During the last two decades of the twentieth century, Brazil went through a sequence of failed stabilization plans that …

equities fail the test as inflation hedges, as had been quite widely believed, but that they take so long to pass. …

The international literature on minimum wage strongly lacks empirical evidence from developing countries. In Brazil …

The international literature on minimum wage greatly lacks empirical evidence from developing countries. Brazil … large and frequent but also the minimum wage has been used as anti-inflation policy in addition to its social role. This …

Brazil, VASP used to be second place. With financial problems, VASP could not buy new airplanes and its fleet was from the 70 …

This paper examines the determinants of the real effective exchange rate (REER) in Brazil, from 1994 to 2003. Building …

. The accelerated growth episodes observed in Brazil and China demonstrate that the increase in income inequality may have …

sector are under consideration in countries throughout the world. Brazil, though something of a latecomer to wider … infrastructure reform, has recently taken large steps in restructuring its railroad system. This paper analyzes Brazil's ongoing … railroad reforms, seeking to place them in the context both of the broader reform project going on in Brazil and of railroad …

States of America, Indonesia and Brazil in the period 1980-2000. They are all federations composed of entities (states or … vs. Bihar, and Shandong vs. Sichuan provide nice examples of such outcomes in India and China. Higher inflation and …