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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304647
title: The Determinants of Tax Revenue and Tax Effort in Developed and Developing Countries: Theory and New Evidence 1996-2015

description: Abstract This paper measures the tax effort of a group of fifty-nine developed and developing countries over the period 1996-2015 by comparing a country’s actual tax/GDP ratio with the ratio predicted derived from an international tax function which relates tax revenue to various measures of a country’s taxable capacity such as the level of per capita income; the share of trade in GDP; the productive structure, and the level of financial deepening. The tax function is estimated using cross section data; pooled time series/cross section data, and panel data using a fixed effects estimator. The results are compared and show a range of tax effort from South Africa with the highest effort and Switzerland with the lowest effort. Implications for policy are drawn. The paper is critical of studies that include institutional variables (and other variables not related to the tax base of countries) to measure tax effort when they are really explanations of why the tax ratio differs between countries not of tax effort itself.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304644
title: Impacts of tax incentives on innovation of large companies: an evaluation based on ABDI innovation survey

description: Abstract Tax incentives are an instrument used to expand innovative efforts either quantitatively or qualitatively. In Brazil, fiscal incentives were broadened in 2005 with the Law of Good. This article analyzes the innovative efforts of companies in the ABDI Research Survey, comparing those that received tax incentives vis-à-vis those that did not receive, also controlling for the origin of capital. The analyzes carried out with Logit model indicated that the impacts of the tax incentives on the type of innovation performed vary according to the technological intensity of the sectors. But the tax incentives were not significant in relation to the origin of capital, indicating that they do not alter the innovation dynamics of the subsidiary companies.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304642
title: Brazilian Import Demand of Dairy Products with Emphasis in the Mercosul Context

description: Abstract Brazil is the largest milk producer in South America, with an increasing trend in the last 20 years which allowed the country to start exporting some output. However, it has not become self-reliant and continues to be a major importer in the region, the most relevant partner for Argentina and Uruguay in Mercosul. In this paper, the Brazilian import demand of dairy products is estimated by using a source differentiated demand system framework that is derived from consumer theory. This model takes into account the countries of origin (i.e., Argentina, Uruguay and other grouped competitors) and various dairy aggregated items that compete in the Brazilian market. The expenditure elasticities, and the own and cross-price elasticities are computed with the estimated parameters of the demand system. Interpretation of results follows as well as some conclusions, including the need of further studies and usefulness of this type of research.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304638
title: Regional concentration patterns of the Brazilian manufacturing industry

description: Abstract The study analyzes changes in regional concentration patterns of the Brazilian manufacturing industry in recent period (2007-2014). By means of a density function / estimated from the agglomeration index of Elisson-Glaeser, it was found that the Brazilian industry faces a process of geographical deconcentration that evolves rapidly, around 2.7 % per year, but with varying intensity among sectors and Brazilian macro-regions. Thus, there is a faster process in the North and Northeast, less in the South and Southeast and stagnant in the Midwest, which accentuated the process of regional disparity. The most striking changes occurred in the North and resulted from the poor performance of the capital goods and durables industry, concentrated in the Manaus Free Trade Zone. In the South, geographical deconcentration occurs slowly and evenly across sectors of the manufacturing industry.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304637
title: Aplicación de modelos de elección discreta regularizados para el análisis de los determinantes del consumo cultural en Colombia: el caso de los bienes del patrimonio cultural

description: Abstract This article analyzes the determinants of attendance and frequency of attendance at museums and places of historical interest in Colombia, using data from the Cultural Consumption Survey applied by the National Administrative Department of Statistics in 2014. Logistic regression models and The Continuation Ratio Model regularized estimated to automatically identify relevant variables to explain cultural consumption decisions, while solving statistical problems associated with the existence of a large number of explanatory variables, such as estimator instability, spurious correlations, incidental multicollinearity and incidental endogeneity, among others. The results indicate that the accumulation of cultural capital is the main determinant of cultural consumption, validating the rational addiction approach in the Colombian context.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304634
title: Convergence clubs and catching up drivers in Brazilian municipalities 2000-2010

description: Abstract This paper aims to analyze the process of growth convergence between 2000 and 2010 using two neoclassical models: intra-club β-convergence and inter-clubs β-catching-up. Both models estimate parameters with endogenized residue using a set of variables related to technological drivers. The intra-club β-convergence model determines the convergence clubs among municipalities. The inter-clubs β-catching-up model estimates the change in convergence probability between each club and the following upper one. The more relevant results are: (i) there is a process of convergence among municipalities in clubes; (ii) there is a process of divergence between clubs; (iii) the main variables that explain the probability of a club to catch the upper one are the technological drivers. That result means that, as long as the higher technological capability concentrates in the most advanced municipalities, the economic inequalities originated by technology gaps trend to remain.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304626
title: Information dissemination in socio-ecological systems: Analysis of a hybrid model of System Dynamics and Agent-Based Modeling

description: Abstract This paper aimed to analyze the process of information dissemination in socioecological systems. System Dynamics, Agent-Based Modeling, and Social Network Analysis approaches were used for the construction of a hybrid simulation model. An analysis of the characteristics and structural aspects of social networks of the Gorutuba Irrigation Perimeter, in Minas Gerais, was performed. We observed that the most central agents are in key positions for the flow of information or on compulsory routes for their spread, thus allowing them to filter, retain, or even distort the knowledge. We conclude that policies to improve the flow of information to increase resilience should be based on targeting leading agents.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304624
title: Mapping countries in Global Value Chains: An analysis of trade and Intellectual property income flows

description: Abstract This article aims at mapping the countries participation in Global Value Chains (CGV) simultaneously to the behavior of trade flows and income for the use of intellectual property, in a pioneering empirical approach in the literature regarding value chains involving technological variables. For this, it were analyzed the countries participation in value chains and the pattern of variation of trade flows and income for the use of intellectual property. The mapping was done with 41 countries between 1995 and 2011, using five indicators that captured characteristics inherent to participation in this process. Given the amount of information, clusters analysis was used, identifying that the countries which increased their participation in global chains generally presented worsening in intellectual property income account usually accompanied by improvement in trade account. The result obtained with the methodology converges with the recent discussion of greater participation of the developing countries in CGV to be accompanied by greater external technological dependence.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304622
title: Performance differential of students in military schools: The case of public schools in Ceará

description: Abstract The performance differential between students from military and civilian schools cannot be attributed only to the school effect, since factors such as family characteristics, accumulation of knowledge and the selection process established by military schools can generate a bias in performance. This work investigates whether there is still a military school effect in empirical models of proficiency a la Hanushek (2016), once these factors are controlled. A longitudinal administrative database for public schools in Ceará was used, following students in fifth and ninth grades, who were selected by CEM (Coarsened Exact Matching) matching method related to performance in base year. It was found that the lack of control for selection bias and former performance increases the military school effect by one and a half times in traditional models. However, even controlling these factors, the military school effect is still significant.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304620
title: The space of culture in Minas Gerais: territorial clusters, socioeconomics development and regional concentration between 1920 and 2010

description: Abstract This paper aims to analyze the temporal evolution of cultural clusters in Minas Gerais. To this end, the cluster method was applied to the data from the 1920 State Yearbook, the Profile of Municipalities in 2006 and the Demographic Census in 2010, using variables related to socioeconomic development (literate population and home access to sewage) and culture (number of movie and theaters), taking the municipality by unit of analysis. As in 1920 the state of Minas Gerais had 178 municipalities and 853 in 2010, the geographic distribution of 2010 was made compatible with that of 1920. The application of the method generated four clusters in each year, which showed almost through a century an association between indicators of opportunities for access to cultural consumption to higher percentages of the literate population and the highest rates of households with access to the sewerage.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304618
title: The interest rate pass-through in Brazil under a nonlinear approach

description: Abstract This paper aims to analyze interest rate pass-through mechanism from SELIC to retail interest rate in the Brazilian economy in a nonlinear framework. The review period was from March 2011 to March 2016. The empirical strategy consists in the use of monetary policy approach to interest rate pass-through and use of nonlinear cointegration model NARDL. The main results are that exist evidence of short as well as long-term asymmetry in the interest rate pass-through. We can also conclude that the interest rate pass-through is characterized by the predominance of the more complete pass-through.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304617
title: Neighborhood effect and school performance: The case of students from public schools in the city of Recife

description: Abstract This study aims to investigate the influence of the neighborhood over the students' performance in the public school system of Recife, Brazil. Specifically, we investigate empirically the existence of a relation among the students’ performance and the characteristics of their neighborhoods, and the mechanisms by which this influence occurs. For that, we use the data set of the Fundaj (2013) to build, in a pioneer way in Brazil, the neighborhood variables of the students regarding small geographic scales. Our econometric results indicate that the students that live in privileged neighborhoods tend to show higher scores than the others. The peer composition analysis suggests that only the proportion of the grade repetition influences the students' math grades.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304616
title: Demand for light fuels in Brazil: an approach using spatial panel data models

description: Abstract The need for changes in the current energy matrix is a reality due to the possibility of a shortage of fossil fuels and the environmental damage caused by emissions related to fossil fuel use. The correct prescription of public policies for energy markets depends on the knowledge of demand elasticities. Hence, the aim of this work was to estimate the main determinants of light fuel demands in Brazil. Dynamic and non-dynamic estimators were used, and the results indicated that both demands respond more to changes in gasoline prices than changes in ethanol prices. Therefore, public policies that aim to change consumption patterns should focus on gasoline prices.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304615
title: From tragedy to solution: The theoretical and empirical relevance of commons in Brazil

description: Abstract This article provides a recent update on common-pool resource studies in Brazil, presenting how the subject is evolving, both in theory and in practice. Firstly, a theoretical review is provided, in order to present the most recent academic proposals in this field. Next, the concept of traditional commons resources is overviewed, highlighting its characteristics and its main divisions. A survey of major Brazilian empirical research about commons is presented. Next, the concept of new commons resources is introduced, bringing forward how this can supply a theoretical solution for several contemporary Brazilian and international problems. It can be seen that not only has the amount of research in the area increased, but the concept of commons itself has expanded to encompass new coordination problems, given that individuals increasingly see contemporary problems as collective ones.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304608
title: Intermediate services’ impact on capital goods production

description: Abstract: The literature on intermediate services has shown that this sector contributes to industrial competitiveness and productivity rises. The production frontier is used to determine whether intermediate services contributed to the growth of capital goods production in the period between 1995 and 2009. The results found corroborate the hypothesis that the greater use of inputs from the sector results in an increase in the capital goods production in developed countries and indicate that this relationship is much weaker for developing countries. The growth of the capital goods sector’s productivity depends on the emergence of a growing symbiotic relationship between intermediate services and new communication technologies. The presence of these services helps to explain the greater dynamism of the capital goods sector in developed countries.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304606
title: Music, networks and technology in urban outskirts: technological impacts on rap production at south of São Paulo

description: Abstract The ICT technological paradigm brought signiﬁcant changes in the economics of music, reducing costs and expanding possibilities production access. The objective of the present work is to verify if the current technological impacts on the music production are also perceived in urban peripheral zones, starting from the case study of the production of rap music in Grajaú, district of São Paulo, Brazil. Thus, the hypothesis is considered: the technological impacts reduced production costs and increased access to music production. In addition, new organizational production forms emerged, based on networks. The results are summarized as follows: a) the impacts of ICTs on music production are veriﬁed in the speciﬁc case study, suggesting that innovations also reach the periphery; b) the local music production occurs in organizations based on networks, incorporating monetary and community relations. It is noted that the rap music production in Grajaú presents community and collaborative aspects associated with economic and monetary.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304604
title: Asymmetries of the Brazilian states’ responses to shocks in monetary and exchange rate policies: an assessment using a FAVAR model

description: Abstract In this paper, we analyze whether the Brazilian states constitute an optimal monetary area by examining the possible asymmetries in the states’ responses to shocks in monetary and exchange policy, in addition to comparing the states’ responses to common and idiosyncratic shocks. The methodology initially developed by Lima et al. (2018) is used to estimate Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) models that incorporates the Gibbs sampling, proposed by Wagoner and Zha (2003) to identify structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) through sign restrictions in the impulse response functions to the Gibbs sampling developed by Bernanke and Boivin (2003) to estimate FAVAR models. The model allows us to identify asymmetries in the responses of the growth economic rates and of the inflation of the Brazilian states to the shocks in the monetary policy and the exchange rate, besides estimating the relative importance of the responses of the states’ economic growth to the common and specific shocks.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304602
title: Exchange rate adjustment to the covered interest rate parity in Brazil

description: Abstract This paper analyzes the adjustment of the covered interest rate parity equation between the Brazilian real and the US dollar. The objective is to evaluate the short-term response of the spot and future exchange rates to shocks in interest rate differential and country risk. The econometric research shows that the adjustment of the covered parity in Brazil occurs with the movement of the spot and future exchange rates in the same direction - an exchange appreciation due to the increase of the interest rate differential and exchange depreciation in the case of the increase of the country risk - but with a higher volatility of the spot exchange rate.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304600
title: The cultural sector’s productive chain in Brazil: estimation and structural change from 2011 to 2015

description: Abstract The objective of this article is to estimate the productive chain of the cultural sector in the Brazilian economy between the years 2011 and 2015 and to evaluate its structural change throughout this period. We estimated the input-output matrices for the years 2011 and 2015 using the methodology developed by Guilhoto and Sesso (2005). The method developed by Dietzenbacher et al. (2005) was applied in order to detect the productive chain and its evolution during this period. The results indicate that the cultural productive chain expanded during this period, incorporating new connections and contributing positively to the Brazilian economy. The cultural sector was classified as a net user of inputs from the rest of the economy. It showed strong direct and indirect backward linkages, purchasing intermediary inputs from many activities. Within the cultural sector, the artistic, creative and entertainment activities were highlighted.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304599
title: The impact of shocks on the Brazilian cultural sector: an analysis of employment and income in the light of budget cuts

description: Abstract Recent changes in public policies directed at the Brazilian cultural sector, such as the loss of ministry status and changes in the Culture Incentive Law, have raised a number of questions about the importance of the sector to the economy. In this context, this article analyzes how a reduction in the consumption of goods and services from the cultural sector impacts on the production, income and employment of the sector itself and other economic activities. For such, we use the input-output model as methodology. The results show that the effects of the proposed shock are perceived in several sectors of the economy, especially for those direct suppliers of inputs to the cultural sector. In addition, there is a signiﬁcant reduction in jobs and household incomes, not only contained in the cultural sector, but spread throughout the economy.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304595
title: Validation of an exercise booklet for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

description: Abstract Introduction: Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) accounts for 75 to 80% of all such cases in this population. Survival has increased among children and adolescents due to advances in diagnosis and treatment, with a growing emphasis on the need for rehabilitation to improve functionality and quality of life, mitigating the long-term effects of treatment. Objective: To describe the process of compiling and validating an exercise booklet for children and adolescents during and after treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Methods: Methodological study using the Delphi technique for validation. The panel of experts consisted of seven healthcare professionals and three mothers of children without ALL. The booklet was evaluated using a form containing 15 items scored on a 5-point Likert scale, and by qualitative assessment. The frequency of the expert ratings, percentage agreement and content validity index (CVI) were presented for each item and the instrument as a whole. Analyses were performed in R 3.5.1 software. Results: The booklet containing stretching, aerobics, strength and relaxation exercises was validated in the second round, reaching 100% consensus. When assessed only by the mothers, 93.33% consensus was achieved in a single round. Conclusion: The exercises booklet was validated for use in the population studied.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14304593
title: Quality of life and its relationship with different anthropometric indicators in adults with obesity

description: Abtract Introduction: Obesity compromises the quality of life. However, few studies have investigated the influence of different anthropometric indicators on the quality of life of this population. Objective: We aimed to correlate the physical and mental components of quality of life and verify its association with different anthropometric indicators in adults with obesity. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in adults with obesity [body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m²]. The quality of life was investigated using the SF-36 questionnaire, with scores ranging from 0 (worst-case scenario) to 100 (best scenario for the outcome). The anthropometric indicators used were BMI, waist circumference, waist/height ratio (WHR), and lean and fat body mass. For analysis, Spearman’s correlation and crude and adjusted linear regression for sociodemographic variables were used. Results: A total of 75 subjects (nfemales = 47; µage= 34.8 ± 7.1 years) were included, and their means of the physical and mental components were 64.5 ± 15.9 and 50.8 ± 21.3 points, respectively. The social functioning domain presented a strong positive correlation (r = 0.760) with the mental health domain, and eight moderate correlations (0.400 ≤ r ≥ 0.699) were found between the different domains of the questionnaire. The functional capacity domain and the physical component presented a moderate negative correlation with the WHR (r = -0.402 and r = -0.407, respectively). After adjustment, the WHR was inversely associated with the physical component (β = -1.197; p = 0.002). Conclusion: In adults with obesity, important correlations were observed between the physical and mental components of quality of life, and the waist/height ratio was the only anthropometric indicator correlated and associated with the physical component of the outcome.