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implementing economic policies in Brazil. We then use the result of weak exogeneity test to identify a structural vector … appropriate methods points out to high capital mobility for Brazil; b) domestic saving is weakly exogenous in the FH equation; c …
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In this article we use the theory of conditional forecasts to develop a new Monetary Conditions Index (MCI) for Brazil … policy in Brazil. The CMCI is a smoother version of the BMCI, possibly because the impact of changes in the observed values …
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The paper undertakes a dynamic analysis for service quality in the electricity distribution in Brazil between 2010 and …
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Fire has been traditionally used by farmers as mean of land preparation and, therefore, benefiting agriculture and pasture. However, fire application may also generate private and social costs. This study attempts to measure these fire use costs in the Brazilian Amazon. Fire control can be lost...
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This study simulates environmental effects with the inter-regional general equilibrium model Mibra assuming economic growth rates in a pessimist scenario of 2.3% a.a. and an optimist scenario of 4.4% a.a., both for the period 2002-2012. Using pollution intensity coefficients associated to...
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This work is an outcome of a broader research agenda that aims at assessing the efficiency of some remarkable Brazilian Government's social programs. Here, efficiency means the actual (observed)/optimal (targets) ratio for both inputs and outputs that the programs use to achieve their...
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Brazil's Unified Health System [Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)] accounts for most inpatient care in Brazil. Based on data … inpatient care related expenditures; c) the geographical pattern of hospital localization in Brazil; and d) three inpatient … service indicators (occupancy rates, turnover rates and average length of stay). It was found that Brazil's Unified Health …
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