Fiscal effort and water resources windfalls in Brazilian municipalities

• Grant number: 14/19241-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: January 01, 2015
• End date: February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Agrarian and Natural Resource Economics
• Principal Investigator: Fernando Antonio Slaibe Postali
• Grantee: Alexander Brian Chow
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This Master's dissertation in Economic Theory aims to verify whether the water royalties paid to municipalities that hold hydroelectric power stations or water reservoirs have any impact on their fiscal effort. The issue is relevant since a reduced tax effort may pose a threat to the municipalities' development, since these resources can vary in time and since it may have an end due to the power plant's useful life. It will be used the stochastic frontier technique applied to a panel data of Brazilian municipalities. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CHOW, Alexander Brian. Fiscal effort and water resources windfalls in Brazilian municipalities. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA/SBD) São Paulo.