Impactos do controle do preço da gasolina sobre o etanol biocombustível no Brasil

Resumo

This work estimated the effect of price control of gasoline A on the hydrated ethanoland gasoline C in Brazilian fuel markets. For that, the prices that would prevail withoutintervention were evaluated. The results show that the Brazilian government interventionin the gasoline price stimulated the production of hydrated ethanol by keeping itsprice 9% higher than estimated, on average, along the period of 2006 to 2010. Throughthe 2011 to 2014 period, the government intervention reduced gasoline price, whathad a negative effect on the hydrous ethanol price (7% lower than estimated) and itsproduction, as well as the financial health of the state firm that supplies gasoline A.In 2015, the government restricted the transmission of reductions in the internationalprice of gasoline to the domestic market, keeping the domestic price 7% higher thanexpected, and harming the competitiveness of the Brazilian economic sectors for whichfossil fuel is a relevant item in the production cost.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2016

Instituição

Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Contabilidade e Atuária

Fonte

Estudos Econômicos

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

DOI

10.1590/0101-416146418cchb

Identificador

oai:revistas.usp.br:article/79825

Licença

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

Palavras-chave

PreçosIntervenção governamentalBiocombustívelGasolinaEtanolBrasilPricesGovernment interventionBiofuelGasolineEthanol. Brazil