. 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 …

Unfulfilled expectations about economic growth in Brazil has led many observers to question the ability of the new … institutional environment. It also claims that Brazil could have enjoyed more gains from trade, had it pursued a more aggressive …

During the six decades which encompass state planning of the sugar and alcohol industry in Brazil, production quotas …

alternative methods and analyze their application and implications for growth forecasts and macroeconomic policy in Brazil. The … growth-accounting exercises. The main conclusions are: (1) the annual potential growth rate of Brazil’s GDP varies … effective GDP in the long-run; (2) growth-accounting and time-series studies of Brazil result in low potential-output growth …

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

This paper investigates the main sources of instability in Brazil during the currency and financial distress episode of …

The international literature on minimum wage greatly lacks empirical evidence from developing countries. In Brazil, not …