The objective of this study is to estimate the socioeconomic impact of the deployment of last-mile digital infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean. To measure the impact of the economic and social aspects of this type of infrastructure, the analysis differentiates according to the...

Portuguese Abstract: O Brasil tem assistido a intensos debates acerca da definição das exceções à regra geral de neutralidade de redes prevista no Marco Civil da Internet. Nessas discussões, a literatura estrangeira tem se revelado a principal fonte de orientação no enfrentamento de...

The objective of this study is to estimate the socioeconomic impact of the deployment of last-mile digital infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean. To measure the impact of the economic and social aspects of this type of infrastructure, the analysis differentiates according to the...

This paper aims to investigate, using data on both the placing of automobile dealers and automobile demand and supply variables, the effects of new automobile dealers' entry in previously monopoly markets. First, we identify relevant variables which influence the existence and the number of...

Este artigo apresenta uma analise para o risco operacional levando em conta informações referentes aos quatro maiores bancos brasileiros. Para tanto, é feita uma breve analise do estado-da-arte sobre o risco operacional e propõe uma discussão em torno dos critérios adotados pelo Comitê de...

This work is a compilation of studies produced at the Social Studies Department - Disoc/Ipea to support the elaboration of the document Brazil: the state of the Union - 2007. Health outcomes in the last decades, health policies after 1988 and the role of the government in health care are...

This technical paper estimates the deductions on tax credits in Brazil for health care during 2003 and 2006. Subsidies for private health insurance are the focus of this study. It seems to be a contradiction between the redistribution model in the Constitution and the level of public spending on...