The impacts of the productive development policy in Brazilian major trade partners: a computable general equilibrium analysis

Authors

  • Daniel Arruda Coronel UFSM
  • Antonio Carvalho Campos UFV
  • André Filipe Zago de Azevedo UNISINOS

Keywords:

Productive Development Policy (PDP), General Equilibrium, GTAPinGAMS

Abstract

In order to stimulate Brazilian industrial sector, President´s Lula government launched the socalledProductive Development Policy (PDP), in 2008. This paper aims at examines the impact of thereduction in two taxes (IPI and ICMS) proposed by the PDP and an alternative scenario, whichconsidered a uniform reduction on IPI, using a computable general equilibrium model (GTAPinGAMS), onBrazil´s main trade partners (Mercosur, United states, European Union and BRICS. The results show thatthe measures proposed by the PDP did not have significant effects on those countries trade flows andwelfare, being Mercosur members those countries most affected by those measures, specially the sectorsof Petrol, Gas and Petrochemicals and Capital Goods

Author Biographies

Daniel Arruda Coronel, UFSM

Professor Adjunto do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Universidade Federalde Santa Maria (UFSM) e Doutor em Economia Aplicada pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa(UFV).

Antonio Carvalho Campos, UFV

Antônio Carvalho CamposProfessor Titular do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia Aplicada da UFV e Bolsista deProdutividade do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).

André Filipe Zago de Azevedo, UNISINOS

Professor Titular do Mestrado em Economia da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos(UNISINOS) e Bolsista de Produtividade do CNPq

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Published

2012-12-20

How to Cite

Coronel, D. A., Campos, A. C., & Azevedo, A. F. Z. de. (2012). The impacts of the productive development policy in Brazilian major trade partners: a computable general equilibrium analysis. Research &Amp; Debate Journal of the Postgraduate Program in Political Economy, 23(2(42). Retrieved from https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/rpe/article/view/13075

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 2(42) (2012)

Section

Papers