Petróleo: uma análise das vicissitudes sobre a agricultura

Abstract

Law 9,478 (Petroleum Law), enacted in August 1997, in addition to ending the monopoly of the oil sector in Brazil and establishing new rules for the organization and development of this sector, innovated, when it guaranteed to the federative entities a substantial increase in , and to the landowners the participation in the mining product. Faced with a scenario of abundant revenue from municipalities located in producing areas, independent studies in different regions of the country analyzed the impacts of oil royalties for these locations, however, in general, they did not gather evidence strong enough to corroborate this. with the assertion of gift of the discovery of this resource in the municipal space nor to deny it. Several international studies, on the other hand, draw attention to the negative correlation between the presence of oil and agricultural performance. Emphasizing the issue of incongruity between the wealth of this natural resource and local development, this work directs the look to the North Coast of the state of Bahia, and analyzes the effect of these new resources on local rural activities. Empirical research confirms the assumption that oil rents negatively affect the behavior of local political leaders and beneficiary landowners.