We use alternative specifications of the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) to estimate the aggregate demand in Brazil for beef, pork, chicken, other consumption goods, and their elasticities. We detect the need for using time trend variables in models’ equations so that we found an upward...

This article presents a financial analysis of agricultural credit cooperatives in Minas Gerais, between 1998 and 2001. The financial indicators used in this study were separated in the following groups: struture, solvency, costs, financial returns and growth, whose definitions were extracted...

This study intends to verify which variables affect the financial leverage of Brazilian agribusiness companies, considering the migration in the indebtedness ranges as proposed in the model of Matarazzo (1998). 26 companies were selected in accordance to the following links of the agribusiness...