The aim of this Discussion Paper was to estimate the attrition rate of rape in the health and police systems. From a joint analysis of the National Health Survey from Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística...

Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDE) countries are the leading destinations of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). We investigate whether prudent monetary and fiscal policy through indicators that reflect the expectations concerning the central bank's commitment to a target and the...