pt. I. Economic reforms in Brazil and the lessons from South Korea and China -- pt. II. The public, the private and the multinationals : Brazil's long road from structuralism to neo-liberalism -- pt. III. The shift towards market reforms in Brazil in the 1990s -- pt. IV. Market-oriented reforms...

Background: The global pharmaceutical industry is crucial for providing medications but faces challenges in distributing products safely, especially in tropical and remote areas. Pharmaceuticals require careful transport control to maintain quality; therefore, manufacturers must adopt optimal...

We investigate how trade shocks affect the allocation of labor across plants at the local labor market level. Using Brazil's import liberalization as a quasi-natural experiment, we uncover a new margin for the gains from trade: the reallocation of labor from smaller to larger producers in the...