Artigos

2 minutos Over the last decade, dozens of new Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have been created to cater to the mining industry. As new zones are announced, this development will change many of the underlying assumptions that the African mining industry has. SEZs are business parks or cities that have been created for the purpose of attracting foreign direct investment. They have their own rules and regulations which exist separate from those of their home countries. There are more than 12,000 SEZs worldwide, roughly Continue lendo→

menos de 1 minuto This article provides a brief comparative overview of special economic zones as legal and economic structures for national development. The creation and operations of SEZs usually triggers public scrutiny and attracts somewhat excessive but justified criticism. This contribution assesses success stories and critically examines failures and media criticism to offer a more balanced and objective picture of SEZs. Concurrently the article aims to provide a better understanding of SEZs. By drawing lessons on examples from Asia and Africa, we seek Continue lendo→

menos de 1 minuto We examine the impact of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on innovation using China’s county-level data from 1985 to 2011. Results show that the establishment of SEZs promotes a county’s innovation in terms of application, grant and citation numbers of patents by 15%–25%, 8%–22% and 15%–25%, respectively. The promoting effect of establishing high-tech SEZs is higher than that of establishing economic and technological SEZs. Compared with provincial SEZs, national SEZs have a greater effect on innovation. Counties with universities nearby apply for more Continue lendo→

6 minutos Na década de 70, ocorreram dois significativos choques de petróleo, que mudaram a economia mundial. Em 1973, o Brasil produzia apenas um quinto da demanda interna de petróleo e, em 1979, foi atropelado pelo segundo aumento de preço da commodity, da ordem de 200%, acrescido do aumento brutal das taxas de juros internacionais. Respondemos com políticas econômicas equivocadas (depois corrigidas, a custo de enormes sacrifícios) que parecem se repetir agora. Ao deixar a cotação do dólar subir no início da crise da Continue lendo→