We consider the concept of Macrodynamic Capacity, exploring an heterodox content whose analytical foundation is derived from a number of scholars of diverse ideological conceptions which casts light on the different ways that economies deal with the role and impact of institutional, monetary and...

This study attempts to investigate the relations among financial system and the rates of saving and investment through an econometric analysis in Brazilian economy. For the period 1947-2004, we examine if those relations were characterized by different regimes related to changes in the financial...

This paper analyse the determinants of investment in Brazil in an environment of globalisation. To achieve a proper identification the economy is divided in three sectors: public, domestic private and international private. Since the growth of volatility is one of the main results of the...

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...

Neste trabalho utilizamos uma versão estendida do modelo multisetorial Pasinettiano “pure labour”, envolvendo setores verticalmente integrados para analisar as mudanças estruturais decorrentes da inclusão de uma economia em desenvolvimento no comércio internacional. Estabelecemos as...

Several recent papers argue that contracts provide reference points that affect ex post behavior. We test this hypothesis in a canonical buyer-seller relationship with renegotiation. Our paper provides causal experimental evidence that an initial contract has a highly significant and...

We present an international trade model with multiproduct firms. Firms are heterogeneously endowed with two types of capabilities that jointly determine the trade-off within firms between managing a large portfolio of products and producing at low marginal cost. The model can explain many of the...

This paper reports data from a laboratory experiment on two-period moral hazard problems. The findings corroborate the contract-theoretic insight that even though the periods are technologically unrelated, due to incentive considerations principals can benefit from offering long-term contracts...