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Climate change and migration : a CGE analysis for two large urban regions of Latin America
Chisari, Omar O.; Miller, Sebastián - 2016
case of Sao Paulo (Brazil) and ii) international migrations, analyzing the displacement of population from Bolivia and … Paraguay to Argentina. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457917
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Potential Gains and Losses of Biofuel Production in Argentina : A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
Chisari, Omar O. - 2017
Argentina is one of the world's largest biodiesel producers and the largest exporter, using soybeans as feedstock … international prices of biofuels and feedstocks would increase Argentina's gross domestic product and social welfare. Increases in … international prices of ethanol and corn also can benefit Argentina, but to a lesser extent. The domestic mandates for biofuels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975138
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Potential Gains and Losses of Biofuel Production in Argentina : A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
Chisari, Omar O.; Romero, Carlos A.; Timilsina, Govinda - 2012
Argentina is one of the world's largest biodiesel producers and the largest exporter, using soybeans as feedstock … international prices of biofuels and feedstocks would increase Argentina's gross domestic product and social welfare. Increases in … international prices of ethanol and corn also can benefit Argentina, but to a lesser extent. The domestic mandates for biofuels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557009
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Territorial economic impacts of climate anomalies in Brazil
Porsse, Alexandre Alves; Haddad, Eduardo Amaral; … - 2013
Climate variability is one of the main environmental causes of losses to the agricultural sector. Most of the methodological tools applied to estimate its economic cost usually account only for the direct impact on agricultural activity. In this paper we use an alternative approach in which a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544578
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Vertical versus horizontal tax incentives policies in Brazil : assessing the impacts using a computable general equilibrium model
Porsse, Alexandre Alves; Madruga, Felipe Gomes - 2015
Brazil, one of the anticyclical tax policy carried out by the federal government was to reduce the value added tax named …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479449
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Blessing or curse : impacts of the Brazilian Pre-Salt oil exploration
Magalhães, Aline Souza; Domingues, Edson Paulo - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 15 (2014) 3, pp. 343-362
The discoveries of oil and gas in the so-called "Pre-Salt layer" have triggered a lot of discussions about their economic effect. In this paper we discuss in detail a less discussed dimension: the impact of Pre-Salt layer in the structure of the Brazilian economy, especially the composition of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011865334
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The Impacts of Trade on the Brazilian Labor Market : A CGE Model Approach
Carneiro, Francisco; Arbache, Jorge - 2002
case of Brazil. The motivation is based on earlier debate on the role of trade liberalization in shaping out labor market … substitution strategy [Krueger (1983), (1988)]. To address these issues for the case of Brazil, we use a computable general …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014118701
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Prospects for a Philippines-European Union Free Trade Agreement : implications for agriculture
Briones, Roehlano M.; Galang, Ivory Myka R. - 2014
This study examines the impact of a potential Philippines - EU FTA on the agricultural sector. Static analysis indicates that potential gains to the agricultural sector of the Philippines are limited, primarily owing to the low size of initial agricultural trade with EU (compared to other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010233599
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A framework for ex-ante economic impact assessment of tourism investments : an application to Haiti
Banerjee, Onil; Cicowiez, Martin; Gachot, Sebastien - 2015
This study develops a linked regional computable general equilibrium and micro-simulation (RCGE-MS) model to assess the regional economy-wide and poverty impacts of a US$36 million investment in tourism in the south of Haiti. The first social accounting matrix for Haiti with a base year of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431387
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Land transport systems under climate change : a macroeconomic assessment of adaptation measures for the case of Austria
Bachner, Gabriel - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530558