EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS
Using the tool known as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Boundary Analysis (SFA) we seek to discuss and analyze efficiency in various sectors such as banking, civil aviation, among others. In the same way, it seeks to estimate the occurrence of social phenomena such as traffic deaths on federal highways.

ECONOMICS, INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT
Public resources are scarce and decisions about how to use them must be based on an understanding of how well public programs and policies produce the desired results. This is precisely the objective of this research project: to analyze and understand the main determinants of economic development, as well as the role of the State in this process. In this context, research involving Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Fiscal Federalism, Evaluation of Public Policies and Social Programs and Regional Development is carried out.

REGIONAL EVIDENCE OF OKUN'S LAW FOR BRAZILIAN STATES AND SPILLOVERS BETWEEN NEIGHBORING STATES
The project will seek to identify evidence of Okun's Law for Brazilian states. For this, we will use unemployment and gross domestic product data from the twenty-seven Brazilian federative states that make up the five regions of the country - south, southeast, midwest, north and northeast -. After estimating the Okun coefficient in each of these states, the SARMA (spatial autoregressive and moving average) methodology will be used to verify the spillovers - commonly called spillovers in the literature - of production and employment that occur between these states. With this, the sensitivity that the production of each unit of the federation has in relation to its unemployment can be identified, as well as the connectivity that exists between the economies of these units.

FINANCES
The project seeks to provide professionals and those interested in economics and finance with academic applications in economic theory, public and private finance, and the financial system. For this, the most recent theories and applications in the field of credit, currency and interest policies are presented to the master's student, as well as the tools and instruments commonly used in financial management and project evaluation, valuations, asset pricing, forecasting and transfer of volatility between assets.

LAW AND ECONOMICS, REGULATION AND COMPETITION
The research project is carrying out academic articles that involve strategies in Law and Economics and Regulatory Impact Assessments. It understands Law and Economics in order to present the student with a set of theories and instruments that allow them to see the legal system and the implementation of public policies in a new light, as well as understand and reflect on their legal, economic and social consequences. This is a unique opportunity to develop interdisciplinary research, applying concepts of Law, Economics, Management, Sociology, among other fields of knowledge. Regulation and Competition is part of the debate about the regulatory State and promoter of economic development in the context of a free market economy. Thus, it seeks to provide the student with a set of theoretical and practical knowledge that allows them to understand the logic behind state intervention through regulation, as well as reflect on its consequences on the behavior of agents, through impact assessments.

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCHERS CENTER (NPI)

In addition to a highly prolific faculty, the IDP also has institutional researchers linked to the Master in Economics committed to high-quality intellectual production. These researchers, in addition to helping graduate students in the process of publishing their articles, also work on specific methodology guidelines for students in the preparation phase of the research project for qualification. We list below some of the bibliographic productions authored by these researchers published in the last four years.

Eduarda Miller de Figueiredo: The effect of police stations specialized in assisting women on violence against women: an analysis for the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Study & Debate (Online), v. 25, p. 200-220, 2018.
Milton de Souza Mendonça Sobrinho: Political Campaigns and the Language of Fear: Presidential Elections in Brazil in 1998 and 2014. In: Anquetil, M.; Barchiesi, M.A.; Cancellier, A.; Francesconi, A. (Orgs.). I Linguaggi della Comunicazione Politica: Tra Globalizzazione and Frontiere Linguistiche. Padova: CLEUP, 2019, p. 231-248.
Mathias Schneid Tessmann: Effects of Volatility Among Commodities Commodities in the Long Term: Analysis of a Complex Network. Annals of Financial Economics, vol. 15, p. 2050014-2050014-16, 2020.
Alessandro Freire: Random votes under compulsory voting: Evidence from Brazil. Electoral Studies, vol. 66, p. 102168, 2020.
CALDEIRA, Thiago; RESENDE, Gaius. "Privatization of Brazilian airports: a synthetic control approach." Economics Bulletin 40.1 (2020): 743-757.

The IDP has a policy to encourage teacher productivity, which includes the payment of remuneration bonuses to teachers who have articles published in journals qualified by CAPES or other prominent journals in the area of ​​Economics. This policy also provides for the funding of expenses for participation in national and international congresses. Through these incentives, the IDP seeks to encourage excellent scientific production on the part of its professors, being part of the academy's cutting-edge debates.

FINANCING

In the quadrennium, Professor Leonardo Monteiro Monasterio obtained funding from the Federal District Research Support Fund (FAPDF) for the project called Microdata Analysis of the Local Impacts of Tax Transfers. In addition, the program receives external funding through the following organizations:

• AGENCIA NACIONAL DE AVIAÇÃO CIVIL - ANAC
• AGENCIA NACIONAL DE ENERGIA ELÉTRICA - ANEEL
• BANCO DO BRASIL SA
• BB SEGURIDADE PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
• BRB BANCO DE BRASÍLIA S.A.
• CAIXA ECONOMICA FEDERAL
• CESCON, BARRIEU, FLESCH e BARRETO SOCIEDADE DE ADVOGADOS
• COMANDO DO EXÉRCITO
• COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO AMBIENTAL DO DISTRITO FEDERAL
• COMPANHIA IMOBILIÁRIA DE BRASÍLIA TERRACAP
• CONSELHO ADMINISTRATIVO DE DEFESA ECONÔMICA-CADE
• CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO - CNPQ
• EMBAIXADA DO REINO UNIDO
• FUNDAÇÃO DA ORDEM SOCIAL
• FUNDAÇÃO DE APOIO A PESQUISA DO DISTRITO FEDERAL - FAPDF
• FUNDO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA EDUCAÇÃO
• MINISTÉRIO DA FAZENDA
• PROCURADORIA GERAL DO DISTRITO FEDERAL
• S/A O ESTADO DE S.PAULO
• SUPERIOR TRIBUNAL MILITAR
• TRIBUNAL DE CONTAS DA UNIÃO
• VIRTUS CONSULT SUPORTE E GESTÃO EMPRESARIAL LTDA