The natural capital is an important part of the national wealth. However, we haven't yet had its appropriate evaluation in many cases (including the ecosystems of natural protected areas). As a consequence what we normally measure as the national wealth or total capital is a small part of what...

Neste trabalho o método de opções reais foi utilizado, em confronto com o do valor presente líquido, para avaliar se uma parte do Parque dos Manguezais, em Recife-PE, maior área de manguezal urbano do mundo, deve ou não ser utilizada para construção de uma rodovia, se sua totalidade deve...

This paper reports 5 laboratory sessions that analyze the effects of group sizes in the voluntary contribution mechanism, when contribution level is either complementary or substitute. The theorical argument is that each production function provides different incentives for the agent along scale...

The current dynamics of sharing competences and financial resources exposes the need to remodel and refine intergovernmental relations through processes of coordination and cooperation in order to minimize asymmetries. It is in this context that public consortia have been standing out in the...

The research evaluates Brazilian alignment to the OECD normative on the environment and climate change. It has three parts. The first describes the trajectory of the accession criteria, indicating how environment and climate change have come to influence the like-mindedness criterion. Given...

Many public policies seek to promote, maintain, modify or improve collective actions. The development of a country requires actions that are complex and wide in scope. This and following texts sort out: i) two general classes of problem-situations that lack collective action; and ii) kinds of...