The aim of this paper is to analyze the recent evolution of the Tax Burden and the fiscal federalism in Brazil, taking into consideration its effects on sub national levels. More precisely, it intends to show how fiscal federalism changed in the last ten years, and how this behavior imposes...

The aim of this paper is to present a database that contains a new way to relate quantitative and qualitative information. The authors intend to make it available for economic history researchers. It is a database about the "provincial inquiries", an important source of information on economic...

Several institutional changes in the last 20 years have imposed to the public administrators the adoption of several policies intended to qualify the State for the new economic order. The expenditure control has turned to be central in the political economy. Regarding the Brazilian states, a...