This paper aims to analyze taxation on sugar and ethanol. Based on the payment of each tax, the potential tax burden on these products in all links of their chains in São Paulo state for the years 2000 and 2008 has been estimated. The results pointed to a potential tax burden of 23.04% of the...

This paper analyses the empirical relationship between Amazonian rainforest deforestation and local population welfare, measuring the impact on welfare if the deforestation area has to be reduced. The Municipal Human Development Index (MHDI) was used to measure welfare. Using 1995 Agriculture...

This paper estimates an equation for fertilizer demand in Brazil, considering time period from 1970 to 2002. Co-integration analysis procedures have been used and they show that just the level model (LSO method), valid for long term, presents good econometrics results. Fertilizer demand is...

This paper evaluates the equality of the Brazilian system of pensions paid in rural areas during the 1990s. The equality implies equal access to the social security beneï¬ts, regardless ethnic, sex and education differences among retired persons. Basing on 1988 Federal Constitution, Laws 8,212...