Although there is agreement that the effect of broadband expansion on the economy, from an general overview, is positive; not an unanimous voice arguments that this impact be positive on all sectors. By applying a multivariate two way panel data model and estimated by bayesian methodology, this...

This paper tries to do an international and technological comparison of the Brazilian manufacturing in 2011. The main conclusion is the following: the Brazilian manufacturing has technological supply chains similar to the more developed countries, although it needs development in a few sectors.

Mineral raw materials are at the base of economic activities at some stage of their production chains and will continue to be more and more in the future. Certain raw materials have specific features, because both the supply risk and their economic importance vary between countries or economic...

The extension of the mineral economy's value-chain is a relevant subject for the Brazilian debate on public policies for economic growth, but the numbers and definitions on the topic are still imprecise and, therefore, remain under construction. At first, based on the official classification of...

Over the past decades, Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) have assumed an important role in international relations, in particular with regard to the foreign direct investment (FDI). This group of economies, albeit under different intensities, ceased to be mere recipients of FDI to become...

The objective of this is study is to assert the role of domestic financial system as mitigating of sudden stops episodes and driver of capital flows in a group of 14 emerging economies in the period of 1999-2013, especially in face of unfavorable external environment such as high international...

The current financial crisis has deepened during the end of 2008. The multinational corporations (MNCs) are trying to adapt themselves, the international organizations are debating possible solutions, and the governments are increasing their capacity to intervene in the economy. This work...

This study aims to evaluate policies that can potentially improve the economic vulnerability of a group of emerging market countries that comprises 23 countries in the period 1998-2007, coping up to 96% of the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global as of December 2007. Through a panel data...

The study analyses, through a panel data model, the determinants of the net capital flow (the net sum of direct investment, portfolio investment, financial derivatives and other investment) and its volatility for a group of nineteen emerging economies in the period of 1980-2011 and suggests a...

This work is about the question of Franco-German relations and the creation of the European common currency. For this purpose the analysis was made with the perspective of international political economy. Between the meetings of European leaders in the Dutch cities of Hague and Maastricht, among...