This paper discusses the relation between trade and competition, revising the literature and using indicators, build … domestic competition is explained by concentration indices, such as CR4 and HHI, which show positive correlation with profit … evaluating trade and competition policies in the context of the Brazilian economy. …

-level regulatory frameworks to encourage foreign entry and competition, and the role that cross-cutting improvements in the trade and …

economies. In Brazil, services correspond to more than 66% of the valued added in the economy. It is a value close to that … observed in richer nations. Notwithstanding, there are few economic studies about the services sector in Brazil, in the current … the industry is more pronounced in the European Union than in Brazil. On the other side, the productivity in the services …

service sector (Brazil and United States), by focusing on final and intermediary demand changes and sectorial productivity as … well. Input-output matrices for Brazil and United States were used and two applications were carried out: structural …-industrial linkages play a major role only for United States. Thirdly, there is now evidence of cost disease for Brazil. Finally …

Brazil, it is possible to point to a move towards a 'service economy' following the global standard. However, it cannot say … that Brazil is regionally services intensive, ie, the national pattern of development of the sector cannot be seen in all … productive structure of the service sectors in Brazil from hierarchy built; 3) analyzing the intrinsic relationship between the …