We examine corporate sector vulnerabilities in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. First, we identify stylized …

domestic soybean prices in the four largest producers of this commodity in Brazil – Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and …

, and Brazil. We focus on the case of Brazil, a country that instituted five changes in its capital account regime in 2008 … construct counterfactuals (i.e., Brazil with no capital account policy change) for each policy change event. We find no evidence … they broadcast regarding the government’s larger intentions and sensibilities. Brazil’s left-of-center government was …

When the process of trade liberalisation started in Brazil in the late 1980s, a regime of temporary trade protection … Brazil. After controlling for the political strength of each HS six-digit sector in Brazil, as well as the time invariant … prices are not an important determinant of TTB in Brazil even though more than ninety percent of TTB that were put in place …

implementing them in recent years. We focus on Brazil, which instituted five changes in its capital account regime in 2008 …–2011. Using the synthetic control method, we construct counterfactuals (i.e., Brazil with no policy change) for each of these … they broadcast regarding the government’s larger intentions and sensibilities. In the case of Brazil, its left …

show that inflation targeting managed to reduce inflation in Brazil after its 1999 and 2002 currency crises, with a … during exchange-rate targeting in Brazil, but with a smaller volatility and an apparent upward trend during inflation …