This study explains the intensity of redistributive policies of Latin American leftist governments during the so-called "left turn" in the region. Based on theoretical models that analyze the implications of inequality in democracies with different economic and institutional structures, it...

The study analyzes data from an original survey conducted with representatives of public or private entities registered in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. The questions relate to three dimensions of the lobbying activity: its recent professionalization, strategies and repertoires of...

The study analyzes data from an original survey conducted with representatives of public or private entities registered in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. The questions relate to three dimensions of the lobbying activity: its recent professionalization, strategies and repertoires of...

This study explains the intensity of redistributive policies of Latin American leftist governments during the so-called "left turn" in the region. Based on theoretical models that analyze the implications of inequality in democracies with different economic and institutional structures, it...

Portuguese Abstract: Quando comparada com as condições que prevalecem atualmente no cenário internacional, a área de história do pensamento econômico no Brasil ocupa uma posição privilegiada. Após discutir alguns dos dilemas que vêm afetando a área ao longo das últimas décadas, o...

Portuguese Abstract: O objetivo deste artigo é identificar e comparar as características ideais do orientador e do orientando de dissertações e teses, tanto do ponto de vista de professores quanto de alunos dapós-graduação stricto sensu em contabilidade. Inspirado no modelo bidimensional...

Os criterios de avaliacao sao declaradamente importantes para o desempenho escolar dos alunos. Apesar da diversidade dos criterios de avaliacao pelos quais os alunos, habitualmente, passam ao longo da sua formacao escolar, nao sao, geralmente, analisadas as diferencas nos resultados escolares...

Este livro é um guia de apoio a Microeconomia contendo dois pontos programáticos. No 1.º capítulo, apresento o mercado desagregado em três Leis da Natureza: i) que as pretensões dos vendedores se agregam na função de oferta; ii) que as pretensões dos compradores se agregam na função de...

This paper investigates the main determinants of grade repetition using the Brazilian school census between 2007 and 2010. For the first time such a study is conducted with all students in a panel. We begin with a brief analysis of attrition in the school census and then estimate logistic...

In this paper, we discuss the methodological procedures and the computation of the value of travel time saving and the value of statistical life in road travels in Brazil. A stated preference experiment was carried out, in which we bring some innovations in order to control for hypothetical...