The last three decades have witnessed important changes in transportation, communication and data processing, with effects over productive processes, trade flows and the international movement of capital. From the viewpoint of developing economies this led to the recommendation of adhering to...

The inflow of foreign investment can provide several positive economic effects. The main determining elements are related to the economic environment, but this does not mean that the government options are limited. Policy measures that affect the operation of firms have a significant weight in...

This paper aims to estimate the equilibrium real exchange rate for the Brazilian economy. The equilibrium exchange rate is defined as the level of exchange that guarantees that the net foreign asset position is stable over time. An econometric model is estimated using cointegration techniques....

In this paper, we calculate for Brazil the macroeconomic aggregate called Real Gross Domestic Income (RGDI) and trading gains resulting from terms of trade changes, from 1948 to 2014. RGDI equals Real Gross Domestic Product (RGDP) plus trading gains, thus incorporating terms of trade change...

The trading gains resulting from changes in terms of trade or relative prices between tradable and non-tradable goods and services are not captured by standard real GDP (RGDP) calculation. The macroeconomic aggregate that does so is the real gross domestic income (RGDI). The System of National...

The central point of the investigation was to verify the extent to which trade flows between the Midwest region and its trading partners have modified the structure of the terms of trade between them, in particular, in relation to the economic bloc of China, Hong Kong and Macau in the period...

The paper analyzes the process of Brazilian deindustrialization from the perspective of the transformations occurred in the global economic system in the last three decades. Realizes the performance of the Brazilian industry in the international economy from the technological, productive,...