This paper contrasts alternative preferential trade arrangements involving Brazil and each of the remaining Brics economies: China, India, Russia and South Africa. Bilateral trade liberalization scenarios are simulated under a perfect competition market structure, using the GTAP general...

This article evaluates the main effects for the Brazilian economy from the creation of a free trade zone among the BRICS economies. A welfare analysis suggests the Chinese economy to be the closest - in comparison to the remaining BRICS - to the definition of a natural trade partner for Brazil....

We estimate the effects of reductions in trade costs between the four original members of Souther Common Market (Mercado Común del Sur - Mercosur) on regional trade and on the Brazilian labor market, using the model developed by Caliendo, Dvorkin e Parro (2019), which features elements such as...

Este artigo verifica o cumprimento da Lei do Preço Único (LPU) em mercados separados espacialmente, utilizando o enfoque de co-integração. Foram considerados os preços das cestas básicas nas quatro capitais da região Sudeste do Brasil. O teste de raiz unitária mostra que estas são...

This study analyzes spatial integration in the arabica coffee market of the two main producer states in Brazil. The results of the Dickey-Fuller Augmented (DFA) unit root test show that all price series are integrated of first order, I(1). The results of the Johansen co-integration test suggest...

This paper contrasts alternative preferential trade arrangements involving Brazil and each of the remaining Brics economies: China, India, Russia and South Africa. Bilateral trade liberalization scenarios are simulated under a perfect competition market structure, using the GTAP general...

This article evaluates the main effects for the Brazilian economy from the creation of a free trade zone among the BRICS economies. A welfare analysis suggests the Chinese economy to be the closest - in comparison to the remaining BRICS - to the definition of a natural trade partner for Brazil....

We estimate the effects of reductions in trade costs between the four original members of Souther Common Market (Mercado Común del Sur - Mercosur) on regional trade and on the Brazilian labor market, using the model developed by Caliendo, Dvorkin e Parro (2019), which features elements such as...

In this paper we investigate the relationship between economic growth and exchange rate volatility in emerging and developing countries. We pointed out channels of influence of exchange rate volatility on the growth of economies, through investment, trade flows, asymmetric shocks and capital...

A relação entre abertura comercial e crescimento econômico tem sido objeto de muitos estudos aplicados, mas ainda não há consenso sobre a existência e a direção da causalidade entre estas duas variáveis. Neste sentido, o objetivo deste trabalho é investigar a relação entre comércio...