The present Text for Discussion aims to present the main results of applied research with the federal bureaucracy in direct administration to understand the uses of different sources of information in policy making. At all, 2,180 questionnaires were answered in the period from October to...

Portuguese Abstract: Identifica como objetivo da ciência da informação — a partir de BUSH — sanar a explosão informacional por meio da recuperação da informação disponível; argumenta que o campo, embora venha problematizando a significação dessa informação, ainda coloca pouca...

The present Text for Discussion aims to present the main results of applied research with the federal bureaucracy in direct administration to understand the uses of different sources of information in policy making. At all, 2,180 questionnaires were answered in the period from October to...

The aim of the present paper is to provide empirical support for the hypothesis that Brazilians, especially those situated at the top of the social scale, in a great deal, do not recognize the form of the Brazilian income distribution and its high degree of inequality.

Herbert Simon disseminated his bounded rationality approach in his vast academic production. The recognition of the complex environment and the cognitive limits led him to study about the use of heuristics in the decision-making. Around this idea, a new path to the study of human decisions has...

Spanish Abstract: El propósito del presente trabajo es explorar las incumbencias del fenómeno denominado Economía del Conocimiento en relación a las denominadas TICs y su efecto sobre la innovación. Se propone un análisis que, partiendo de la revisión de la literatura y adicionando el...

A vegetação de caatinga, usada para produção de lenha e carvão, resulta em renda para as famílias rurais da região Nordeste. O Ibama cogitou o cancelamento da isenção de taxa de vistoria aos produtores de carvão com plano de manejo florestal. O modelo principal-agente desenvolvido...

In this paper we compare the costs of two regulatory policies about the entry of new firms. We consider an incumbent firm that has more information about the market demand than the regulator. Then, the incumbent firm can use this advantage to persuade the regulator to make entry more difficult....

We consider a leader and a subordinate he appoints who engage in team production. The public observes the organization’s performance, but is unable to determine the separate contributions of the leader and of the subordinate. The leader may therefore claim credit for the good work of his...