The public policies on mass transit and other economic policies have been unable to avoid increasing mass transit costs and urban bus fares, which places a burden on a majority of the population depending on public transit. This study analyzes the variations in urban bus fares and households...

The public policies on mass transit and other economic policies have been unable to avoid increasing mass transit costs and urban bus fares, which places a burden on a majority of the population depending on public transit. This study analyzes the variations in urban bus fares and households...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate from 2008 on the effects of Brazilian government strategy of R&D tax incentives increase. We used the synthetic control method to estimate its causal impacts from 2010 to 2015. We demonstrated that this strategy had no relevant effect on research and...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate from 2008 on the effects of Brazilian government strategy of R&D tax incentives increase. We used the synthetic control method to estimate its causal impacts from 2010 to 2015. We demonstrated that this strategy had no relevant effect on research and...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the impacts of the reduction of the Brazilian Tax on Industrialized Products (IPI) on the local sales of vehicles during the period between January and November of 2009. In order to evaluate these impacts, sales have been modeled as a function of price, income...

The policy of restraining the opening hours of bars to prevent homicides, developed in south area of São Paulo, may be considered an innovating initiative giving the articulation of political actors and the alternatives used to overcome the local difficulties. This research has two general...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the impacts of the reduction of the Brazilian Tax on Industrialized Products (IPI) on the local sales of vehicles during the period between January and November of 2009. In order to evaluate these impacts, sales have been modeled as a function of price, income...