This paper has as objective to present a practical method for building a composite economic activity index for local economies. As an example, the index was built using data for the city of Maringá-PR. In its development we employed factor analysis technique to find the principal components...

The purpose of this article is to show that access to indexed assets during the high inflation regime (1990-1993) was not evenly distributed among different states in Brazil. An index was elaborated to measure the access to indexed assets and the author concluded that some states had a lower...

This paper is a theoretical review of consumer price indices, with an emphasis on the specifics of the real estate market, highlighting advantages and limitations. It discusses the following indices of average prices: Laspeyres, Paasche, Fisher and Jevons. In addition, it presents two variations...

Este artigo tem por objetivo analisar a natureza aleatória dos índices de preços. Considerando particularmente a categoria dos Índices de Preços ao Consumidor (IPC); parte-se do conceito teórico de Índices de Custo de Vida, do qual o IPC é uma aproximação, para destacar os aspectos que...

This paper is a theoretical review of consumer price indices, with an emphasis on the specifics of the real estate market, highlighting advantages and limitations. It discusses the following indices of average prices: Laspeyres, Paasche, Fisher and Jevons. In addition, it presents two variations...

O presente artigo estima equações de oferta e demanda por exportações de automóveis brasileiros, entre 1992Q1 e 2006Q4, usando o mecanismo de correção de erro com parâmetros fixos e variáveis no formato espaço-estado. Pelos resultados das elasticidades de curto e longo prazo, pode-se...

To try to minimize the adverse effects of low water availability on the population and on the economy of part of the semiarid region, the Federal Government put into practice, in 2007, the São Francisco Integration Project (PISF). The PISF, known simply as the São Francisco transposition,...

Brazil has more than 23 million rural people with unimproved sanitation, which corresponds to about 75% of rural population. One reflection of this situation is observed in health, where there is an index of mortality caused by diarrhea (the main disease caused by unimproved sanitation) similar...

The objective of this research was to examine the capacity of sectors to generate income of the economy and the local and inter-regional impacts. For this purpose we built na input-output system with four regions, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and the Rest of Brazil. The main...

This study introduces a new measure of urban centrality. It identifies distinct urban structures from different spatial patterns of jobs and resident population. The proposed urban centrality index constitutes an extension to the spatial separation index (MIDELFART-KNARVIK et al., 2000). It is...