This study sought to calculate an efficiency index in crime fighting that would allow comparison between Minas Gerais State military police units. The efficiency index were calculated by Data Envelopment Analysis and the results indicated a large discrepancy between the municipalities analyzed...

The purpose of this article is to analyze the relationship between the financial system and the degree of centrality of the city where it is located. Initially, a unique theoretical discussion is conducted to analyze how the degree of centrality can affect the behavior of a bank in a specific...

This study identified the discriminating factors among continuous and intermittent exporting firms from the South of Minas, regarding variables from the external environment, the internal characteristics and technological innovation. A binary logit model was defined to research the determinants...

The aim of this paper is to show that for Marx, the social character of capitalist production is imposed upon private producers through competition. One direct consequence of this type of resolution of the social nature of production is that social reproduction has a turbulent character that...

The objective of this paper is to understand the dynamics of the Brazilian corn market by investigating the main factors affecting volumes and prices. Unit roots tests were taken using the DF-GLS - Dickey Fuller Generalized Least Square methodology, and Johansen's co-integration tests (1988)....

This article uses linear and nonlinear diffusion index models to forecast, one step ahead, the quarterly growth rate of Brazilian Agricultural GDP. These models are composed by common factor which allow a significant reduction in the number of the original explanatory variables. After comparing...

The aim of this paper was to analyze the effect of the United States antidumping policy over exports by the steelmaking industry of Minas Gerais between 1999 and 2002. The results showed antidumping to be an instrument which had a significant effect on the decrease in trade flows. After the...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss, from a Keynesian analytical perspective, the determination of exchange rates in a peripheral monetary economy. Initially, the paper approaches the essential properties of an open monetary economy. Next, it presents the basic proposals of the Post...

To better understand transitions that took place in the labor market, it is important to consider the flows of being employed, unemployed and outside the labor market, and the probabilities involved, as a function of socio-economic and geographical variables. The econometric model used was the...

This paper aims to provide a detailed statistical descriptive analysis for the distribution of regional investments. In doing so, it used a novel dataset related to planned investment projects for Espírito Santo's municipalities during the 2009-2014 period. Additionally, we present results...