Using the MIBRA model, an Applied Interregional General Equilibrium Model, constructed for the Brazilian economy and its five macro regions (North, Northeast, Central West, Southeast, an South), this papers tries to identify which would be the impact of the economic growth in the Brazilian...

The study presents a Leontief-Miyazawa model to study personal and regional income inequality in Brazil. The economy is divided into 31 sectors, in 5 macro regions; households are allocated into 10 income brackets. The study identifies the contribution of different sectors to inequality. The...

In this paper it is made a study of the economy relations among the regions of Ceará, Rest of Northeast and Rest of Brazil for the year of 1999. To do so, an interregional input-output system of constructed for this year. Through the use of this interregional system it was possible: a) to...

The deep economic modifications suffered by the State of Ceará, in the last two decades, have been increasing the consumption of production factors, among them, water and energy, essential to most productive activities. However, as the supply of both inputs, in the region, is limited, a...

This paper presents the study of the interregional economic structure in Brazil; this was accomplished by building an interregional input-output model. The study presents as main findings the identification of key sectors in the five regions researched. The Southeast region shows the greatest...

The sugarcane sector in Brazil has been achieving large increases in production since the beginning of the 2000s, owing to the deregulation of its two main products: sugar and ethanol. This growth has been driven more by the ethanol production, which grew at a rate of 13% per annum (between 2000...

It is hard to think about the contributions of Michael Sonis to Input-Output Analysis without taking into consideration his joint work with Geoffrey Hewings. Both are linked together into a type n, n - inf , multiplier of theory and knowledge. This paper makes a brief presentation of the various...

The study presents a Leontief-Miyazawa model to study personal and regional income inequality in Brazil. The economy is divided into 31 sectors, in 5 macro regions; households are allocated into 10 income brackets. The study identifies the contribution of different sectors to inequality. The...

Despite the consensus on the importance of systemic analysis in agriculture, there seems to be little agreement in the economic literature regarding the design of agribusiness. In this work, new perspectives are presented as the identification and measurement method agribusiness. Based on the...

The production of a country is associated both with their linkages between productive sectors as the linkages of this structure to the formation of income and consumption patterns of the families. The used model, Leontief-Miyazawa, seeks to take into account all these relations to analyze an...