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The political economy of innovation; an institutional analysis of industrial policy and development in Brazil
Menezes, Jose H. V. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
questions if innovation has truly been the main driver of those instruments. It provides a brief overview on the intersections … of politics, economics, innovation and institutions as well as the main choices, incentives and alliances of the … Brazilian government, which are illustrated by the Innovation Law, PITCE, PDP and campaign financing of President Lula's 2002 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836420
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The Economics of Software Products: an Example of Market Failure
Carlos, del Cacho - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper we examine pricing imperfections in software companies by analyzing the case of Microsoft, and we uncover the presence of pervasive dead-weight losses derived from the inability of the producer to achieve first degree price discrimination. Because the nature of software is such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005668424
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Consumer welfare and market structure in a model of competition between open source and proprietary software
Gaudeul, Alexia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
I consider a Vickrey-Salop model of spatial product differentiation with quasi-linear utility functions and contrast two modes of production, the proprietary model where entrepreneurs sell software to the users, and the open source model where users participate in software development. I show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497689
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Comparative analysis of Brazil’s national and regional economic structure, 1985, 1990, 1995
Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins; Crocomo, Francisco C.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
discussion about the regional differences in Brazil will be made, while the methodology will be presented in the forth section …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258623
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Impacts of Changes In Regional Sugar and Ethanol Exports Upon Brazilian Overall Economy
Burnquist, H. L.; Costa, C. C.; Guilhoto, J. J. M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
, the results indicated that when the impact is generated at the North-Northeastern Brazil, production and employment is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258834
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Policies to improve the lives of Slum Dwellers – from international agreements to local contexts. The Brazilian case-study
Marques, Bruno Pereira; Carvalho, Rui - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
diachronic evolution of these specific housing policies in the paradigmatic case-study of Brazil, critically analysing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259296
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Environmental impacts and regional scenarios of economic growth in Brazil - 2002-2012
Guilhoto, Joaquim J. M.; Lopes, Ricardo Luis; Motta, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
This study simulates environmental effects with the inter-regional general equilibrium model Mibra assuming economic growth rates in a pessimist scenario of 2.3% a.a. and an optimist scenario of 4.4% a.a., both for the period 2002-2012. Using pollution intensity coefficients associated to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259487
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Educação para todos –“free to those who can afford it”: human capital and inequality persistence in 21st c Brazil
Kendrick, Neil - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
As one of the world’s most unequal societies, Brazil is often referred to as a land of contrasts: the causes of its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259853
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Welcoming Foreign Direct Investment? A Political Economy Approach to FDI Policies in Argentina and Brazil
Carro Fernandez, Martha - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Brazil. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260033
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Geoprocessing and estimation of interregional input-output systems an application to the state of Sao Paulo in Brazil
Ichihara, Silvio Massaru; Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This work develops a method for the construction of input-output systems capable of estimating the flows of goods and services among cities, having in view that the creation of accurate strategies depends on the regional peculiarities incorporated in the scope of the economic planning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260330