This paper examines how monetary policy decisions in Brazil, regarding short term interest rates, have affected the term structure of interest rates. We apply an event study methodology in two distinct periods: between January 2000 and August 2003, right after the implementation of the inflation...

This paper examines how monetary policy decisions in Brazil, regarding short term interest rates, have affected the term structure of interest rate. We apply an event study methodology in two distinct periods: between January 2000 and August 2003, right after the implementation of the inflation...

This work studies the gasoline market in Brazil with emphasis given to the State of São Paulo. Our first line of research investigates whether this market presents features which favor anti-competitive actions, despite being a market with several agents involved. Our empirical analysis makes...