cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964622.v1
title: O desafio macroeconômico de 2015-2018

description: ABSTRACTThe macroeconomic challenge for 2015-2018. This paper presents a macroeconomic outlook of Brazil at the end of 2014 and an analysis of the main challenges to its macroeconomic policy in the subsequent years. On one side, the analysis is focused on the relationship between interest rates, growth and the real exchange rate. On the other, the paper also analyzes the multiples aspects and problems of fiscal policy in Brazil.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964625
title: O enigma da política industrial no Brasil

description: ABSTRACTThe puzzle of the industrial policy in Brazil. Over the last 10 years, the Brazilian government has launched several industrial plans to promote innovation and strengthen the competitiveness of the domestic industry. However, the results have been poor due to the distortions created by some instruments inherited from the import substitution age, such as high tariffs on intermediate goods and machinery, local content rules and antidumping protection. This paper highlights the role played by those instruments using two examples: antidumping investigations and a peculiar local content rule that exists only in Brazil, the so-called Basic Productive Process (PPB).
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964625.v1
title: O enigma da política industrial no Brasil

description: ABSTRACTThe puzzle of the industrial policy in Brazil. Over the last 10 years, the Brazilian government has launched several industrial plans to promote innovation and strengthen the competitiveness of the domestic industry. However, the results have been poor due to the distortions created by some instruments inherited from the import substitution age, such as high tariffs on intermediate goods and machinery, local content rules and antidumping protection. This paper highlights the role played by those instruments using two examples: antidumping investigations and a peculiar local content rule that exists only in Brazil, the so-called Basic Productive Process (PPB).
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964626
title: A formação distorcida de preços administrados na experiência brasileira recente

description: ABSTRACTThe distorted formation of administered prices in recent Brazilian experience. This article discusses the necessity for microeconomic price adjustment in Brazil at the end of the first government Dilma Rousseff (2011-2014). The price control in Brazil is done by different means, by the three levels of government, federal, state and municipal. It includes services regulated by agencies in infrastructure sectors such as electricity, fixed telephony and road tolls; the direct control of state enterprises prices, as in the case of petroleum products, or through specific legislation as in health services. However, the different levels of government eventually distort prices through arbitrary measures, given short-term political objectives, disregarding the institutions designed to define them. The emphasis of the paper is to evaluate the evolution of these prices during the last presidential term and the difficulty of maintaining realistic administered prices in such a context.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964626.v1
title: A formação distorcida de preços administrados na experiência brasileira recente

description: ABSTRACTThe distorted formation of administered prices in recent Brazilian experience. This article discusses the necessity for microeconomic price adjustment in Brazil at the end of the first government Dilma Rousseff (2011-2014). The price control in Brazil is done by different means, by the three levels of government, federal, state and municipal. It includes services regulated by agencies in infrastructure sectors such as electricity, fixed telephony and road tolls; the direct control of state enterprises prices, as in the case of petroleum products, or through specific legislation as in health services. However, the different levels of government eventually distort prices through arbitrary measures, given short-term political objectives, disregarding the institutions designed to define them. The emphasis of the paper is to evaluate the evolution of these prices during the last presidential term and the difficulty of maintaining realistic administered prices in such a context.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964628
title: The geographic dynamics of industry employment in Brazilian metropolitan areas: lessons for São Paulo

description: ABSTRACTWe discuss historic trends in large metropolitan areas in Brazil showing that manufacturing has decreased its share in the country but the movement was, in general, more intense in large metropolitan areas and particularly in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area (SPMA). This movement was more intense in the 1980s and in the first half of the 1990s. From mid 1990s up to the end of the 2000s, the manufacturing share trend became flat. We speculate that the first period reflects the exhaustion of the process of import substitution that took place in the previous three decades (1950 to 1980). The second period, from 1993 to 2009, is representative of a new model of growth and the evidence that manufacturing share became flat is reinforcing the idea of a new period in terms of manufacturing employment. While concentration has risen from 1996 to 2005, it decreased again in the second half of the first decade of the 2000s. The SPMA reinvented itself very quickly from late 1970s to mid-2000s.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964628.v1
title: The geographic dynamics of industry employment in Brazilian metropolitan areas: lessons for São Paulo

description: ABSTRACTWe discuss historic trends in large metropolitan areas in Brazil showing that manufacturing has decreased its share in the country but the movement was, in general, more intense in large metropolitan areas and particularly in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area (SPMA). This movement was more intense in the 1980s and in the first half of the 1990s. From mid 1990s up to the end of the 2000s, the manufacturing share trend became flat. We speculate that the first period reflects the exhaustion of the process of import substitution that took place in the previous three decades (1950 to 1980). The second period, from 1993 to 2009, is representative of a new model of growth and the evidence that manufacturing share became flat is reinforcing the idea of a new period in terms of manufacturing employment. While concentration has risen from 1996 to 2005, it decreased again in the second half of the first decade of the 2000s. The SPMA reinvented itself very quickly from late 1970s to mid-2000s.
DOI: 10.6073/pasta/fa34532cd2a91e3883b68a47d82ea396
title: Jornada Basin LTER Cross-scale Interactions Study (CSIS) Block 13 meteorological station: 30-minute soil volumetric water content data: 2013 - ongoing

description: 30-minute Soil Moisture data at 10 cm at CSIS Block-13. Collection of soil volumetric water content data at Jornada LTER Cross-scale Interactions Study (CSIS) blocks, New Mexico, supports the environmental monitoring objectives of the Jornada LTER monitoring program that look at plant-soil water dynamics. Soil volumetric water content is measured at 10 cm depth at 3 locations at each of the 4 plots per block. The locations in each plot are under bare soil, under perennial grass, and under shrub. Volumetric water content, bulk electrical conductivity, soil temperature, and bulk dielectric permittivity are recorded every 30 minutes at an automated meteorological station installed at Jornada LTER CSIS Block-13 site. This is an ONGOING dataset.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964629.v1
title: Preços administrados e discricionariedade do Executivo

description: ABSTRACTAdministered prices and government discretion. Administered prices during the first term of President Dilma were used as an instrument to meet inflation target, so as to subordinate industrial policies to short run macroeconomic aims. This strategy was ineffective to control inflation and distorted investment and consumption decisions. The article shows that prices tend to deviate more the larger their weight in the price index, and tend to vary consistently with the political cycles. The article concludes with policy suggestions to control the negative effect of deviations of government discretion to determine administered prices.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964629
title: Preços administrados e discricionariedade do Executivo

description: ABSTRACTAdministered prices and government discretion. Administered prices during the first term of President Dilma were used as an instrument to meet inflation target, so as to subordinate industrial policies to short run macroeconomic aims. This strategy was ineffective to control inflation and distorted investment and consumption decisions. The article shows that prices tend to deviate more the larger their weight in the price index, and tend to vary consistently with the political cycles. The article concludes with policy suggestions to control the negative effect of deviations of government discretion to determine administered prices.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964632.v1
title: Rethinking "energy nationalism": a study of the relationship between nation states and companies in the oil industry

description: ABSTRACTThe term "energy nationalism" is frequently used by academic literature and media, but usually without adequate conceptual accuracy. Despite this, a set of papers deepens the discussion on the relationship between nation states and the energy industry, especially the oil sector. These papers allow identifying fundamental elements to understand the energy nationalism, either complementary or divergent between each other. Thus, this study aims at presenting an interpretation of the concept that fills the gaps left by the above mentioned literature based on a global analysis of the oil industry structure and its historical evolution since the mid-19thcentury.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964632
title: Rethinking "energy nationalism": a study of the relationship between nation states and companies in the oil industry

description: ABSTRACTThe term "energy nationalism" is frequently used by academic literature and media, but usually without adequate conceptual accuracy. Despite this, a set of papers deepens the discussion on the relationship between nation states and the energy industry, especially the oil sector. These papers allow identifying fundamental elements to understand the energy nationalism, either complementary or divergent between each other. Thus, this study aims at presenting an interpretation of the concept that fills the gaps left by the above mentioned literature based on a global analysis of the oil industry structure and its historical evolution since the mid-19thcentury.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964634
title: Impactos da contenção dos preços de combustíveis no Brasil e opções de mecanismos de precificação

description: ABSTRACTImpact of fuel prices containment in Brazil and pricing mechanisms options. Petrobras was severely affected by the government's fuel pricing policy. By meeting the increasing demand of LPG, diesel and gasoline, whose prices were below international reference, the company has lost R$ 98 billion in income from 2011 to 2014. In a period of high investments due the exploration of the pre-salt, this loss raised Petrobras debt and deteriorated its financial situation. Should full alignment with the international price be not politically feasible, the international experience suggests adopting stabilization fund as proper pricing mechanism. Political interferences in its management, however, should be prevented.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964634.v1
title: Impactos da contenção dos preços de combustíveis no Brasil e opções de mecanismos de precificação

description: ABSTRACTImpact of fuel prices containment in Brazil and pricing mechanisms options. Petrobras was severely affected by the government's fuel pricing policy. By meeting the increasing demand of LPG, diesel and gasoline, whose prices were below international reference, the company has lost R$ 98 billion in income from 2011 to 2014. In a period of high investments due the exploration of the pre-salt, this loss raised Petrobras debt and deteriorated its financial situation. Should full alignment with the international price be not politically feasible, the international experience suggests adopting stabilization fund as proper pricing mechanism. Political interferences in its management, however, should be prevented.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964638
title: Desindustrialização e o investimento em infraestrutura como instrumento conciliador de uma política industrial base no Brasil

description: ABSTRACTDeindustrialization and investment in infrastructure as a conciliatory alternative for the Brazilian industrial policy. The poor performance of the Brazilian industry in the post-crisis 2008, resumed the debate surrounding the need of an industrial policy outline. Accordingly, and given its characteristics, the investment in infrastructure figures a conciliatory and efficient alternative in the task of returning competitiveness to this sector. Thus, this paper aims to deepen the debate on the issue of deindustrialization of the Brazilian economy and contribute to the discussion on the functionality of infrastructure investment as an instrument of industrial policy, emphasizing its conciliator character in what we call here a base industrial policy.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964638.v1
title: Desindustrialização e o investimento em infraestrutura como instrumento conciliador de uma política industrial base no Brasil

description: ABSTRACTDeindustrialization and investment in infrastructure as a conciliatory alternative for the Brazilian industrial policy. The poor performance of the Brazilian industry in the post-crisis 2008, resumed the debate surrounding the need of an industrial policy outline. Accordingly, and given its characteristics, the investment in infrastructure figures a conciliatory and efficient alternative in the task of returning competitiveness to this sector. Thus, this paper aims to deepen the debate on the issue of deindustrialization of the Brazilian economy and contribute to the discussion on the functionality of infrastructure investment as an instrument of industrial policy, emphasizing its conciliator character in what we call here a base industrial policy.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964640
title: Why budget accountability fails? The elusive links between parliaments and audit agencies in the oversight of the budget

description: ABSTRACTParliaments and audit agencies have critical and complementary roles in the oversight of the budget and the enforcement of government accountability. Yet, the nexus between parliaments and audit agencies is one of the weakest links in the accountability chain, generating an accountability gap in the budget process. This articles analyses the interactions between parliaments and audit agencies in the oversight of government finances during the latter stages of the budget process. Using proxies to evaluate the quality of those linkages, such as the follow-up to audit findings and the discharge of government, it shows important dysfunctions in the interactions between parliaments and audit agencies due to a combination of technical capacity constraints and political economy disincentives. It suggests that the effective functioning of the system of checks and balances in public budgeting critically hinges on the agility of the linkages between accountability institutions. As such, the failure of budget accountability is due to systemic dysfunctions in the systems of accountability, rather than the failure of an individual accountability institution acting in isolation. In addition, the effectiveness of the horizontal accountability architecture depends on the political economy incentives shaping the budget process, which are generated by the interactions between the choice of institutional design and budget rules, with the degree of political competition and electoral rules.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964640.v1
title: Why budget accountability fails? The elusive links between parliaments and audit agencies in the oversight of the budget

description: ABSTRACTParliaments and audit agencies have critical and complementary roles in the oversight of the budget and the enforcement of government accountability. Yet, the nexus between parliaments and audit agencies is one of the weakest links in the accountability chain, generating an accountability gap in the budget process. This articles analyses the interactions between parliaments and audit agencies in the oversight of government finances during the latter stages of the budget process. Using proxies to evaluate the quality of those linkages, such as the follow-up to audit findings and the discharge of government, it shows important dysfunctions in the interactions between parliaments and audit agencies due to a combination of technical capacity constraints and political economy disincentives. It suggests that the effective functioning of the system of checks and balances in public budgeting critically hinges on the agility of the linkages between accountability institutions. As such, the failure of budget accountability is due to systemic dysfunctions in the systems of accountability, rather than the failure of an individual accountability institution acting in isolation. In addition, the effectiveness of the horizontal accountability architecture depends on the political economy incentives shaping the budget process, which are generated by the interactions between the choice of institutional design and budget rules, with the degree of political competition and electoral rules.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964643
title: A reação da elite política incumbente na abertura democrática brasileira

description: ABSTRACTThe reaction of the political incumbent elites in the Brazilian democratic opening. This paper examines one of the possible channels through which incumbent elites aligned with the Brazilian dictatorship were able to withhold their political power during the democratization in the 1980s. Based on national household survey data and results from legislative elections, we first find that recently franchised illiterate voters who lived in states that were dominated by the elite party during the dictatorship had a higher probability to register to vote than those who lived in other states. We then investigate whether this positive correlation represents a reaction from the incumbent elites in order to keep their political power through voter manipulation or a reaction from these voters in order to remove the power from the oligarchies. We find that, in states dominated by the elite party, illiterates had higher probability of being politically uninterested and uninformed. Our results suggest that a politically motivated reaction from this population is implausible
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964643.v1
title: A reação da elite política incumbente na abertura democrática brasileira

description: ABSTRACTThe reaction of the political incumbent elites in the Brazilian democratic opening. This paper examines one of the possible channels through which incumbent elites aligned with the Brazilian dictatorship were able to withhold their political power during the democratization in the 1980s. Based on national household survey data and results from legislative elections, we first find that recently franchised illiterate voters who lived in states that were dominated by the elite party during the dictatorship had a higher probability to register to vote than those who lived in other states. We then investigate whether this positive correlation represents a reaction from the incumbent elites in order to keep their political power through voter manipulation or a reaction from these voters in order to remove the power from the oligarchies. We find that, in states dominated by the elite party, illiterates had higher probability of being politically uninterested and uninformed. Our results suggest that a politically motivated reaction from this population is implausible
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964646
title: David Hume e as finanças de James I

description: ABSTRACTDavid Hume and the finances of James I. This paper examines David Hume's analysis, conducted i,n his book History of England, of the struggle between parliament and King James I over the Crown finances during the first quarter of the 17th century. Initially, it presents the main political elements behind the quarrel played out in the heart of England's political power, followed by the Scottish writer's comments on the royal finances, with emphasis on his views about the Crown receipts and expenditures during James's I reign. In the end, the long run determinants of the parliamentary resistance to regal power identified by Hume are retrieved.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964646.v1
title: David Hume e as finanças de James I

description: ABSTRACTDavid Hume and the finances of James I. This paper examines David Hume's analysis, conducted i,n his book History of England, of the struggle between parliament and King James I over the Crown finances during the first quarter of the 17th century. Initially, it presents the main political elements behind the quarrel played out in the heart of England's political power, followed by the Scottish writer's comments on the royal finances, with emphasis on his views about the Crown receipts and expenditures during James's I reign. In the end, the long run determinants of the parliamentary resistance to regal power identified by Hume are retrieved.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964644
title: Desempenho e fragmentação da indústria de alta tecnologia do Mercosul

description: ABSTRACTPerformance and fragmentation of Mercosur high-tech industry. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the actual insertion of the Mercosur in the international trade of goods with high technology and the degree of progress along the technological chain. The main contribution of this paper is to construct an indicator of value added, results from the difference between exports of final goods and imports of parts and components. This indicator allows a more appropriate analysis in terms of trade balance, of sectors increasingly embedded in processes of production fragmentation. The main conclusion is that there is no strong evidence that such countries are moving towards more downstream stages of the value chains in high technology sectors, except for the aircraft industry (especially Brazil).
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19964644.v1
title: Desempenho e fragmentação da indústria de alta tecnologia do Mercosul

description: ABSTRACTPerformance and fragmentation of Mercosur high-tech industry. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the actual insertion of the Mercosur in the international trade of goods with high technology and the degree of progress along the technological chain. The main contribution of this paper is to construct an indicator of value added, results from the difference between exports of final goods and imports of parts and components. This indicator allows a more appropriate analysis in terms of trade balance, of sectors increasingly embedded in processes of production fragmentation. The main conclusion is that there is no strong evidence that such countries are moving towards more downstream stages of the value chains in high technology sectors, except for the aircraft industry (especially Brazil).