Four essays on the Brazilian economy: Vertical SAM, distribution, finance and climate change
Social Accounting Matrix, Brazilian economy, distribution, financial flows and stocks, greenhouse gas emissions.
This work presents four articles that address diverse topics. The first article discusses the history of the System of National Accounts and the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM), in addition to detailing the construction of the Social Accounting Matrices for Brazil between 2000 and 2020. The second article investigates the relationship between personal income distribution and economic performance through simulations of redistributive arrangements on GDP, based on the integration of data from the Vertical SAM and the 2017-2018 Household Budget Survey (POF). The results indicate that some redistributive arrangements can have a positive impact on GDP growth, depending on the initial conditions. The third article analyzes the structural characteristics of financial flows and stocks in the Brazilian economy between 2010 and 2020, highlighting the increasing importance of capital gain and loss on the financial wealth of economic agents. Finally, the fourth article discusses greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity sector and presents simulations of future perspectives for emissions reduction, pointing to a challenging scenario for meeting reduction targets.