This paper investigates whether there is evidence of structural change in the Brazilian term structure of interest rates. Multivariate cointegration techniques are used to verify this evidence. Two econometrics models are estimated. The first one is a Vector Autoregressive Model with Error...

This paper investigates whether there is evidence of structural change in the Brazilian term structure of interest rates. Multivariate cointegration techniques are used to verify this evidence. Two econometrics models are estimated. The rst one is a Vector Autoregressive Model with Error...

Although Brazil has become one of the largest economies in the world, it remains among the most closed economies as measured by the share of exports and imports in gross domestic product. This feature cannot be explained simply by the size of Brazil's economy. Rather, it is due to an economic...

The paper reviews the so-called "third generation" models of currency crises. After presenting a few selected models from the literature, the paper discusses whether they contribute to the understanding of the recent currency crises in Latin America - in particular the Mexican crisis of 1994 and...

Over the last decades, the analysis of the transmissions of international nancial events has become the subject of many academic studies focused on multivariate volatility models volatility. The goal of this study is to evaluate the nancial contagion between stock market returns. The econometric...

Este artigo tem como objetivo verificar a robustez do contéudo preditivo de regras da análise técnica, usando informações intradiárias do mercado futuro do índice de ações da Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo (Ibovespa Futuro). A metodologia sugerida foi a avaliacão em grupos, conforme os...

As contribuições deste artigo são duas. A primeira, um método de avaliação de regressões não lineares para a previsão de retornos intradiários de ações no mercado brasileiro é discutido e aplicado, com o objetivo de maximizar o retorno de um portfólio simulado de compras e vendas....