This paper describes and analyzes the trajectory of water and sanitation policies in Brazil, with emphasis on the Union acts on financing and regulation evolution in the sector. The objective is to point the different regulatory forms and models already tried, as well as to highlight the...

The aim of this paper is to identify the path of the gasoline price elasticity, ethanol price elasticity, ethanol-gasoline cross-price elasticity and the gasoline-ethanol cross-price elasticity for the flex-fuel vehicle market, as well as to discuss the taxation policies impact of the Economic...

The infrastructure of public services for rural areas and the outskirts of cities, on the global level, has shown the worst coverage and quality indicators. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported, in 2017, that 55% of rural inhabitants had access to safe water and only 35% had access to a...

This Discussion Paper is predicated on the assumption that solid waste (SW) is paramount for individuals, urban communities, and the natural environment. Furthermore, it is proposed that SW can be regarded as a resource with economic value throughout its life cycle rather than merely an object...

This article's main objective is to present an overview of the financing of public basic sanitation services in Brazil. We emphasize incentivized debenture-type bond issues as a complement to traditional credit mechanisms for the sector, based on the database of debentures issued in Brazil,...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the impacts of the reduction of the Brazilian Tax on Industrialized Products (IPI) on the local sales of vehicles during the period between January and November of 2009. In order to evaluate these impacts, sales have been modeled as a function of price, income...

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar os impactos da redução do Imposto sobre Produtos Industrializados (IPI) sobre as vendas de veículos no Brasil entre janeiro e novembro de 2009. Para alcançar esse objetivo, foi estimado um modelo no qual as vendas internas de veículos são função do...