This paper presents the first assessment domestic market integration in Brazil using the law of one price. The law of … for other countries, price convergence occurs very slowly in Brazil, suggesting relatively limited domestic market … one price is tested using two panel unit root methodologies and a unique data set comprising price indices for 51 products …

We assess the degree of cross-market price discrepancy (a proxy for market integration), its evolution over time, and … proximate determinants, using monthly price data for 21 agricultural goods and 60 markets in India. Econometric analysis shows … that cross-market price integration is positively associated with the level of transportation infrastructure, and distance …

efficiency, and hindering domestic integration and export performance. This paper assesses the state of Brazil's infrastructure …, in light of past investment trends and various quality and quantity indicators. Brazil's infrastructure stock and its … infrastructure affects domestic integration by analyzing price convergence of tradable goods across major cities. The government …

While Brazil's deep recession has been broad based, it has been marked by a particularlylarge fall in investment. Real … factors contributed tothe investment decline, including a deterioration in Brazil's medium-term growthprospects, rising real …

eligibility rule of the Bolsa Familia program in Brazil, one of the oldest and largest conditional cash transfers in the world, to …

We examine the relationship between house price synchronicity and global financial conditions across 40 countries and … is examined as well. Looser global financial conditions are associated with greater house price synchronicity, even after … their respective countries, perhaps due to the influence of global investors on local house price dynamics. Policy choices …