Este trabalho faz uma releitura das contribuições de Celso Furtado ao desenvolvimentoeconômico brasileiro. Trata-se, primeiramente, dos avanços teóricos no estruturalismocepalino e de aspectos de sua passagem como ator político no período 1950-1980. Duasquestões específicas da análise...

The aim of this paper is to examine how the service sectors contribute to labor productivity in the economy as a whole, as well as each of the sectors in particular, using the notion of vertically integrated sector developed by Pasinetti (1973). The studies focused on structural changes and...

This paper verifies the uncovered interest parity to Brazilian economy. The main finding is that under fixed exchange rate the uncovered interesty parity fails. This confirms the theoretical point proposed by Krasker (1980)

This paper verifies the uncovered interest parity to Brazilian economy. The main finding is that under fixed exchange rate the uncovered interesty parity fails. This confirms the theoretical point proposed by Krasker (1980)

This article suggests an alternative approach, nested in exogeneity tests, to test the Ricardian Equivalence Hypothesis. The intuitive appeal and the sophisticated statistical method are the advantages of this new procedure. Furthermore, it is argued against the use of the value of correlation...

The economic literature contains extensive discussions on relationship between foreign constraints and economic growth. Since the beginning of the 1990's one debate concentrates on the nature of macroeconomic policies to expand domestic demand in Brazil in an environment of capital flows...