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The Brazilian industrial policy puzzle

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  • José Tavares de Araújo Jr.

    (Diretor do Centro de Estudos de Integração e Desenvolvimento (Cindes).)

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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). JEL Classification: L52.

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  • José Tavares de Araújo Jr., 2015. "The Brazilian industrial policy puzzle," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 35(3), pages 461-474, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:35:y:2015:i:3:id:95357
    DOI: 10.1590/0101-31572015v35n03a05
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    • L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods

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