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Portuguese Abstract: O presente estudo tem por objetivo principal analisar o esenvolvimento educacional na região metropolitana de Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, por meio do índice IDEB numa sequência bienal composta por três períodos (2005, 2007 e 2009). Como suporte metodológico, nesta...
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This article presents some estimates for the Non Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment (NAIRU) using Brazilian data. The NAIRU is estimated using both IBGE and DIEESE data. The results show a linear Phillips curve for Brazil, and they are in line with the acceleration of inflation during...
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This paper estimates the Brazilian NAILO (Nonaccelerating Inflation Level of Output), obtains (Bayesian) probability bands for the Nailo and for its growth rate, and investigates the relationship between deviations of output with respect to the Nailo and the acceleration of inflation. As...
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The article discusses the factors influencing the market capitalization of a company. Using data on the thousand largest companies in Europe, taken from the 2009 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, the analysis focuses on the impacts of net sales value of each company, investment in...
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This paper discusses the sign of the expected measurement error in discretionary accruals (DAC) estimates when accrual models do not control for the asymmetric treatment of gains and losses underlying conservatism. I find that DAC in firms with “bad news” are expected to be understated...
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A bootstrap algorithm proposed by Psaradakis (2001) for hypothesis testing in I(1) regressions is discussed and shown to be valid only under the null hypothesis. A simple correction making the procedure valid under both the null and the alternative hypothesis is proposed.
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Este artigo avalia a sustentabilidade da política fiscal do Rio Grande do Sul a partir de um modelo de correção de equilíbrio com mudanças Markovianas de regime. São estudadas as dinâmicas de curto e de longo prazo da política fiscal do Estado no período compreendido entre 1970 e 2007....
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The main objective of this study is to assess the quality of municipal spending of the State of Ceara in education and health. Using the non-parametric methodology data envelopment analysis, efficiency rates are estimated, considering indicators of input and product. To do so, a bias correction...
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The general equilibrium models got importance at the 70's for pointing tendencies that were, until that moment, not experienced by economics. One example was first petrol crisis which econometric models could not predict based on temporal series. On the other hand, the general equilibrium models...
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