O objetivo deste artigo é avaliar as transformações ocorridas nas estruturas produtiva e tecnológica da economia brasileira no período logo após algumas mudanças estruturais ocorridas nos anos 1990 e adoção de um novo formato para a política macroeconômica após a crise cambial de...

This paper aims at the evaluation of cultural activity aspects from the 66 microregions of the state of Minas Gerais by creating a comparable index, the DPCA, and by detecting spatial patterns in this index using Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA). To study the aspects of cultural...

Este trabalho objetiva calcular as interdependências inter-regionais a partir de uma matriz interestadual de insumo-produto para a economia brasileira. A matriz utilizada tem como ano base 1996 e foi elaborada pela FIPE. O presente artigo utiliza o método de extração de Strassert (1968) e...

The main purpose of this paper is to study employment impacts of tradable sectors in Brazil. A computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is used to examine these impacts and to obtain important disaggregated results, as we are able to recognize six types of skilled labor by sector. From these...

In this paper, an interregional computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is used to analyze the long-run regional effects of alternative trade liberalization strategies on Brazil. The model provides a description of the Brazilian inter-regional economic system, divided into two regions –...

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...