This paper makes an empirical analysis about the importance of nominal shocks and real disturbances on the Brazilian/USA real exchange rate (TCR) during the period of January of 1999 to December of 2003. Based in the Mundell-Flemming-Obstfeld model and data base obtained from the IPEA ,...

This paper makes an empirical analysis about the importance of nominal shocks and real disturbances on the Brazilian/USA real exchange rate (TCR) during the period of January of 1999 to December of 2003. Based in the Mundell-Flemming-Obstfeld model and data base obtained from the IPEA, different...

We present a detailed survey of changes in the reserve requirement system in Brazil and analyze the system's main functions and goals during the period from 1994 to 2012. We identify four different subperiods with respect to the use of this policy tool. In the first subperiod, from july 1994 to...

We present a detailed survey of changes in the reserve requirement system in Brazil and analyze the system's main functions and goals during the period from 1994 to 2012. We identify four different subperiods with respect to the use of this policy tool. In the first subperiod, from july 1994 to...

The aim of this paper is to analyze, empirically, the relationship between the Central Bank’s reaction, also known as Taylor Rule, and the Brazilian public debt. The article is justified once the majority of the researches regarding the Brazilian reaction function doesn’t model the public...

The current financial crisis has deepened during the end of 2008. The multinational corporations (MNCs) are trying to adapt themselves, the international organizations are debating possible solutions, and the governments are increasing their capacity to intervene in the economy. This work...

This article has two main objectives. First, to develop, in a stylized way, a characterization line of the recent transformations that took place in the international economic and political system in the first decade of the 21st century, trying to show that these changes are a product of the new...

This article aims to show that, by analyzing both the historical development of regional integration processes in Latin America and the political and economic ideas behind them, ECLAC's ideas, from the 1950's and 1960's, about what features Latin American integration should present - a...

One of the basic features of last decade was the formation of groups of emerging economies, as well as the acceptance of their role as important players in the determination of global growth. Recent years have shown, however, a fall in the rate of growth of these economies. In this article we...