This paper presents a critical analysis of the SSG and a simulation of its effects for Brazilian sugar exports to countries such as the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) bloc. A first stage involved the identification of tariff lines (TL) for the EU and the US sugar imports from...

The current Brazilian position on climate change has been formalized with the law of National Climate Change Policy (PNMC, in Portuguese), established in December 2009, which provides a legal framework for national actions aimed at mitigation and adaptation. Within PNMC, the country has defined...

This paper aims at describing the regional configuration of 1959 Brazil's productive structure through the estimation of an Inter-State Input-Output system. The estimated matrix is the oldest of this kind for Brazil. It can, hence, be an important tool for the study of the regional productive...

Portuguese Abstract: O Brasil além de apresentar grandes potencialidades para atender a demanda interna de alimentos, pode também participar ativamente do mercado mundial de muitos produtos agrícolas. Entretanto, observa-se que a balança comercial de alguns produtos agrícolas apresenta...

The purpose of this work is to verify the existence of possible tradeoffs between policies direct to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) with the ones direct to foster the development of the Brazilian Amazon Region, which is one of the poorest in the country. In order to achieve this...

O objetivo deste artigo é dimensionar o turismo no Brasil, e examinar, em particular, o potencial gerador de emprego e renda que ele tem, a partir da estimação da matriz de insumo produto do turismo no Brasil, para o ano de 2006. Essa matriz permitiu analisar as articulações entre o turismo...

Since the beginning of the 1990’s Brazil has been experienced an opening process in the economy, which in turn has caused structural changes in the productive structure. In this work it is made an evaluation of the different impacts caused by changes in the exchange rate and in the tariffs...

It is hard to think about the contributions of Michael Sonis to Input-Output Analysis without taking into consideration his joint work with Geoffrey Hewings. Both are linked together into a type n, n → ∞, multiplier of theory and knowledge. This paper makes a brief presentation of the...

Portuguese Abstract: Este trabalho tem como objetivo estudar a estrutura produtiva do setor de flores e plantas ornamentais do Brasil e verificar as perspectivas de sua inserção no comércio internacional, pois nos últimos anos tem havido esforços na estruturação do mercado, ampliação do...

Through the use of input-output analysis and the system of national account, this paper presents new methodological insights in ways to estimate and to measure the Agribusiness GDP of a nation. Using data for the Brazilian economy it was possible to measure the GDP of Brazilian Agribusiness,...