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Despite data limitations, formal methods can still be applied to identify business cycle turning points and hence date appropriately the Maltese business cycle. An extension of the official quarterly GDP time series to the 1970s allows for a historical view on dating the business cycle, leading...
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Using a unique dataset covering the universe of Portuguese firms and their credit situation we show that financially constrained firms are found across the entire firm size distribution, even in the top 1%. Incorporating a richer, empirically supported, productivity process into a standard...
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In this article we study the long-run average rate of forest conversion in Brazil. Deforestation results from the … be used in our model. The object of our simulation is Brazil and 27 states. Our aim is to compute under several scenarios …
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the state. Since then, Brazil has adopted a policy regime that combines both neoliberal policies - associated with those … outcomes, such as life expectancy and infant mortality, have improved significantly. What steps did Brazil take to achieve … agent in inducing development in Brazil opens a window of opportunity to create a virtuous complementarity between health …
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Patterns of change in citizenship regimes help explain differences in tax structure in Brazil and India. Changes to … progressivity, and the universality of application of tax across sectors and regions. Since the 1970s in Brazil and India, excluded … identities mobilized, the demands articulated, and the mechanisms of linkage between state and society. In Brazil, a cross …
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health system (SUS) in Brazil after the transition to democracy in the late 1980s. It argues that a combination of political … insurance. Despite many improvements, many challenges continue to beset the delivery of health care in Brazil, and addressing …
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