This study aims to verify if there is a negative relation between the investment of Brazilian companies and the impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff. The period of analysis considers three previous (2013-2015) and subsequent (2016-2018) years to impeachment. As a result, although...

North Macedonia and Greece resolved the 27-year country name dispute and removed the main hurdle for North Macedonia to start the accession processes towards the EU and NATO. The paper analyzes the stock market movements around several events related to the name issue resolution to uncover...

We focus on the link between political instability due to uncertain electoral outcomes and economic growth, through the impact on a government's decisions on how to allocate government expenditure between public consumption and investment. Using an endogenous growth model with partisan electoral...