This article is based on a survey conducted within the framework of a technical cooperation agreement between the National Justice Council (CNJ) and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), with the purpose of presenting an overview of criminal recidivism based on data collected in...

This article is based on a survey conducted within the framework of a technical cooperation agreement between the National Justice Council (CNJ) and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), with the purpose of presenting an overview of criminal recidivism based on data collected in...

The essay intends to emphasize the importance of a regulatory framework for the natural gas industry in Brazil. For this purpose, it is initially expounded the reasons to regulate the infrastructure network system, and presented the essential mechanisms to its efficient exercise. Through the...

The law and development literature has been drawing attention to a new type of state action in economy. Departing from this analysis, this paper intends to evaluate in both ways, qualitative and vertical, how the Brazilian state has been acting in the industrial sector. Particularly, this...

This Discussion Paper analyzes the implementation of underground networks and their impacts on the energy and telecommunications sectors, through the main benefits, lessons learned regarding international benchmarking and an economic-financial analysis. The implementation of underground...

The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of institutional supply arrangements to the world and sparked predatory competition among buyers. In this context, the rationalization of demand and use of medical inputs and the centralized management o these acquisitions are recommended strategies,...

This discussion paper seeks to contribute to the Brazilian urban development debate by analyzing the recent legislation that institutes the Casa Verde Amarela social housing program (CVA). Created in 2020, CVA arose from a provisory executive order (MP 996, of August 25) reformed on January 12,...

This study conducts an evaluation of the tender for intercity passenger transport by bus in selected states of Brazil with the purpose of carrying out a preliminary diagnosis and pointing out alternatives in the light of good public transport management practices. For this, bidding processes in...

This work is divided into two complementary parts. In the first part, we develop a partial equilibrium model, through which it is possible to analyze the influence of tariff modicity and the illegal occupation of poles on four agents: energy distributors, telecommunications operators, and energy...