In June 2001, after a dry period, the level of the water reservoirs in Brazil was below their operational levels. This situation, combined with other historical factors, led the country into a period of power rationing. ...

This position paper reflects the perspective presented at the Workshop "Pensando o Futuro do Setor Energético Brasileiro" and focuses on issues related to creating conditions for long-term financing and its risks, including: ...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to address the perceptions of managers in large companies located in Brazil regarding the long-term and short-term benefits of adopting strategic actions to mitigate and adapt to climate ...

The contributions of the proceedings of the IUFRO Meeting, Long-Term Observations and Research in Forestry" focus on long term experiments in tropical forests, and on modeling and monitoring aspects. They describe applications ...

Background: Identifying risk factors for long-term mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could improve their clinical management. Aim: To examine the clinical variables associated to ...

Whilst emphasis has been given to short-term dependence of financial returns, long-term dependence remains overlooked. Despite the fact than financial literature provides evidence of long-term memory existence, serial-independence ...

This paper analyzes the problem faced by an investor expecting to receive an uncertain amount of cash flow in a foreign currency on a certain future date T. The investor is also assumed to be exposed to long-term exchange ...