Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the teaching of undergraduate macroeconomics. Design/methodology/approach To suggest a roadmap, based on a consumption function, to be used by instructors willing to teach the Lucas Critique subject. Findings Therefore, this paper proposes a...

The aim of this work is to analyze the regional unemployment rate behavior in Brazil. Firstly, unit root tests with structural breaks were used to determine which theoretical framework - hysteresis or NAIRU - is more appropriate to explain the unemployment dynamics not only in six Brazilian...

Este artigo estuda a persistência das flutuações do crescimento econômico brasileiro com dados anuais de 1900 a 2008. Para a análise das séries são usados modelos ARFIMA e testes de raiz unitária com quebras estruturais. Os resultados indicam que ambos PIB e PIB per capita brasileiros...