The main purpose of this paper is the empirical investigation of the business cycles responses of each of the five Brazilian regions to monetary policy innovations and other shocks. We applied a methodology integrating unobserved components and vector auto-regressions (VAR). We identified not...

The objective of this study is to analyze the determinants of private investment, especially private participation in infrastructure, focusing on the institutional quality of emerging economies. The emerging economies analyzed (Argentina, Brazil, China, Chile, Colombia, India, Indonesia,...

The objective of this study is to analyze the determinants of private investment, especially private participation in infrastructure, focusing on the institutional quality of emerging economies. The emerging economies analyzed (Argentina, Brazil, China, Chile, Colombia, India, Indonesia,...

Portuguese Abstract: Tendo em vista que o equity crowdfunding cresceu significativamente no Brasil e que tal mercado tem sido frequentemente procurado pelas startups como alternativa à escassez de crédito, este trabalho investigou os elementos que determinam o sucesso de suas campanhas de...

Portuguese Abstract: Esta pesquisa buscou investigar quais elementos ligados ao perfil dos projetos de crowdfunding podem ser críticos para o êxito das campanhas de financiamento. A base de dados considerada pelo trabalho foi cedida pela plataforma Bookstart, na qual foram analisadas 151...

Portuguese Abstract: Estudos apontam uma correlação negativa da distância investidores-investidas e a capacidade de empresas jovens levantarem capital. No entanto, essa lógica não permanece no Crowdfunding, onde foram encontrados indícios de maior dispersão geográfica. Este estudo...

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 growing interest of Brazilian companies in the Argentine market has attracted the attention of the both economies on the implications and the reasons behind of this phenomenon. Recent data show a marked increased tendency flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Brazil toward the...

This paper analyzes the logic of expansion of multinational corporations and their determinants in order to understand the dynamics and the main features of global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) from the eighties. This is an analytical review of historical and theoretical approach that...

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...