Brazilian agriculture, despite notable growth in recent years and having been responsible for a significant portion of trade surpluses, presents strong spatial heterogeneity. This paper analyzes Brazilian agriculture spatially and structurally, differentiating between permanent and temporary...

The main purpose of this paper is to calculate the effective total factor productivity (ETFP) of the Brazilian agricultural and industrial sectors during 1990-2009. The results are the following: all sectors have reached high ETFPs, with a few exceptions; however, the ETFPs have not mobilized...

This article aims to analyse the evolution of world trade, with emphasis on the multilateral negotiations, since GATT was created in 1948, through the current Doha round of WTO. The role of institutions in building a favourable environment for free trade, particularly in agriculture, is...

Brazilian agriculture, despite notable growth in recent years and having been responsible for a significant portion of trade surpluses, presents strong spatial heterogeneity. This paper analyzes Brazilian agriculture spatially and structurally, differentiating between permanent and temporary...

The main purpose of this paper is to calculate the effective total factor productivity (ETFP) of the Brazilian agricultural and industrial sectors during 1990-2009. The results are the following: all sectors have reached high ETFPs, with a few exceptions; however, the ETFPs have not mobilized...

Brazil is, today, the largest producer and exporter of sugar in the world, having as main competitors and price makers India and China. In the production of this commodity, there are the sugar mills and ethanol in the State of Sao Paulo. The disposal of the product is mainly done by road...

Após a abertura comercial em 1998, grandes mudanças ocorreram no comércio exteriornacional devido sucessivos choques cambiais aos quais a economia foi exposta. A literaturade referência sugere que grandes choques na taxa de câmbio induzem mudanças persistentesna relação entre a taxa de...

Os anos 90 foram, para os países em desenvolvimento, marcados pela busca de um caminho para a estabilização econômica, fazendo com que as empresas se adequassem à nova realidade. Com as empresas ligadas ao agronegócio não foi diferente. No Brasil, esse processo o foi mais intenso,...

The Brazilian pork exports have been affected by several shocks on the2000s. This paper aimed to analyze these shocks. The focus of this papers are the maininternational shocks on the last years: the international economics crisis and de influenzaA (H1N1). Analyses were made over the main...

O protocolo de Quioto surgiu em uma tomada de decisão multilateral, e foi ratificado com o intuito de promover e regular ações de mitigação de emissão ou de absorção de gases que provocam o efeito estufa, que são possíveis em países em desenvolvimento, graças ao Mecanismo de...