There is a great interest in free trade areas (FTA) in Brazil, predominantly in the context of a proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). In addition, a free trade area between MERCOSUR (the customs union involving Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay) and the European Union has also...

The recent behavior of the Brazilian economy seems to indicate that the industry growth runs up against the difficulty of hiring skilled labor, such as technicians and engineers. This shortage may pose an obstacle to the development of the country. This article analyzes the effects of the...

This paper analyzes the contribution of the forest cleared for the Amazon economy between 2006 and 2011, as well as the effects of a policy of controlling deforestation between 2012 and 2020. For this, we used the interregional computable general equilibrium model (CGE) CGE-AMAZON, built to...

This paper analyzes a set of infrastructure programs (Sewer, Housing, Transports, Communications and Energy) in the Northeast region of Brazil, announced by the federal government in the scope of the PAC (Plano de Aceleração do Crescimento). We use an interregional computable general...