This article discusses which may be the trajectory of the Brazilian economy over the 2020s, particularly in the transition from the current period when there is idle capacity in the economy to a period when the growth of supply capacity may again be crucial for growth. From the context created...

This article discusses which may be the trajectory of the Brazilian economy over the 2020s, particularly in the transition from the current period when there is idle capacity in the economy to a period when the growth of supply capacity may again be crucial for growth. From the context created...

This work focuses on the importance of local incentives, in the region of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Portugal), during the 12th and the 16th centuries. It aims to test the hypothesis that actualised incentives are factors of municipal attractivity. For this purpose, a model is enunciated; this...

The spatial organization of cities has important implications for sustainable urban development. Several studies have analyzed how urban form characteristics can have different environmental impacts by influencing more or less sustainable mobility patterns. However, most of these studies present...

For legal purposes of soil planning the city is divided, basically, in urban area and rural area. However, this distinction is not so clear in everyday life, because it is observed an urban practice in the rural way of life, in the same measure that there is a tendency to rescue rural habits in...

The economic formation of Alagoas is strongly related to the sugar cane culture introduced in the colonial period. Initially, the sugar cane plantations and mills were installed on the state’s coast, in areas where the topography was more rugged, but the soil and hydrography were conducive to...

The paper seeks to analyze the distribution of real estate assets among Brazilian families and IPTU-property tax-their main form of taxation. The text points out that real estate property usufruct is more concentrated than family income itself, despite the fact that IPTU boasts a dubious...

This paper seeks to analyze the tax revenue level and the equity of the Brazilian real estate tax (IPTU) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, showing the main factors for its performance. The first two chapters confirm, based on theory, the necessity of progressiveness in the IPTU taxation system, and...