Portuguese Abstract: O objetivo deste artigo é avaliar se o Projeto de Lei Complementar 488/2017 do Senado (PLS 488/2017) pode aumentar a permeabilidade dos criadores de políticas públicas ao uso de evidências, sobretudo comportamentais. A hipótese é a de que a regulação proposta pode...

The objective of this paper lies in identifying Stiglitz's main theoretical contributions to Financial Economics. It is shown that he made material headway in the following issues: (1) the Modigliani-Miller theorem, (2) the efficient market hypothesis, (3) the microeconomic effects of...

Genetic tests can be expected to produce a large amount of economically important information in the future. What are the effects on a life insurance market if more information becomes available over time, for individuals and possibly also for insurers? Should people buy insurance before or...