This paper analyzes Brazilian vulnerability to changes in international state of expectations as a result from the nature of its insertion in the external scenario and from institutional changes in foreign exchange market and financial account convertibility. For that purpose, it evaluates the...

This paper analyzes Brazilian vulnerability to changes in international state of expectations as a result from the nature of its insertion in the external scenario and from institutional changes in foreign exchange market and financial account convertibility. For that purpose, it evaluates the...

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...

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...

O presente trabalho objetiva analisar empiricamente as relações entre crescimento econômico e abertura da conta financeira do balanço de pagamentos, tendo como lementos centrais a restrição imposta pelo Balanço de Pagamentos ao crescimento econômico, bem como s dificuldades associadas à...

The real exchange rate (RER) can be considered one of the most important relative price of economics, given the influence it exerts on many other prices and variables, and may be overvalued, among other factors, as a symptom of the existence of a Dutch disease process. Thus, seeking to prove...

The financial account of the balance of payments aggregates a set of heterogeneous flows, with marked differences in terms of purpose, risk, maturity and liquidity. With this perspective, the paper analyzes the factors that explain comparatively extreme events occurred in the flows of the three...

The objective of this is study is to assert the role of domestic financial system as mitigating of sudden stops episodes and driver of capital flows in a group of 14 emerging economies in the period of 1999-2013, especially in face of unfavorable external environment such as high international...

This paper shows estimates of the optimal level of foreign reserves for Brazil between the first quarter of 2004 and the third trimester of 2012, by applying the new Jeanne e Rancière (2011) framework, using different scenarios. The estimates of the optimal holdings of this asset are calculated...

The balance of payments' financial account aggregates a very heterogeneous set of capital flows. Among other features, these investments differ in terms of maturity, risk, liquidity and receptor. From this viewpoint, this paper analyzes comparatively the behavior of the main components of the...