This paper identifies and evaluates determinative common factors of currency and financial crisis in relation to 86 crises episodes between 1970‑2004, based on factor analysis, cluster and discriminant analysis. One evidenced that the rise of the ratios of domestic credit, fiscal deficit and...

The objective of this paper is to assess the impacts that rent-seeking arising from government intervention in international trade has on welfare. More specifically, the focus is on how the granting of special import regimes promotes rent-seeking practices, which have negative effects on...