This study assesses possible costs and benefits resulting from Brazil's accession into the World Trade Organization … transparency in procurement processes and consequent gains in efficiency in the public sector. There would certainly be costs … costs, in terms of loss of employment and welfare in the Brazilian economy, resulting from the entry into the GPA, could be …

The paper proposes a model in which it is hypothesized that firm characteristics influence both costs and benefits of … costs and benefits on the one hand and perceived actual outcomes on the other, and is tested in a series of regression …. Finally, the study also finds considerable discrepancies between expected and actual costs and benefits. The managerial …

This study estimates the costs and benefits of Aadhaar. The analysis takes into account the costs of developing and …