This paper analyzes the relation between technological patterns and external performance of the Brazilian firms. The main results show that: i) technology is an important element for the exporting performance of the Brazilian firms, as much for its insertion in the international market how much...

The tax reform debate in Brazilian academic and political circles addresses numerous problems in our tax system, aiming to simplify it, increase its efficiency and its progressivity in order to guarantee the State's ability to provide essential public services. A relevant dimension, however, is...

The aim of this paper is to analyze if specific characteristics of host countries contribute to explain foreign investment in research and development. We have estimated two step selection models to explain the decision and the level of R&D investment by multinational companies in Brazil,...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the recent path followed by the innovation indicators in Brazil based on the data available in the four editions of the Brazilian Innovation Survey (PINTEC) issued by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Based on the aggregation of the...