This paper has two main purposes. The first is to present, to analyze and to suggest road infrastructure investment and financing policies in Brazil. The second objective is to analyze toll road concessions, with emphasis on toll tariffs. For the last eight years federal road investment (at...

Uma constatação do trabalho foi a de que nas cinco concessões realizadas pelo governo federal ocorreu um crescimento real das tarifas de pedágio. O estudo observou que os persistentes ganhos reais nas tarifas de pedágio ao longo do tempo estão relacionados às normas dos contratos de...

This paper has two main purposes. The first is to present, to analyze and to suggest road infrastructure investment and financing policies in Brazil. The second objective is to analyze toll road concessions, with emphasis on toll tariffs. For the last eight years federal road investment (at...

A adocao do Plano Real no Brasil em 1994 teve para a politica de importacoes multiplas conseqüencias. O efeito-renda e o efeito-preco associados a um programa de estabilizacao estimulam naturalmente a demanda por produtos importados, mas as tarifas de importacao foram usadas como instrumento...

One of the basic features of the recent international scenario is the increasing importance of a few emerging economies. In this paper we map the import tariffs imposed by each of the BRICS on the products from its neighboring countries, as well as the tariffs imposed on Brazilian products. We...