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This paper discusses the de-industrialization hypothesis in Brazil based on indicators usually not found in the literature. The evaluation was based on the structure and dynamics of the manufacturing sector vis-à-vis the rest of the economy and, in addition, from an intra-industrial standpoint...
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In developing economies the purchase of a new machine by the firm can be a way of introducing a new product or processes. Under such considerations, this paper searches to measure the assumption of innovation via machine embodied technology, by verifying its impacts over the firm's productivity....
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In developing economies the purchase of a new machine by the firm can be a way of introducing a new product or processes. Under such considerations, this paper searches to measure the assumption of innovation via machine embodied technology, by verifying its impacts over the firm's productivity....
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Among the aspects related to the quality of electric power supply, continuity stands out, evaluated based on the DEC and FEC indicators that express, respectively, the duration and frequency of supply interruptions. Regarding the continuity of supply, this study aims to present an alternative...
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This paper tries to test wether an equalized productive sector change of a Brazilian indirect tax (in Portuguese, Imposto sobre Produtos Industrializados - IPI or, in English, Manufacturing Goods Tax) impacts the labour productivity of each sector. The conclusion is the following: there is no...
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This article is based on the lesson presented in the scope of academy activities in the area of Sociology (at FCT-UNL). It is intended to approach the controversies concerning the relation between technology and society (technological determinism, effect on employment, importance of the social...
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This article is based on the lesson presented in the scope of academy activities in the area of Sociology (at FCT-UNL). It is intended to approach the controversies concerning the relation between technology and society (technological determinism, effect on employment, importance of the social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015264530
This paper aims to present the Price Equation and its application to the Brazilian economy, with theoretical grounding in neo-Schumpeterian approach to competition, innovation and dynamics, as well as the Generalized Darwinism perspective. A model inspired in Price Equation is used to decompose...
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