Eduardo Luzio

The Microcomputer Industry in Brazil

The Case of a Protected High-Technology Industry

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Produktbeschreibung

In 1977 Brazil initiated the market reserve policy to protect and reserve its domestic market for its own computer manufacturing companies. The basic assumptions on which its plans rested were fatally flawed, however, and the experiment failed to a large degree. This work investigates to what extent the policy, so carefully fashioned, fell short of its target and left Brazil with expensive and poorly made products. The author also evaluated the important and influential role of Brazil's bureaucracy and military. Scholars of economic development, industrial organization, economic history, and technology should find this well-documented work valuable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780275949235
• ISBN-10: 0275949230
• Artikelnr.: 25564422

Autorenporträt

EDUARDO LUZIO is in the Merger & Acquisition Department of Unibanco in Brazil./e He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was born in Brazil, where he lived during most of the market reserve policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction History of Informatics Policy in Brazil First Period:
Computers Before 1976 and the Origin of the Market Reserve Policy Second
Period: From CSN to the Informatics Law (1980-84) The Third Period: "The
Crucial Years" (1985-90) The Fourth Period: The End of the Market Reserve:
1990-92 Final Comments Analysis of the Institutional Evolution of the
Market Reserve The New Institutional Economics: Basic Concepts and Ideas
First Period: The Origin of the Policy and the Transition to SEI Second
Period: SEI and the Informatics Law Third Period: The Market Reserve Under
Democracy Concluding Remarks Structure and Other Characteristics of the
Microcomputer Industry Introduction The Value and Quantity Produced
Smuggling and the Demand for Microcomputers Entry and Concentration Main
Producers and the Average Firm The Cost Structure Final Considerations
Prices and Performance Introduction Prices The Costs of Protection
Conclusion Industry Performance and Opportunity Cost of Protection Causes
of the Bad Performance of the Market Reserve Mistakes and Lessons Appendix
1: Summary of Legislation Appendix 2: Technical Details of the Hedonic
Model and the Consumer Surplus Measure Appendix 3: Detailed Results of
Hedonic Regressions Bibliographical References Index