This study tests the value relevance of R&D expenses for the Portuguese context. The methodology adopted is based on econometric models, and takes into consideration the kind of information companies display and the adoption of IASB accounting standards in 2005. The empirical evidence suggests...

Neste artigo elabora-se uma abordagem empírica, com recurso a técnicas econométricas apropriadas para dados em painel, que visa contribuir para a redução (ou mesmo eliminação) do desvio entre os valores contabilístico e de mercado das empresas. Tendo por base 20 das empresas que mais...

Besides the introduction and the final conclusions, this Discussion Paper has four sections. The first presents the "state of art", that is, the current debate about the long-term financing of the neo-corporatist state capitalism in Brazil. Then it shows the personal and corporate wealth as...

This work identifies the existence of economies of scale and scope for the Brazilian complementary pension funds via quantitative tests on the administrative data base. It will be presented the literature review, descriptive statistics of the data base; a theoretical model on the existence of...

This article focuses on current aspects of the public servants` pension system in Brazil, dialoguing with the legislative proposal (PL no 1.992/2007) which aims to introduce a complementary pillar in the civil servants pension system. The proposal is been considered in Congress and will allow...

Investment funds are key institutions for understanding the dynamics of a country's financial wealth and for analysing the interaction between wealth owners and the macroeconomic policy management. This text has three fundamental objectives: firstly, it seeks to construct a profit proxy of the...

Brazilian pension funds hold together a portfolio that exceeds R$ 1 trillion. This volume of resources justifies researches that try to understand the management of these portfolios. This paper aims therefore to analyze the allocation of the wealth managed by these funds. As an associated goal,...

This paper aims to present the main features of an important segment of the Brazilian financial market, the investment funds. These funds, along with insurers and pension funds, constitute the institutional investors or so-called money managers (Minsky, 1989). The arguments are organized as...