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Technological Regimes in the Brazilian Manufacturing Industry: An Empirical Investigation

Vieira, Vinicius; Resende, Marcelo - CESifo - 2013

The paper aims at assessing technological regimes in the context of the Brazilian manufacturing industry along the 2000-2005 period. The industries were classified in terms of SM-I and SM-II technological regimes by means of multivariate statistical methods based on variable approximating...

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The Structure of Worker Compensation in Brazil, with a Comparison to France and the United States

Filho, Naércio Aquino Menezes; Muendler, Marc-Andreas; … - CESifo - 2006

We employ a comprehensive matched employer-employee data set for Brazil to analyze wage determinants and compare … selectivity of Brazilian workers into formal employment. The links between firm performance and wage components in Brazil resemble …

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The Deepening China Brazil Economic Relationship

Whalley, John; Medianu, Dana - CESifo - 2010

We document key features of the deepening economic relationship between Brazil and China. This is evident from sharply … international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade between Brazil and China surging after 2001 and China is now Brazil …’s largest export market while Brazil’s export share to the US has halved. The number of bilateral cooperation agreements between …

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The Extensive Margin of Exporting Products: A Firm-level Analysis

Arkolakis, Costas; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - CESifo - 2010

We use a panel of Brazilian exporters, their products, and destination markets to document a set of regularities for multi-product exporters: (i) few top-selling products account for the bulk of a firm’s exports in a market, (ii) the distribution of exporter scope (the number of products per...

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Iceland: How Could This Happen?

Gylfason, Thorvaldur - CESifo - 2014

This paper reviews economic developments in Iceland following its financial collapse in 2008, focusing on causes and consequences of the crash. The review is presented in the context of the Nordic region, with broad comparisons also with developments elsewhere on the periphery of Europe, in...

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Gold, Oil, and Stocks: Dynamic Correlations

Baruník, Jozef; Kocenda, Evžen; Vácha, Lukáš - CESifo - 2015

We employ a wavelet approach and conduct a time-frequency analysis of dynamic correlations between pairs of key traded assets (gold, oil, and stocks) covering the period from 1987 to 2012. The analysis is performed on both intra-day and daily data. We show that heterogeneity in correlations...

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The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Business Cycles in Asian Emerging Economies

Fidrmuc, Jarko; Korhonen, Iikka - CESifo - 2009

We analyze the transmission of global financial crisis to business cycles in China and India. The pattern of business cycles in emerging Asian economies generally displays a low degree of synchronization with the OECD countries, which is consistent with the decoupling hypothesis. By contrast,...

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The Crisis in the Foreign Exchange Market

Melvin, Michael; Taylor, Mark P. - CESifo - 2009

The financial crisis of 2007-2008 had major implications for the foreign exchange market. We review events and implications for exchange rates, volatility, returns to currency investing, and transaction costs. This “blow-by-blow” narrative is intended to be a resource for researchers seeking...

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Debt Sustainability and Financial Crises: Evidence from the GIIPS

Legrenzi, Gabriella Deborah; Milas, Costas - CESifo - 2011

We assess the sustainability of the public finances of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain (GIIPS), allowing for possible non-linearities in the form of threshold behaviour of the fiscal authorities. We provide some evidence of fiscal sustainability when debt gets “too high” relative...

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Government Guarantees and Bank Risk Taking Incentives

Fischer, Markus; Hainz, Christa; Rocholl, Jörg; … - CESifo - 2014

This paper analyzes the effect of the removal of government guarantees on bank risk taking. We exploit the removal of guarantees for German Landesbanken which results in lower credit ratings, higher funding costs, and a loss in franchise value. This removal was announced in 2001, but...

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