This study estimated ad-valorem equivalent (AVE) for non-tariff measures (NTM) applied by 81 countries to 5.321 products in six-digit products of the harmonized system (HS). For that, the study follow the method developed by Kee, Nicita e Olarreaga (2009) and the contributions brought by Beghin,...

In international literature, Brazil ranks among the most prolific countries in requesting non-tariff measures (NTMs) on their imports. When this incidence is translated into ad valorem equivalent, studies show that the costs that these measures represent place the country among the world's...

The objective of this study is to analyze the performance of Brazilian exports of industrialized products in the period 2005-2016, with approaches that allow identifying some factors that characterize this process, not only at the level of industrial activity as a whole, but also in terms of the...

Spanish Abstract: En las ciencias económicas ha sido recurrente el debate de librecambio y protección, planteándose argumentos a favor de cada una de la posiciones. Actualmente, en los tiempos de la internacionalización y globalización de las economías es de la mayor pertinencia retomar...

A significant question in agricultural economic research is understanding how economic shocks affect the different links of a productive chain, since the gains and losses induced by them might spread in a non-uniform way among the different actors. In the face of a scenario that advocates a...

Starting from a somewhat backward structure based on low technology sectors Portuguese exports in the last decade have been changing rapidly in response to the new patterns of world trade. Higher technology exports are increasing their position and intra-sectoral specialization is prevailing.The...