Submitted by Geyciane Santos (geyciane_thamires@hotmail.com) on 2015-08-18T13:00:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Carlos Porto Júnior.pdf: 824149 bytes, checksum: 4889dae4fcde09137394d1679111c537 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2015-08-18T19:04:09Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Carlos Porto Júnior.pdf: 824149 bytes, checksum: 4889dae4fcde09137394d1679111c537 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2015-08-18T19:08:56Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Carlos Porto Júnior.pdf: 824149 bytes, checksum: 4889dae4fcde09137394d1679111c537 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-08-18T19:08:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Carlos Porto Júnior.pdf: 824149 bytes, checksum: 4889dae4fcde09137394d1679111c537 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-03-30 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This dissertation, considering as a case study the municipalities of Amazonas, aim to analyze: firstly, the existing relationship between the constitutional fiscal transfers of the federal government to the municipalities (classified as redistributive) and the principal revenue of those municipalities. And then, find the importance of this revenue on their Gross Domestic Product. The results show that the municipalities depend strongly on the intergovernmental transfers. There is no doubt on the importance of intergovernmental transfer systems in a country like Brazil that has federalism as a form of government. The system of intergovernmental fiscal transfers is an important instrument for reducing the interregional inequalities and also an important factor for minimizing the existing conflicts in the federation. / Esta dissertação, considerando como estudo de caso os municípios amazonenses, teve como objetivos analisar, primeiramente, a relação existente entre as transferências constitucionais intergovernamentais da União para os municípios, classificadas como redistributivas, e as principais receitas daqueles municípios. Depois, saber qual a participação das receitas no Produto Interno Bruto dos municípios. Os resultados encontrados evidenciam que os municípios dependem fortemente das transferências intergovernamentais. Não há dúvida sobre a importância de um sistema de transferências intergovernamentais dentro de um sistema federativo de governo, como o do Estado brasileiro. Este mecanismo se constitui, efetivamente, em um importante instrumento para a redução das desigualdades inter-regionais e um fator relevante para minimizar os conflitos existentes na federação.

The presented work examines the special characteristics of electricity produced by the wind as a renewable resource into which considerable hopes are being placed. Production of electricity from wind, as well as from other renewable sources, is a subject of many legislatively enshrined preferential rules. These subsidies and regulatory provisions help the energy producers but represent additional costs to every final customer and tax payer. The aim of this work is to analyse the key arguments of wind energy advocates, which are 1) economic advantage of this production due to zero costs for 'fuel' and 2) negligible burden on the environment due to zero carbon dioxide emissions. The work takes into account all aspects of wind energy production, including their financial and extra-financial implications, and shows their indefensibility in economic terms and in terms of environmental protection. Besides, I have attempted to identify institutional aspects and forms of government which is known to give interest groups a chance to succeed in their rent-seeking activities and as a result allow prosperity of the above-mentioned ineffective energy production. Attention is also paid to the observation that, given the specific technological features of electricity production from the wind, it is not possible to fully apply the conclusions of a traditional theory of economic regulation onto the current position of key players in the electricity market.