The study aims to revisit some of the macroeconomic issues related to Hungary's eurozone-accession. The government postponed euro-adoption until 2020 without any explanation, which is one of the motivations of our analysis. We review the arguments formulated in 2000-2004 regarding the adoption...

On May 18th 2001, the Brazilian government created the "Chamber of Management for the Power Crisis", whose aim is to reduce 20% of electricity supply, from June to November, especially on regions Southeast, Midwest and Northeast. The objective of this paper is to estimate the fiscal impacts of...

This paper aims to examine the evolution of currency risk exposure of Brazilian corporations, especially exporting companies, from the 2008 crisis, when several companies suffered substantial losses due to the decline of the real. We analyze their financial based on the usage of derivatives, as...