This paper examines Brazil's export discoveries in aircraft, cell phones and swine meat. All cases confirm the importance of efficiency gains and sunk costs in the expansion of exports and lead to the following conclusions: both economic policy and comparative advantage played important roles in...

This work has two main objectives: a) to survey a sample of recent economic studies on the present conditions of Brazilian foreign trade relations, including works in progress, so as to support the activities of the Brazilian Chamber of Foreign Trade (Camex); and b) to select a sub-sample of...

This paper examines Brazil's export discoveries in aircraft, cell phones and swine meat. All cases confirm the importance of efficiency gains and sunk costs in the expansion of exports and lead to the following conclusions: both economic policy and comparative advantage played important roles in...