O mercado internacional de créditos de carbono é um dos instrumentos do Protocolo de Quioto que tem sido utilizado na redução dos níveis de emissões de CO2. Entretanto, o fim do período estabelecido por esse protocolo em 2012 gera dúvidas sobre a dinâmica futura desse mercado, a qual...

This article uses linear and nonlinear diffusion index models to forecast, one step ahead, the quarterly growth rate of Brazilian Agricultural GDP. These models are composed by common factor which allow a significant reduction in the number of the original explanatory variables. After comparing...

The objective of this paper is to examine the existence of integration in the Brazilian wholesaler tomato markets using a dynamic panel model that allows threshold effects to test the hypothesis of market convergence to the one price law. The results support the hypothesis of integration among...

A relação entre desigualdade e renda na forma de “U” invertido, conhecida como a hipótese de Kuznets, ainda é bastante controversa. Diversos trabalhos têm analisado os dados brasileiros, mas os resultados não são tão claros quanto a sua validade. Este artigo investiga essa relação...

The present study uses linear and non-linear diffusion index models to produce one-stepahead forecast of quarterly Brazilian GDP growth rate. Diffusion index models are like dynamic factors models. The non-linear diffusion index models used in this work are not only parsimonious ones, but also...

This paper uses linear and non-linear diffusion index models and combination of them to produce one-step-ahead forecast of quarterly Brazilian GDP growth rate. The non-linear diffusion index models are not only parsimonious ones, but they also purport to describe economic cycles through a...

What is called a price puzzle is a positive and persistent response of ination to a unit shock in the interest rate's innovation. Using a VAR to analyse monetary policy in Brazil, this paper comes to the conclusion that when nonlinearities in the data were considered, most of this e_ect...