Portuguese Abstract: Em uma economia emergente, na qual seus governos gastam com o serviço de sua dívida um volume de recursos igual ou superior ao que se despende com muitos dos gastos sociais antes mencionados, nunca é demais conhecer e refletir sobre o citado endividamento governamental....

Portuguese Abstract: Neste capítulo, estudam-se duas alternativas. Primei- ro, a receita de um imposto com alíquota baixa, de 0,005% – isto é, 5 centavos de euro a cada € 1.000,00 –, proposta pelo Grupo Piloto com o objetivo único de levantar receitas para financiar o desenvolvimento....

The objective of this study is to estimate the socioeconomic impact of the deployment of last-mile digital infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean. To measure the impact of the economic and social aspects of this type of infrastructure, the analysis differentiates according to the...

The objective of this study is to estimate the socioeconomic impact of the deployment of last-mile digital infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean. To measure the impact of the economic and social aspects of this type of infrastructure, the analysis differentiates according to the...

The analysis of the main features of the international financial architecture that contributed to the deepening of the financial crisis allows to outline the necessary reforms in the supervision and regulation. To be effective, such reforms would have to be international in scope and include...

The analysis of the main features of the international financial architecture that contributed to the deepening of the financial crisis allows to outline the necessary reforms in the supervision and regulation. To be effective, such reforms would have to be international in scope and include...

No contexto de transição regulamentar para os padrões do acordo de Basiléia II, este artigo analisa o comportamento cíclico do capital bancário brasileiro sob a regulação atual. Utilizamos um painel não-balanceado de dados dos bancos operando no Brasil entre 2003 e 2008 para estimar,...

This paper has two objectives. Initially, seeks to review the main theses contained in the Brazilian economic literature on the role of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and its historical role in financing Brazilian economic development. The second objective is to analyze the perspective...

The study analyses the role of institutional characteristics of a country (governance) and the domestic financial system (depth, efficiency, stability, and capital openness) in determinants of emerging market corporate bond spreads issued in international market. We propose an econometric panel...

In this paper, we describe the operation of the foreign exchange (FX) market in Brazil and discuss the relations between prices of derivatives and spot prices. A literature review of interventions in the FX market is done. Then, we study, in a descriptive way, the interventions of the Central...