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Administration
Graduate Seminars 2018, with Pedro Henrique Forquesato (PUC-RJ)
Pedro Henrique Forquesato (PUC-RJ) is the guest of the next edition of the Graduate Seminars program, which will be held on May 2, at 10am.
The event, held by the Brazilian School of Public Administration and Business (FGV EBAPE), will discuss the article "To the Victor Belongs the Spoils? Party Membership and Public...
Energy
Seminar discusses Repositioning of Petrobras in the Refining Industry
Last Thursday, April 19, FGV Energy held the Seminar on the Repositioning of Petrobras in the Refining Industry at FGV’s main office in Rio de Janeiro, gathering representatives from the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), National Petroleum Agency (ANP), Brazilian Institute of Petroleum (IBP), and Plural, among...
Institutional
FGV professor Joaquim Falcão elected to join Brazilian Academy of Letters
Joaquim Falcão, professor at Rio de Janeiro Law School (FGV Direito Rio), was elected as a new member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL), last Thursday, April 19. The professor received 32 of the 35 total votes, with 3 abstentions; 4 members could not vote due to health reasons.
Born in Rio de...
Law
Collective habeas corpus to be discussed at event
This Thursday, April 26, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sao Paulo Law School (FGV Direito SP) will host a debate on the collective Habeas Corpus (HC) No. 143.641/SP, filed by the Human Rights Lawyers Collective (CADHu) and the Federal Public Defender, in favor of pregnant women and mothers of underage children. The HC...
Economics
FGV launches Fiscal Policy Observatory
Rebalancing fiscal policy is one of the main challenges of the current and the next administration. This particular subject will be covered in this year’s electoral debate and is the basis for the Fiscal Policy Observatory website, launched by the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV IBRE) and...
Social Sciences
Moving Archives: digital book is released on the topic
FGV Press has just launched the digital book ‘Arquivos em Movimento: Seminário Internacional de Documentário de Arquivo’ [Moving Archives: International Archive Documentary Seminar], published in Portuguese and English. The work was based on the event of the same name held by FGV’s School of Social Sciences (...
Law
6th Lisbon Legal Forum gathers experts and authorities in Portugal
FGV Projetos, Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público (IDP), and the University of Lisbon held the 6^th edition of the Lisbon Legal Forum on April 3-6, in Portugal. With the theme ‘Reform of the Welfare State in the Globalization Context’, the event brought together legal experts, authorities, and students from Brazil...
Economics
Brazilian Industry Confidence drops in preliminary results for April
Conducted by FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE), the Industry Survey’s preliminary results for April indicate a decrease of 0.7 point in the Industry Confidence Index (ICI) compared to the final figure of March, down to 101.0 points. Under the quarterly moving averages metric, the ICI would maintain...
Law
Book on digital goods taxation is launched in Sao Paulo
The Nucleus for Tax Law of the Professional Master’s of FGV’s Sao Paulo Law School (Direito SP) has launched the digital book ‘Tributação de bens digitais: a disputa tributária entre estados e municípios: Notas sobre o Convênio ICMS 106/2017 e outras normas relevantes’ [Taxation of digital goods: the tax...
Economics
Leading Economic Index for Brazil rises in March
The Leading Economic Index for Brazil (LEI), released by FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) and The Conference Board (TCB), rose 0.3% between February and March, totaling 117.6 points. Seven of the eight component series contributed to the increase in the indicator, particularly Swap 360 (reversed), which rose 5.5%.
The...
Administration
Graduate Seminars 2018, with Tassia Cruz
Tassia Cruz, a professor at FGV's School of Public Policy and Government (FGV EPPG), is the guest speaker of the next edition of the Graduate Seminars program, which will be held on April 25 at 10am. The event, organized by FGV's Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE), will discuss the article "Monopsony...
Economics
Large Anonymous Games - Five Years of Progress
FGV EPGE Research Seminars are presentations of scholarly articles by researchers from the FGV's EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance, as well as researchers from other national and international centers. They are held regularly, on Thursdays.
On April 24, Professor Ali Khan (Johns Hopkins University) will present...
Energy
Industrial Metrics Booklet Launch
FGV Energy will hold this event to launch the Industrial Metrics Booklet for the Development of the Oil and Gas Sector in Brazil. The authors of this edition are researchers Baiena Feijolo, Eduardo Santiago Rossetti, Felipe Gonçalves, Fernanda Delgado, João Augusto Pereira Batista, Júlia Febraro França Gomes da Silva, Magda Maria de...
Economics
Use It or Lose It: Efficiency Gains from Wealth Taxation
FGV EPGE Research Seminars are presentations of scholarly articles by researchers from the FGV's EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance, as well as researchers from other national and international centers. They are held regularly, on Thursdays.
On April 19, Professor Gueorgui Kambourov (University of Toronto) will...
Administration
Study on paternalistic leadership receives international award
The paper titled ‘Shades of Paternalistic Leadership Across Cultures’, written by professors Juliana Mansur, Filipe Sobral, and Rafael Goldszmidt, from FGV’s Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), received the award for Best Paper by the 2017...
Administration
FGV hosts United Nations Turnaround
The Center for Sustainability Studies (GVces) of FGV’s Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP) has opened registrations for the third edition of the United Nations Turnaround – International Negotiation Simulation in Sustainable Development, which will take place on May 11 and 12, in São Paulo.
The scheduled...
Economics
Brazil consumer price inflation advances in second week of April
Calculated by FGV’s Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE), the Weekly Consumer Price Index (IPC-S) varied 0.35% on April 15 – 0.04 percentage point (p.p.) above the last published rate.
Four of the eight expense categories that comprise the index recorded a higher price variation. The Housing group recorded the highest...
Economics
Workshop discusses innovative technology contributions to climate financing
On March 20, FGV’s International Intelligence Unit (NPII) held a workshop in Rio de Janeiro, which marked the first stage of the project ‘Contributions of Blockchain Technology to Climate Finance Transparency Initiatives’, in partnership with the Institute of Technology and Society of Rio de Janeiro (ITS RIO) and the Regional Program on...
Law
Professor wins International Bar Association Award
Last Friday, April 13, Eloísa Machado de Almeida, a professor from FGV’s Sao Paulo Law School (Direito SP), won the Outstanding International Woman Lawyer Award granted by the International Bar Association – an organization that brings together lawyers, law firms, and lawyer associations from...
Law
Mediation and Arbitration in Tax Law: Challenges and institutional limits
Nucleus for Tax Law of the Professional Master's Degree at FGV's Sao Paulo Law School (Direito SP), in partnership with the Union Advocacy School and the PGFN Higher Studies Center of the 3rd Region, will hold a roundtable to discuss the challenges in implementing alternative methods in solving tax matter disputes, focusing on...