This article addresses the regulatory changes proposed for the telecommunications sector in Brazil regarding interconnection and unbundling policies. We summarize these policies after the privatization of Telebras, between 1998 and 2005, to be more able to evaluate the reform proposed for 2006,...

The objective of this study is to analyze the response of improvements in the regulatory rankings of emerging economies to private investments in infrastructure especially for Brazil. The proposed methodology relies on a fixed-effect panel model. We further investigated whether, after the 2008...

This study aims to quantify the potential financing estilmates from institutional investors - pension funds, insurance companies, investment funds and sovereign wealth funds - from global (OECD) and domestic markets to infrastructure in Brazil. Institutional investors are not homogeneous, and...

Portuguese Abstract: O objetivo deste artigo é avaliar a "Metodologia para Determinação do Fator X" proposta pela ARSESP para a Revisão Tarifária do Setor de Distribuição de Gás Natural, no terceiro ciclo tarifário. A correta determinação do Fator X é de fundamental importância no...

This study aims to quantify the potential financing estilmates from institutional investors - pension funds, insurance companies, investment funds and sovereign wealth funds - from global (OECD) and domestic markets to infrastructure in Brazil. Institutional investors are not homogeneous, and...

The objective of this study is to analyze the response of improvements in the regulatory rankings of emerging economies to private investments in infrastructure especially for Brazil. The proposed methodology relies on a fixed-effect panel model. We further investigated whether, after the 2008...

Portuguese Abstract: Este trabalho visa avaliar o impacto da adoção das IFRS em variáveis usuais em pesquisas empíricas de finanças no mercado brasileiro, tais como: tamanho (ativo total); ativo imobilizado; ROA (retorno sobre o ativo); ROE (retorno sobre o patrimônio líquido);...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the explaining factors of the market leadership of two Brazilian companies in specialized fields of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector. Whilst Totvs is a software house, dedicated to the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) segment...

This Discussion Paper provides empirical evidences of the phenomenon of "platformization" in the audiovisual video market. This is made possible by mapping the companies that control video streaming platforms around the world, using data from Crunchbase. Identifying these companies makes it...

The objective of this study is to estimate the socioeconomic impact of the deployment of last-mile digital infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean. To measure the impact of the economic and social aspects of this type of infrastructure, the analysis differentiates according to the...