This paper analyse the influences of speculative capital movements on exchange rate levels and its volatility in Brazil. Approaches based only in fundamentals are unable to explain some empirical regularity. The speculative behaviour needs to be considered. In particular, empirical works...

This paper analyse the determinants of investment in Brazil in an environment of globalisation. To achieve a proper identification the economy is divided in three sectors: public, domestic private and international private. Since the growth of volatility is one of the main results of the...

The economic literature contains extensive discussions on relationship between foreign constraints and economic growth. Since the beginning of the 1990's one debate concentrates on the nature of macroeconomic policies to expand domestic demand in Brazil in an environment of capital flows...

The objective of this paper is to analyse the sustainability conditions of the Brazilian public debt since the Real Plan in July 1994. A new concept of liquidity public debt is introduced which is discussed in terms of GDP shares. Its absolute growth is divided among components and its...