This work analyses the risk allocation between government and concessionaire in the High Speed Train (HST) Project from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo and Campinas. The concession model proposed by the government to transfer the HST operation to private firms in 2010 was revised in 2012, with the...

The waterway transportation is considered the most efficient. Moreover, Brazil has many rivers, besides the extensive coastline, appropriate to navigation. However, this mode of transport is not widely used in the country, especially inland. This study evaluates the possible causes for this....

This paper examines how regulatory interventions can affect the market risk of electricity utilities and telecom carriers traded in the Brazilian stock market. Our article uses a bivariate Generalized AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH - BEKK) model to analyze the impact of two...

We analyze the effect of two 2012's regulatory measures in the Brazilian telecommunications and electricity markets. The first intervention was undertaken by the telecommunications regulatory agency (Anatel) in 18th of July and refers to the interruption of the sales of important...

This study seeks, in a preliminary way, to evaluate national and international experiences in the use of cross-subsidies applied to transport infrastructure concessions with less commitment from the public budget. Alternatives to the adopted concession models are analyzed, such as the use of...

In this study, we identify the hydrogen investments and the main routes of hydrogen production in Brazil. We focus on sustainable hydrogen that is obtained from renewable energy sources or using carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) to neutralize emissions. The identified results...

This study explores how the design of regulatory incentives proposed by the granting authority has the potential to impact the concessionaire's investment decisions regarding participation in the bidding process, the potential value of grants and the request for a re-bidding process or...

This paper discusses about the impact of the highway concession policy on regional income and dynamics. It gathers information from the 2010 Population census and a federal highway concession, the Autopista Fluminense, to examine the attenuation of per capita income in the potential commuting...

The Brazilian transport sector has difficulties to act systematically due to the absence of a flow and use of information and integration of databases and actors. This activities are usually performed by Monitoring and Evaluation Systems (MES). In Brazil, these activities are still incipient and...