The analysis and measurement of production and transaction costs is an important tool in guiding decisions and in comprehendingthe behavior of the agents in a particular institutional environment. Although production costs have been widely studied in theliterature, transaction costs have not...

Due to growing consumer demands regarding product quality and the social and environmental aspects of theproduction process, there is a need to redefine the agricultural productive structure so as to make it sustainable.The Integrated Production System in Coffee (CIP) aims to meet these new...

The changes in the worldwide competitive scenario have posed difficulties to the survival of companies, forcing them to establish necessary cooperative relations for maintenance and survival in the markets. However, the lack of coordination and cooperation is considered a classic problem in the...

The Brazilian agricultural sector is characterized by a great diversity of production systems subject to a wide number of risk factors.These risks cannot be completely eliminated, but they can be minimized by the adoption of some strategies, such as diversificationof agricultural and livestock...

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the aggregation of production factors in a variable called Inputs in coffee production in Brazil. A translog cost function and a separability test are used, based on estimates of the Allen-Uzawa partial elasticity of substitution. The results...

The objective of this paper is to analyze the economic viability of wheat production in the states of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) and Paraná (PR), with and without risk conditions. The applied methodology includes the indicators of economic viability Benefit-Cost, Net Present Value, Internal Rate of...

The Brazilian Interest Rate Equalization System (IRES) subsidizes farmers by providing them with credit at lower than market interest rates. The objective of this research is to evaluate the IRES by comparing its monetary cost with its benefits as measured by Brazilian GDP growth. Estimates are...