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Fiscal Adjustment and Income Inequality: Sub-national Evidence from Brazil
Azevedo, João Pedro; David, Antonio; Bastos, Fabiano … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
and income inequality in Brazil over the period 1995-2011. The results indicate that a tighter fiscal stance at the sub …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123824
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Growing (Un)equal: Fiscal Policy and Income Inequality in China and BRIC+
Cevik, Serhan; Correa-Caro, Carolina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
This paper investigates the empirical characteristics of income inequality in China and a panel of BRIC+ countries over the period 1980–2013, with a focus on the redistributive contribution of fiscal policy. Using instrumental variable techniques to deal with potential endogeneity, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242236
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Analysis of transportation and logistics processes for soybeans in Brazil
Fliehr, Olivia - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Lädliche Räume, Wald … - 2013
improve the national infrastructure, particularly in the ports in northern Brazil, could lead to large improvements in the … in Brasilien zu ermitteln, wurde eine Markt- und Kostenanalyse für vier Anbaugebiete im Sorriso-Santos-Korridor mit … auf dem Weltmarkt gehört Brasilien zu den Hauptversorgern der weltweiten Sojanachfrage. Der Einfluss von Logistik und …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985835
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Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes and Policy Outcomes in Brazil
Alston, Lee J.; Melo, Marcus André; Mueller, Bernardo; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
This paper analyses the dynamics of policy-making among the various political institutions in Brazil. The authors find … that the driving force behind policies in Brazil is the strong set of powers given to the President, though several … office, state governors and the Constitution itself. The electorate of Brazil holds the President accountable for economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943803
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The Limits of Fiscal, Monetary, and Trade Policies:International Comparisons and Solutions
Leightner, Jonathan E - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Sixteen countries across the world ¡ª including the United States and many European nations ¡ª have fallen into economic crises since the late 1990s. In <em>The Limits of Fiscal, Monetary, and Trade Policies: International Comparisons and Solutions</em>, Jonathan E Leightner convincingly argues that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011010979
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Brazil: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that Brazil’s economy is recovering gradually from the slowdown that began in mid-2011. Consumption remained resilient last year underpinned by low unemployment and broad gains in real wages, although it has slowed somewhat more recently. After...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244850
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Refining Macroeconomic Policies to Sustain Growth in Brazil
Mourougane, Annabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
This paper identifies refinements to the macroeconomic framework that will help Brazil to achieve strong performance in … Review of Brazil 2011 (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/Brazil).<P>Ajuster les politiques macroéconomiques pour soutenir la …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009350676
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Infrastructure and productivity in Latin America: is there a relationship in the long run?
Teles, Vladimir Kühl; Mussolini, Caio Cesar - In: Journal of Economic Studies 39 (2012) January, pp. 44-62
(TFP) in the four major Latin American economies: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. Design/methodology/approach – The … relationship between infrastructure and economic growth for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico between 1950 and 2000, using new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421142
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Fiscal Policy and Income Redistribution in Latin America: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom
Lustig, Nora; Pessino, Carola; Molina, George Gray; … - Department of Economics, Tulane University - 2011
upper quintile. Through an in-depth fiscal incidence analysis applied to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Peru we … Argentina but by only 2.4 percent in Bolivia. In Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia government revenues are close to 40 percent of … of GDP ranges from 17 percent in Brazil to 5.2 percent in Peru. Second, social spending does not accrue to the richest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009358893
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Fiscal policy and income redistribution in Latin America: Challenging the conventional wisdom
Lustig, Nora - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2011
upper quintile. Through an in-depth fiscal incidence analysis applied to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Peru we … Argentina but by only 2.4 percent in Bolivia. In Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia government revenues are close to 40 percent of … of GDP ranges from 17 percent in Brazil to 5.2 percent in Peru. Second, social spending does not accrue to the richest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366275