Aimed at understanding some of the factors explaining the growth of GDP, in the Portuguese case, to understand the correlation and is degree, on the situation of our sample, we conclude that the general linear model (Manso 1998), despite being fairly simple, is suitable to our purpose. This...

Given the difficult moment faced as a result of the consequences of the pandemic, the purpose of this work is to better understand the impacts of the pandemic on business, through the exploratory analysis of primary data. To this end, a primary data survey was used, starting with a structured...

It is proposed to estimate two versions of the potential output for Brazil in the period 1992-2010, through the production function and the HP filter, and use these results to: i) assess the relevance of the output gap in the monetary policy decisions (comparing the two estimates); and ii) to...

This text aims to describe the pharmaceutical sector in Brazil using information from the satellite health account (CSS) and, based on this information, to discuss aspects related to the development and production of medicines in the country. In this work, the pharmaceutical sector is defined as...

This paper estimates the stock of fixed capital for Brazil, 1950-2002 by the perpetual inventory method. Estimates are disaggregated according to the type of capital (construction and machines and equipments), institutional sector (government and private). Main source of data are the series on...

The paper discusses the impacts of an inflation target regime on growth, distribution and stability in an open economy from a Post-Keynesian perspective. The model combines a conflicting claims theory of inflation, changes in the rate of capacity utilization and equilibrium in the external...

Spanish Abstract: Indonesia ha sido tradicionalmente uno de los centros globales de abastecimiento de commodities, al punto que la búsqueda de una ruta alternativa a ella desencadena el descubrimiento de América. A pesar de su tradicional importancia, esta y muchas otras facetas suyas se...

It is proposed to estimate two versions of the potential output for Brazil in the period 1992-2010, through the production function and the HP filter, and use these results to: i) assess the relevance of the output gap in the monetary policy decisions (comparing the two estimates); and ii) to...

This text aims to describe the pharmaceutical sector in Brazil using information from the satellite health account (CSS) and, based on this information, to discuss aspects related to the development and production of medicines in the country. In this work, the pharmaceutical sector is defined as...

This document, intended to be discuss and criticized, aims for the implementation on the city of Barreiro, Portugal, of a Local Investment Agency. The final objective of such project is to allow entrepreneurs and investors to build in the city new ventures that can create employment, build an...