This paper investigates the determinants of capital flows to Brazil and constructs an index of capital controls that includes restrictions on both outflows and inflows. The paper explicitly takes into account the endogeneity of capital controls through a government reaction function that sets...

This paper discusses the regressive nature of the inflation tax and she limited extent of its impact on those individuals below the poverty line. It also argues that inflation affects poverty mainly through its impact on real wages: the empirical evidence shows that wages increase more slowly...