development,...
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Simulação de parceria público-privada para as rodovias federais: Impactos sobre orçamento fiscal, usuários e contribuintes
Pompermayer, Fabiano Mezadre - 2017
This article presents a simulation of Public-Private Partnership for the maintenance and operation of all paved federal highways. To do so, we evaluate the distribution of benefits and costs between taxpayers, government and road users as a way to set toll values bankable by users, easing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011818849
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Concessões no setor de infraestrutura: Propostas para um novo modelo de financiamento e compartilhamento de riscos
Pompermayer, Fabiano Mezadre; da Silva Filho, Edison … - 2016
The paper discusses the main challenges and opportunities for attracting both private domestic and foreign capital to foster the growth of concessions projects in the infrastructure sector, and proposes solutions from the Brazilian recent experience and other emerging economies. Given the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444801
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Desigualdades socioespaciais de acesso a oportunidades nas cidades brasileiras - 2019
Pereira, Rafael H. M.; Braga, Carlos Kauê Vieira; … - 2019
One of the core aims of transportation policies is to facilitate people's access to employment, health and education opportunities as well as cultural and leisure activities. Nonetheless, transport research and policies in Brazil are still largely focused on the challenges of reducing road...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616434
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Análise ex ante de políticas públicas: Fundamentos teórico-conceituais e orientações metodológicas para a sua aplicação prática
Lassance, Antônio - 2022
When governments launch policies or programs without any prior analysis, with unclear objectives, undefined or unjustifiable public selection, poorly conceptualized interventions, fragmented and often contradictory actions, without indicators and targets, and with insufficient inputs (small and...
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Como elaborar projetos de intervenção para a implementação de políticas públicas?
Lassance, Antônio - 2023
An intervention project is a proposal structured to intervene on a relevant public policy problem to offer a very specific and prototyped solution, based on a model. The project is aimed at the decision support of an organization with governance over the referred problem. The core of an...
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Aplicação da análise por opções reais para o abandono contratual em concessões rodoviárias: Proposição de remédio regulatório sobre o valor da indenização por investimentos não am...
Costa, Felipe Amaral; Pompermayer, Fabiano Mezadre - 2024
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...
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