The main objective of this study is to quantify the impact caused by changes in federal tax on the tax policy of the Brazilian states, considering the presence of horizontal tax competition between states. Using panel data covering 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District during the period...

This paper analyzes the price dynamics of Brazilian cities between 1995 and 2012 to identify stylized facts about price convergence, the reversal speed of deviations between relative prices and purchasing power parity (PPP). There is evidence of a strong reduction in the absolute dispersion of...