Author Archives: pdebritto81

Caros colegas membros do EPRG, O CNPq anunciou a realização do Censo 2014 do Diretório dos Grupos de Pesquisa no Brasil, cujo período de atualização se estenderá até 1o de dezembro de 2014. Desta forma, solicitamos que mantenham seu Lattes atualizado … Continue reading →

The research deals with the progressivity of the Income Tax in Brazil and its effects on income distribution. According to the study, the Brazilian Income Tax imposes greater burden, as a proportion to income, on the poor than on the … Continue reading →

The Economics and Politics Research Group announces the publication of Working Paper 43/2014: Number Date Publication 43/2014 11-12-2014 De Facto Property Rights Recognition, Labor Supply and Investment of the Poor in Brazil, Rafael Santos Dantas and Maria Tannuri-Pianto

Fábio Avila de Castro, an EPRG member, receives the XIX National Treasury Award – 2014 in the special topics category. The monograph, entitled “Income Tax of Individuals: international comparisons, measures of progressivity and redistribution” was prepared under the advice of … Continue reading →

The Economics and Politics Research Group announces the publication of Working Paper 42/2014: Number Date Publication 42/2014 11-05-2014 On the Institutional Incentives Faced by Brazilian Civil Servants, Mauricio S. Bugarin and Fernando B. Meneguin

Prof. Marcelo Medeiro’s research, along with Pedro Ferreira e Fábio Castro, on inequality was discussed at the New Republic. Please read the article, in English, here.   Please check the Group Member’s Highlights page here.

The Economics and Politics Research Group announces the publication of Working Paper 41/2014: Number Date Publication 41/2014 10-13-2014 Uma Introdução à Teoria Econômica da Corrupção: Definição, Taxonomia e Ensaios Selecionados, Paulo Augusto P. de Britto

The Economics and Politics Research Group announces the publication of Working Paper 40/2014: Number Date Publication 40/2014 10-06-2014 Um modelo de jogo cooperativo sobre efeitos da corrupção no gasto público, Rogério Pereira and Tatiane Almeida de Menezes   Please check … Continue reading →

We are pleased to inform that the EPRG supported the Workshop on Game Theory – a satellite event of the International Workshop on Game Theory and Economic Applications of the Game Theory Society (IWGTS 2014). The event was hosted by FGV/EPGE Escola … Continue reading →

The Economics and Politics Research Group announces the publication of Working Paper 39/2014: Number Date Publication 39/2014 10-01-2014 Uma análise dos efeitos da fusão ALL-Brasil Ferrovias no preço do frete ferroviário de soja no Brasil, Bruno Ribeiro Alvarenga and Paulo … Continue reading →