Este texto resenha as estimativas de curvas de custos marginais de abatimento - marginal abatement cost curves (MACC) - de gases de efeito estufa (GEE) para a economia brasileira, em particular para o setor industrial. Estudos sobre MACC de base tecnológica têm chamado a atenção de...

Regulation in the sanitation sector in Brazil is facing a grear deal of debate regarding the government level in which conceding authority should reside and how private operators can fulfill social objectives. The main objective of this study is to show that these issues are not crucial barriers...

Este texto discute os aspectos regulatórios dos compromissos brasileiros na 15a Conferência da Organização das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças do Clima (COP 15), realizada em Copenhague em 2009. Inicialmente descreve a evolução da regulamentação dos instrumentos da conferência,...

Este estudo analisa os determinantes do desempenho ambiental na indústriabrasileira. Para tal, usa a base de dados da Pesquisa sobre Gestão Ambiental da CNI,que cobriu 325 médias e grandes empresas para o ano de 1997. Usamos umindicador de desempenho composto de uma soma ponderada das...

Air pollution concentrations have been rapidly increasing in the major urban areas of Brazil caused mainly by the increasing use of vehicles. In the presence of this negative externality, environmental regulation is required. Car emission control policies in Brazil have relied basically on...

This study applies distinct methodological forest accounting approaches, following Vincent and Hartwick (1997) lines, to estimate economic depreciation of timber exploitation in the Brazilian Amazon region. Although our results may be not definitive ones due to data availability problems, this...

This paper focuses on the role of economic factors inducing deforestation in Brazil and thereby threatening biodiversity, giving particular attention to the exploitation pattern of forest resources in Brazil. Some economic factors cannot be easily reverted since reversion would require long-term...

Regulation in the sanitation sector in Brazil is facing a great deal of debate regarding the government level in which conceding authority should reside and how private operators can fulfill social objectives. The main objective of this study is to show that these issues are not the crucial...

This study will analyze the determinants of environmental performance in the Brazilian industrial sector. It uses a database conducted by the Brazilian National Confederation of Industries inquiring about questions on environmental management over 325 medium and large firms referred to the year...

This study analyses how technological, political and institutional factors affect the performance of municipalities in improving welfare in Brazil in the period 1989- 2000. The model adopts a stochastic production frontier conditioned to variables related to the provision costs and those that...