O objetivo desse trabalho é analisar os principais tributos incidentes sobre a cadeia de carne bovina brasileira, ressaltando as formas de sua sonegação. Os tributos considerados neste trabalho são: ITR, PIS/COFINS, ICMS, FUNRURAL, INSS, IRPJ, CSLL e CPMF. A metodologia utilizada é a...

A pecuária de corte brasileira ocupa posição de destaque na economia e no comércio internacional. O mercado mundial de carnes passou por transformações significativas na última década. A partir de 2003 o Brasil ultrapassa a Austrália e se torna o maior exportador de carne bovina do...

O objetivo central deste trabalho foi analisar o impacto da imposição de barreiras não-tarifárias nas exportações brasileiras de carne de frango. A identificação das barreiras foi feita através do envio de questionários às empresas exportadoras. Com o objetivo de mensurar os efeitos...

The paper examines the possibilities of using trade policy to address the adverse economic effects of an avian influenza outbreak in the Philippines. In particular, it employs a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for analyzing the likely effects of two options; namely, a) a ban on...

Increasing requirements in the US to blend higher volumes of advanced biofuels with gasoline has increased the importance of imports of sugarcane-based ethanol from Brazil. Using the residual supply approach we test for oligopsony power of US importers in importing ethanol from Brazil. The...

The paper analyzes the welfare impacts of trade liberalization under multiple marginalization through a spatial quilibrium model of provincial dairy markets. Canada’s dairy policy implements a supply management scheme designed to achieve higher domestic prices for farmers, taking into account...

This paper hypothesizes that while there are important qualitative differences in domestic beef and imported beef, beef and cattle imports also represent attempts by the US beef processing and wholesale sector to adjust to short-run changes in supply and demand. Dynamic production theory is...

This paper is part of the first author´s dissertation (Master degree).

Australian wool producers are being told that exchange rate have driven systematic fluctuation in the price of their wool at auction. This paper presents some key findings of a major collaborative study on the effect of exchange rates on Australian wool prices with the Economic Research Centre...