country to country depending on which perquisites were present or absent. In the past twenty years, Brazilian agriculture … evolved from "backward" to an agricultural powerhouse. Its production and total factor productivity more than doubled. Brazil … is in the worlds' top five producers of coffee, soybeans, oranges, beef and corn. Yet, some segments of agriculture lag …

deforestation. We focus on the Amazon, the world's most extensive rainforest, where Brazil's federal government issued a 'Priority …

We conduct a field experiment in partnership with the largest job platform in Brazil to study how environmental, social …

medium enterprises in Brazil. Local credit supply shocks generate greater firm entry but also greater exit with no effect on …

health outcomes in cities distant from where trade activities occur. We examine Brazil, which has ramped up agricultural … deaths in Brazil over the past two decades. This equates to $0.18 loss in statistical life value per $1 agricultural exports …

know to their startups--in effect making their own referrals. We consider new firms in Brazil's formal sector founded …