As barreiras comerciais protegem as economias da concorrência internacional, mas distorcem as relações comerciais entre elas, e reduzem os benefícios que poderiam advir dos acordos de livre comércio. O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar os impactos da criação da ALCA, com desgravação...

A partir da década de 1980, os investimentos em infra-estrutura foram reduzidos no Brasil, levando à redução na qualidade desses serviços e elevando custos para o setor produtivo. O objetivo deste artigo é identificar os setores de infra-estrutura, especificamente transporte, energia...

The Brazilian Interest Rate Equalization System (IRES) subsidizes farmers by providing them with credit at lower than market interest rates. The objective of this research is to evaluate the IRES by comparing its monetary cost with its benefits as measured by Brazilian GDP growth. Estimates are...

The objective of this study was to analyze the aggregate agriculture production function for the state of Minas Gerais. The analysis was accomplished in two phases. First, we separate the municipalities in terms of the productive efficiency, using the non-parametric approach of data envelopment...

The central themes to be addressed during the Doha Round of the world trade negotiations are the reduction of the agricultural production and export subsidies and improved market access for agricultural and non-agricultural goods. The G-20 group wields enough power to press negotiations at the...

Commercial barriers protect economies from international competition; however they distort the commercial relationship between them, and reduce the benefits that could result from free trade. The objective of this paper is to determine the impacts that the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA),...

It is intended to verify the relations between input and products concerning to replaceability or complementarity, as well as the impacts of monthly variations on product prices (milk and meat) and input (fuels, work, concentrate) in the production system in Brazil that possess cows of 2.000 to...

In the last few years, efforts have been made to modify agricultural support policies in order to minimize the distortive impacts on product level and on international trade. Emphasis has been given to decoupled payments, considered neutral to current production decisions. The main argument is...