The Fed’s actions before and after the housing bubble burst: discretion and mandate of central banks in an environment of financial deregulation The Fed’s actions during the development and burst of the US real estate bubble highlight a Central Bank’s dilemma when facing a financial...

A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (Cepal) e o Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) mantêm atividades conjuntas desde 1971, abrangendo vários aspectos do estudo do desenvolvimento econômico e social do Brasil, da América Latina e do Caribe. A partir de 2010,...

We use a standard sticky-price model to provide evidence on three mechanisms that can reconcile somewhat frequent price changes with large and persistent real effects of monetary shocks. To that end, we estimate a semi-structural model for the U.S. economy that allows for varying degrees of real...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose a model to measure maturity in value co-creation practices and to evaluate its relationship with the market performance of textile companies. Design/methodology/approach: The data were obtained through quantitative research with 100 companies of...

The analysis of FGTS performance and actuarial position does not recommend the suppression or reduction of its enterprise payroll tax. In addition of running out of an important source of mandatory savings, able to add a 0,9% of GDP contribution to finance housing and infrastructure next years,...