This text review the current studies marginal abatement cost curves (MACC) of greenhouse gases (GHG) for the Brazilian economy, in particular for the industrial sector. Studies on technology-based curves has drawn attention of researchers since they have shown a significant amount of...

This study will analyze the determinants of environmental performance in the Brazilian industrial sector. It uses a database conducted by the Brazilian National Confederation of Industries inquiring about questions on environmental management over 325 medium and large firms referred to the year...

Regulation in the sanitation sector in Brazil is facing a great deal of debate regarding the government level in which conceding authority should reside and how private operators can fulfill social objectives. The main objective of this study is to show that these issues are not the crucial...

This study presents a preliminary estimate of user costs of forestland conversion for agricultural purposes for the period 1970-80 in Brazil. In this initial version, only loss in potential sustainable wood output is considered. However, the analytical framework adopted here can be extended to...

To analyze the environmental pattern of urban consumption in Brazil, we have estimated household degradation level (E) for ten income classes calculated by the product of its propensity to degrade to the average household income. In turn, propensity to degrade (Pmg) is estimated as the...