The objective of this paper lies in identifying Stiglitz's main theoretical contributions to Financial Economics. It is shown that he made material headway in the following issues: (1) the Modigliani-Miller theorem, (2) the efficient market hypothesis, (3) the microeconomic effects of...

Genetic tests can be expected to produce a large amount of economically important information in the future. What are the effects on a life insurance market if more information becomes available over time, for individuals and possibly also for insurers? Should people buy insurance before or...

This paper aims to analyze, from a legal perspective, the public policies of Science, Technology and Innovation offered by the Brazilian government, more specifically, the Innovation Act (Lei de Inovação), in order to verify the effectiveness and impact of this measure for development, in the...

This article evaluates the relationship between scientific and technological production and the degree of human development in Brazil, on a municipal level. The variables used can be divided into seven groups: human development index, urban infrastructure, cultural infrastructure, incentives...

For many years the discussion about rural development in Brazil was left on the sidelines. The Green Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, and the increased use of technology sparked an incipient and localized debate on regional and rural development. In the 1980s the discussion lost strength due...

The aim is to verify whether wheat production has expanded to other regions, in addition to the South, in order to make the country self-sufficient in the supply of the product. Although wheat is the second most produced cereal in the world, its production is unevenly distributed regionally. In...

It seeks to verify which policies promoted the cultivation of Brazilian wheat from the 1970s onwards, and whether such actions resulted in an increase in national production. Although wheat is the main winter crop produced in the country, its cultivation is mostly located in the South and Brazil...

Technological change is a determining factor to ensure the sustainable growth of the agricultural sector in Brazil and worldwide. Since the 70s, Brazil has been able to expand the food supply, thus contributing to the supply of domestic and foreign markets. Between 1980 and 2021, grain...