A large body of evidence suggests that poor countries tend to invest less (have lower PPP - adjusted investment rates) and to face higher relative prices of investment goods. It has been suggested that this happens either because these countries have lower TFP in the investment - good producing...

A large body of evidence suggests that poor countries tend to invest less (have lower PPP adjusted investment rates) and to face higher relative prices of investment goods. It has been suggested that this happens either because these countries have lower TFP in the investment good producing...

A large body of evidence suggests that poor countries tend to invest less (have lower PPP-adjusted investment rates) and to face higher relative prices of in- vestment goods. It has been suggested that this happens either because these countries have lower TFP in the investment-good producing...

This paper is an analysis of the factors that determine the performance of Brazil electric energy contradictory policies. The irregular path followed by one of the largest national oil companies in the world, is a case study of high convenience. We analyze the increase and decrease of production...