We employ a detailed skill database from Brazil to investigate how skill relatedness influences structural change in a developing country. We find a positive relationship between the skill-relatedness density and the entry of skillrelated industries; a negative association with the exit of industries from regional economies; and a positive influence on employment growth. The relationship between skill relatedness and structural change varies across different regions. Entry is more likely in large regions, and depends less on relatedness in advanced and middle-income regions.Skill relatedness plays a role in preventing exit from small regions and enhancing employment growth in larger regions.

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Scientifc Editor Ilan AvrichirThis paper investigates the factors that explain the low internationalization rate of Brazilian franchise chains. We seek to identify whether the company's resources, such as monitoring experience, geographic dispersion in the domestic market and reputation, and institutional aspects, such as business groups affiliation, influence the probability of Brazilian franchise networks expand overseas. Using data provided by the Brazilian Franchising Association (ABF), the relation between these four aspects and the chances of internationalization are investigated through a logistic regression for a base of 420 Brazilian franchise chains, 49 internationalized and 371 not internationalized . The results confirmed the hypotheses related to the national geographic dispersion, franchisors with greater geographic dispersion in the domestic market are more likely to internationalize, and business group affiliation, franchisors affiliated to groups are more likely to internationalize. This study innovates by quantitatively proving that national geographic dispersion and business group affiliation are factors that determine internationalization of emerging market franchise chains, such as Brazil.

O artigo procura avaliar qual o impacto dos programas públicos de financiamento às exportações existentes no Brasil. Especificamente o artigo analisa os resultados do PROEX e do BNDES-EXIM. Para cumprir o objetivo o trabalho utiliza a metodologia de propensity score matching combinada com análise de painel. Os resultados apontam que os programas públicos brasileiros, em especial o BNDES-EXIM, tem impacto positivo sobre o valor exportado das firmas apoiadas.

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