{
  "id": 3677,
  "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.02614v1",
  "title": "Margin Play: A Multi-Agent System For Public Policy Analysis In The Brazilian Equatorial Margin",
  "summary": "The Brazilian Equatorial Margin (BEM) is Brazil's next offshore oil frontier, with operations expected to begin in 2026 in the Foz do Amazonas basin. Its assets are fiscally and territorially linked primarily to Maranhao -- the state with the lowest HDI in the Federation (0.676, IBGE 2022). This raises the central policy question: under what conditions does BEM exploration generate net positive externalities for Maranhao? The problem is intrinsically multi-agent: the Federal Government seeks rev",
  "authors": "Antonio de Sousa Leitão Filho, Fabrício Saul Lima, Selby Mykael Lima dos Santos, Rejani Bandeira Vieira Sousa, Luís Jorge Mesquita de Jesus, Dennys Correia da Silva et al.",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "regulation,agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "latam",
  "published_at": "2026-05-26T13:47:24.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:30:27.608Z",
  "source_slug": "arxiv-ethics",
  "source_name": "arXiv",
  "source_homepage": "https://arxiv.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/3677",
  "original_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.02614v1",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}