This paper presents estimates for Brazilian inflation during the 2000s. The results of a structural model with two endogenous variables - wage inflation and consumer inflation - indicate that: i) the demand indicator was not statistically significant in the consumer inflation, but it was...

This Discussion Paper deals with the institutional and economic aspects of the Brazilian federative state according to the 1988 Constitution. The context of vertical coordination of urban infrastructure investments is then examined. Previous studies have shown that the benefits of economic...