According to available data, real wages in Brazil have been declining since 1980, in terms of wage goods, especially food. The main consequence has been the acceleration of the national income concentration, against the labour share. In order to solve this problem and to increase the real wages,...

The growing interest of Brazilian companies in the Argentine market has attracted the attention of the both economies on the implications and the reasons behind of this phenomenon. Recent data show a marked increased tendency flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Brazil toward the...

This paper analyses the competitiveness evolution in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay within Mercosur trade flows, on the relative specialization perspective and changes in the distribution of revealed comparative advantage among distinct product categories. For this purpose, it measures...