| dc.description.abstract | Wind energy is an important renewable source of energy, because through the force of the wind produces clean energy and with little impact on its production. Brazil has a big wind potential, having a trajectory of expansion and a promising future. The present work, in front of this energy source, seeks to observe the economic impact of the installation of wind farms for the Brazilian municipalities, it is done through the Differential Structural Method. It takes into account municipalities with wind farms installed in Brazil from 1998 to 2012, and too the municipalities neighboring these municipalities with wind farms. The data used refer to employment, tax collection and added value. After analyzing the results, becomes noticeable that, when observed in municipalities, those that started to have wind farms obtained a greater increase in employment, but there were also, but less significant, changes in tax revenue and value added. Thus, the presence of wind farms in Brazilian municipalities has a positive impact on their economic factors. | en |
