This article verifies the occurrence of a real estate bubble in the Brazilian economy. Overall, our results suggest the existence of a bubble in the real estate sector of the economy. The Austrian School of economics provides a solid explanation to this phenomenon, which are reinforced by...

In this paper we examine how the balance-of-payments constraint can limit output and income distribution in a small economy open to both commercial and financial flows, as well as constrain fiscal and monetary policies. We do so by extending a Sraffian supermultiplier growth model to consider...