This paper aims at analysing the determinants of the recent wave of European banks to Brazil under the context of the … operating in countries where the banking sector is larger and more profitable should be able to export a superior skill and are … European banks in Brazil, as well as the expansion strategy of the four major European banks in Latin America - BSCH, BBVA …

Assessing the inflation targeting regime in Brazil- This paper is concerned with ?new? monetary policy, essentially … countries, the focus is on Brazil and the application of this monetary policy framework in the case of this country since 1999 … examination of the experience of IT in Brazil. The Brazilian experience is compared and contrasted with that of other similar …

This paper aims at discussing critically Pérsio Arida’s proposal of adopting currency convertibility in Brazil. Arida … (2003a, 2003b, 2004) points out that currency convertibility would make for lower interest rates in Brazil, as well as for … well as exchange rate volatility in Brazil. We argue in this paper that this proposal does not lead necessarily either to …