The extension of the mineral economy's value-chain is a relevant subject for the Brazilian debate on public policies for economic growth, but the numbers and definitions on the topic are still imprecise and, therefore, remain under construction. At first, based on the official classification of...

The way we define careers and positions in a country (in Brazil and all other) is derived from the conception of State and its role in a historic moment. This study will try to show the "state of the art" of careers and public positions in federal public service, particularly in the executive...

This discussion paper analyzes the impacts of Pronaf on agriculture and livestock for the 26 Federative Units and the Federal District of Brazil in the period between 2007 and 2016. The Panel Auto Regressive Vector method was used to measure the effects of credit shocks offered by Pronaf,...

This paper aims to investigate earnings losses of workers who become unemployed in Brazil, comparing the results for different stages of the business cycle. Estimates using longitudinal data from the continuous PNAD for the period between 2012 and 2017 show that workers who transited from...

Brazil is one of the ten countries most cited in antidumping processes in the world and this explains the Brazilian government's efforts on discussing the antidumping rules in several multilateral forms. This paper investigates the effects of these measures on Brazilian export performance in two...

This study aims to analyze the impact of macroeconomic variables, especially the prime rate of the economy, on the interest margin (spread) charged by Brazilian banks from 2000 to 2010. To achieve this goal, the study adopted the behavior model of the banking firm developed by Ho and Saunders...

This paper aims to analyze how the waves of regionalism represented changes in the way trade policy has been conducted, expanding the game of political negotiation with variable geometry and determining its influence on the political regulation of international trade. To do so, the concept and a...

The aim of the article is to draw an overview of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), analyzing its formation and the main issues that will probably be part of the future agreement, and evaluating the perspectives for its conclusion and possible impacts, with special focus upon...

This article draws from the recent literature on non-tariff measures to provide an overview of the analysis of these measures, addressing its definition and classification, as well as some recent evidence on its use in the world and in Brazil. Non-tariff measures are defined as any policy...