characteristics of the public research infrastructure which affects its propensity to interact with the industrial sector. Logistic … regressions have been used to identify, in a wide set of explanatory variables, the characteristics of the research infrastructure … research infrastructure in the national innovation systems. Aiming at supporting the discussion of the results of the …

The main objectives of regulatory reform and privatization of infrastructure in Brazil were to attract new private … investment, increase efficiency and reduce the public debt through the use of privatization revenues. Whereas the evidence … suggests that regulatory reform (privatization included) has succeed in fostering productivity growth and improving the fiscal …

This paper makes a partial assessment of the Brazilian privatization program in the 1990s. The article focuses mainly … government's stabilization attempts has reduced the fiscal benefits of privatization, and inhibited the government's capacity to …, the main objective of the privatization program has been to highlight the commitment to market-oriented reforms - in a …

of credit. These and other factors were greatly impacted by the 2009 post-crisis economic environment in Brazil. We …

impact on the agricultural sector in Brazil. We emphasize four aspects of the reform period that were either unexpected or …