This paper deals with some aspects of the Brazilian agricultural development in the last decade. The growth rate differentials between agriculture and industry in the 1980s is first analysed. According to the author, the kind of structural adjustment the Brazilian economy has faced during that...

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks in cloven-hoofed animals cause substantial economic impacts because of animal depopulation, increased government spending on control, eradication and surveillance measures, and bans on international trade. This study employs a computable general equilibrium...