Regulation in the sanitation sector in Brazil is facing a great deal of debate regarding the government level in which … productivity performance of the operators. Therefore, we elaborate a detailed analysis of the productivity performance of the …, we investigate how the absence of tariff regulation has dissipated efficiencies and allowed the practice of monopolistic …

What factors underlie industry differences in research intensity and productivity growth? We develop a multi … consumer preferences. We find that long run industry differences in both productivity growth and R&D intensity mainly reflect … research cannot account for industry differences in productivity growth rates, and that variation in intertemporal knowledge …