This article analyses manufacturing and mining industry performance in Minas Gerais state regions. Performance is measured using selected variables including employment numbers, remuneration, industrial product and productivity, complemented by an indicator of relative competitiveness. This...

Quantile Autoregression (QAR) is used to explore asymmetries in the adjustment process of pairwise Real Exchange Rate (RER) between the Italian lire, French franc, Deutsch mark and the British pound. Based on the best specification for each quantile we construct predicted conditional density...