This text for discussion is part of a research aimed to understand the institutional constraints to the implementation of investment in infrastructure in contemporary Brazil and to propose public policy improvement. The rationale for their implementation is that there is evidence that indicate...

Mass media has become a major informal instrument of the public policy through their important role in diffusing environmental news, and shaping people's perceptions and emotions regarding air pollution. As a demonstration, we investigate how might the government make use of the emotional tone...

The demand for non-mandatory insurance against low-probability, high-impact risks is relatively low compared to what is expected. From a dataset of 65 experimentally-elicited and survey-based estimates, we conduct a meta-analysis of contingent valuation studies. It appears that the average...