Nos últimos anos, a avicultura brasileira tem apresentado grande crescimento na produção e a criação de perus acompanha - de certa forma - este desempenho. Como o frango de corte, grande parte da produção de carne de peru é exportada. Todavia, o frango de corte tem o consumo no mercado...

Despite the well-known idea that rice is a commodity andthus it is unlikely to be differentiated, there is a large number of riceproducts available in the retail market, with different classification,standards, packages, brands etc. It can be observed significant variationin their prices,...

Determinative common factors of currency and financial crisis. This paper identifies and evaluates determinative common factors of currency and financial crisis in relation to 86 crises episodes between 1970-2004, based on factor analysis, cluster and discriminant analysis. One evidenced that...

The aim of this article is to estimate a Bayesian factorial dynamic model for the analysis and forecasting of the Brazilian tax burden (BTB) using monthly data from 1996 to 2007. Twenty taxes are responsible for about 80% of the BTB, each of which with a distinct seasonal pattern The factorial...