The health sector is one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy having major impacts on levels of social welfare. On the one hand the consumption of goods and health services directly affects the welfare of the individual to the extent that health is a parameter of the individual utility...

The main aim of this paper is to construct a complete analysis of exports and the mains transportation modals in the Brazilian economy. In order to implement this analysis we will use na inter-sectoral hybrid input-output matrix for the Brazilian economy. We will incorporate the modals of...

Este trabalho apresenta um cenário macroeconômico com detalhamento das repercussões regionais, a partir da articulação dos resultados de um modelo de consistência macroeconômica com um modelo de equilíbrio geral computável (EGC) inter-regional. O foco são as repercussões do cenário...

O objetivo deste trabalho é projetar os impactos econômicos da Copa do Mundo de 2014 sobre a economia brasileira, o estado de Minas Gerais e a região de Belo Horizonte. Consideram-se os investimentos em reforma/construção de infra-estrutura esportiva (estádios) e urbana divulgados...

Capital flows are expected to be important in the process of economic growth for several reasons. One of them is their importance in relaxing the balance of payments constraints as envisaged by Thirlwall’s law, which states that when economic growth takes place, the level of imports also...

This paper presents growth models based on Kaldor´s inaugural lectures, as well as their most recent extensions. Beyond the display of the evolution of such models, the paper intends to demonstrate that the original kaldorian models have served as a solid foundation over which new formulations...

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that, especially in developing countries, changes in the real exchange rate affect both the structure of production and the income elasticities of the demand for imports and exports – and, as a result, the balance-of-payments constraint to growth in the...

The aim of this paper is to show theoretically and empirically that undervalued real exchange rate has positive effects over economic growth on developing countries. We analyze the relationship between growth, exchange rate and productive heterogeneity by means of a Keynesian-Structuralist...

Tourism has contributed to economic development of territories and regions, understood as a synonymous of economic growth. The potential of tourism to drive economic growth is known, but it is also known that it can encourage inequities. Without detailing what type of development and for whom,...

Developing countries have experienced important changes regarding trade and capital account policies in the past two decades. External liberalization may have important long-term effects on macroeconomic variables such as growth rates, employment, and the like. This paper explores a particular...