Portuguese Abstract: Neste trabalho é feita uma revisão da literatura econômica, visando, de um lado apresentar os antecedentes da teoria de insumo-produto de Leontief, situando-a dentro da teoria do pensamento econômico, e de outro lado apresentar os princípios e a evolução desta teoria,...

Portuguese Abstract: A meta principal desta pesquisa é analisar o nível de desenvolvimento do agronegócio ou complexo agroindustrial das macrorregiões brasileiras para os anos de 1985, 1990 e 1995, utilizando matrizes de insumo-produto inter-regionais. São apresentados resultados sobre a...

Portuguese Abstract: Este trabalho tem como objetivo estudar a estrutura produtiva do setor de flores e plantas ornamentais do Brasil e verificar as perspectivas de sua inserção no comércio internacional, pois nos últimos anos tem havido esforços na estruturação do mercado, ampliação do...

The objective of this work is to analyze coffee production and processing in theeconomic structure of Minas Gerais, to determine its importance and its linkages to thestructure of the State economy, by using input-output matrix. Therefore, it is determinedlinkages indexes of Rasmussen-Hirschman,...

This paper estimates a fuzzy cluster methodology for an industrial input-output data basis for Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 1980 and 1996. The aim of the paper is identify industrial complexes and its thickness in the internal economic structure of the State of Minas Gerais. The conclusion...

This study quantifies CO2 emissions caused by consumption of natural gas, alcohol and petroleum derivatives for six Brazilian regions, and evaluates the impact of possible policies for emission control. The connection between the level of activity and CO2 emissions for each energy input is...

The aim of this paper is to build the so-called RAWS/RAW method to estimate an annual series of Input-Output Tables (IOTs) in 2000 reference of Brazilian national accounts. The RAWS/RAW differs from other procedures applied to Brazil in that it is based on algorithms that optimize the use of...

This paper develops the RAWS algorithm to estimate auxiliary tables of indirect taxes and margins related to the Brazilian input-output tables (IOTs) for 2000 and 2005. We derive RAWS by an information loss minimization problem, which explores the data structure from both the IOTs and supply and...

This study aims to analyze the distributional effects of carbon pricing in Brazil. The subject has gained importance with initiatives such as the PMR Brazil Project and RenovaBio, but discussions have been limited to the possible loss of competitiveness of national products. Thus, scenarios...