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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Preface -- A. Introduction -- B. The Competitive Edge of the Brazilian Automobile Industry -- I. Introduction -- II. Economic Performance of the Brazilian Automobile Industry -- 1. The Role of Brazil in International Automobile Production -- 2. Export Performance of Brazilian Automobile Producers -- a. Destination of Exports -- b. Product Structure of World-Market Sales -- c. Differences in Firm-Strategies -- III. Brazil's Position in World-Automotive Markets and Relative Production Costs -- 1. Quantitative Assessment of Brazil's Revealed Comparative Advantages in World-Automotive Markets -- a. Export-Performance Ratios for Major Export Markets -- b. Price Competitiveness in Europe and the United States -- 2. Production Costs in the Brazilian Automobile Industry: Major Cost Elements in International Perspective -- a. Overview on International Cost Comparisons -- b. International Comparison of Unit-Labour Costs in Motor-Vehicle Production -- c. Scale Efficiency of Automobile Production in Brazil -- d. On the Efficiency of Supplying Industries: International Cost Comparisons for Selected Input Items -- IV. Major Determinants of the Export Performance of the Brazilian Automobile Industry -- 1. Factor Intensities in Automobile Production -- a. Standardization in International Production of Transport Equipment? -- b. Factor Intensities in Sub-Branches of the Brazilian Motor-Vehicle Industry -- 2. The Role of Government Interventions in Brazil -- a. Automobile Exports and Exchange-Rate Policies -- b. Export Incentives for Automotive Exports -- c. Relative Incentives to Domestic and Export Sales of Automobiles: A Comparison of Nominal Incentive Rates -- d. Effective Incentives Granted to Automotive Industries.

This study focuses on the problems and prospects of the automobile and the steel industries contributing to Brazilian economy in the international division of labour. It gives insights on importance of the competing hypotheses on the manufactured export performance of these industries.