On this paper, we evaluate the Brazilian intergovernmental fiscal transfers, identifying which kind would be more adequate to schedule a transfer system denoted by efficiency and equity in the access to public services, proposing, in particular, specifics kind and ways of executing healthcare...

The present work aims to explore the existing theories about the size of the public sector and test empirically in Brazilian municipalities. The theoretical model assumes that the economy has only two sectors: the public and the private. The latter receives productivity shocks while the former...

This paper proposes an empirical evaluation of the Brazilian state governments' fiscal behavior in the period following the publication of Fiscal Responsibility Law (2002-2012). Measurement of fiscal shocks and estimations from dynamic panel data models of the states' main revenues and...

Distribution of tax revenue among municipalities - which are constitutionally official federal entities in Brazil - is highly unequal vis-à-vis their demands of public services. Given conurbation processes and intense urbanization in the second half of the past century, some municipalities...

The article aims to discuss needs and opportunities for the accomplishment of the task of coordinating productive policies in the territory. It seeks to dialogue directly with national concerns for equitable territorial development and, thus, with the National Policy for Regional Development...

This paper discusses the use of urban policy instruments in Brazil, brought by the City Statute (CS) a federal law passed in 2001 ("Estatuto da Cidade" in Portuguese), as a tool of analysis of municipal master plans (MP). The main argument of this research is that the municipal urban policy...

This Discussion Paper aims to contextualize the process of construction of the National Urban Development Policy (Política Nacional de Desenvolvimento Urbano - PNDU), as well as to produce and systematize reference material for its formulation, implementation and monitoring. The temporal and...

This paper aims to evaluate empirically the economic effects of loans from Constitutional Financial Funds to the National Program for Strengthening Family Agriculture (Pronaf) in the municipalities of their respective regions. In addition to the data of those loans for the period 2012-2016, we...

This article verifies the impact of both federal transfers to states and income inequality over imigration. The innovation here is the use of aggregate data to verify the impact of public policy over migration. The econometric results suggest a positive effect of federal transfers to states over...