This paper assesses Brazil''s growth performance from a long-term perspective, using crosscountry and panel estimation techniques, building on the vast empirical literature on growth. The empirical evidence presented in this paper confirms that macroeconomic stability and several reforms have...

Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BRAZIL'S LONG-TERM GROWTH PERFORMANCE IN A CROSS-COUNTRY CONTEXT -- III. ASSESSING BRAZIL'S GROWTH PERFORMANCE IN A DYNAMIC PANEL MODEL -- IV. DISSECTING BRAZIL'S GROWTH DETERMINANTS -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDICES -- I. TABLE. SALA-I-MARTIN'S LIST OF 21...

This study examines the macroeconomic determinants of survey inflation expectations in Brazil since the adoption of inflation targeting in 1999. The results suggest that the inflation targeting framework has helped anchor expectations, with the dispersion of inflation expectations declining...

This note is a reference guide to the econometric work on fiscal multipliers for MENAP countries. Spending and tax multipliers are estimated from conventional VAR models and identified using a sign-restrictions approach. Estimates show that fiscal multipliers tend to be small, except for those...