Geographical indication in agri-food and its role in the neoliberal global era : a theoretical analysis / Alessandro Bonanno -- Geographical indications out of context and in vogue : the awkward embrace of European heritage agricultural protections in Asia / Hart N. Feuer -- The impact of...

The thesis is organized in a set of studies divided in three chapters. Chapter 2 and 3 focus on the Argentine and Brazilian industrial development empirically and they are based on the Analysis Program of Industrial Dynamics database (PADI) (Katz and Stumpo, 2001). PADI covers 28 manufacturing...

This paper is an analysis of the factors that determine the performance of Brazil electric energy contradictory policies. The irregular path followed by one of the largest national oil companies in the world, is a case study of high convenience. We analyze the increase and decrease of production...