ABSTRACT The effects of diets containing oilseeds were measured to evaluate the productive and economic parameters in the finishing of young, feedlot Nellore bulls. Twenty-four young Nellore bulls were used, with an initial body weight (BW) of 311.46±0.37 kg and 24 months of age, distributed into individual stalls ( 4 × 20 m) in a completely randomized design, totaling four treatments with six repetitions per treatment. Four diets (control, based on corn and soybean meal, and three diets containing cottonseed, soybean, and sunflower) were evaluated. Feed and orts were measured daily to calculate intake and costs. The dry matter intake of the control group was higher than soybean (10.64 kg/day), cotton (9.88 kg/day), and sunflower (9.30 kg/day) treatments, respectively. The cottonseed treatment showed the highest average neutral detergent fiber intake. There was a dietary effect of diets on average daily gain, total weight gain, and final weight. The soybean treatment showed the highest performance, total gain (232.55 kg), and final weight (544.38 kg). Oilseed intake can modify the fatty acids profile in the meat, decreasing its saturated fatty acid content. Whole soybean seed favors performance, improves feed efficiency, fatty acid profile, and fat distribution in the carcass, and can reduce production costs.

Neste artigo, nós avaliamos a relação entre as expectativas da política fiscal e a consistência da política fiscal, que é denotada por algumas variáveis de contabilidade pública. Nosso principal propósito é investigar se as expectativas da política fiscal são influenciadas pela consistência da política fiscal. A análise empírica desenvolvida, que é baseada em dados mensais brasileiros para o período 2003-2006, sugere que as expectativas não são afetadas pela consistência da política fiscal.

On this paper, we evaluate the relationship among expectations of fiscal policy and fiscal policy consistency, which is denoted by some public account variables. Our main proposal is to investigate if the expectations are affected by fiscal policy consistency. The empirical analysis, based on Brazilian monthly data for the period of 2003-2006, suggests that the expectations have not been affected by fiscal policy consistency.

Este artigo avalia e compara a eficácia dos empréstimos dos recursos do Fundo Constitucional de Financiamento do Nordeste (FNE), do Fundo Constitucional de Financiamento do Norte (FNO) e do Fundo Constitucional de Financiamento do Centro-Oeste (FCO), no período 2000-2003, a partir das estimativas de propensity score das firmas beneficiadas com recursos desses fundos constitucionais e de um conjunto de firmas não-beneficiadas por esses fundos. Em relação ao FNE, o resultado geral diz respeito ao impacto positivo sobre a taxa de variação do número de empregados e à ausência de impacto sobre a taxa de variação do salário médio pago pelas firmas. No que concerne ao FNO e FCO, não é possível apontar qualquer tipo de impacto nas variáveis em análise.

During the period 2000-2003, this paper evaluates and compares the efficacy of Financing Constitutional Fund of the Northeast (FNE), North (FNO) and Center-West (FCO) loans using propensity score estimates of firms that have received loans and of others that have not. In relation to FNE, the general result indicates a positive impact on the growth rate of employee number and no impact on the growth rate of wages paid for firms. In relation to FNO and FCO, there is not possible to indicate any kind of impact on the analyzed variables.

On this paper, we propose a change in the primary surplus' target by the government current account saving. That concept excludes public investment from primary surplus. However, of that change has raised a question about if government current account saving represents a sustainable fiscal policy. Thus, this paper analyses if the change in the primary surplus' target by the government current account saving implies a meaning modification on the debt-to-GDP ratio path. The empirical analysis, which is based on Brazilian monthly data for the period 1999-2005, suggests that the change in fiscal target does not mean a lack of sustain-ability.