The aim of this work is to analyze the business cycles of the Mercosur?s member countries in order to investigate their degree of synchronization. The econometric model uses the Beveridge-Nelson-Stock-Watson multivariate trend-cycle decomposition, taking into account the presence of common...

An important aspect of empirical research based on the vector autoregressive (VAR) model is the choice of the lag order, since all inference in the VAR model depends on the correct model specification. Literature has shown important studies of how to select the lag order of a nonstationary VAR...

An important aspect of empirical research based on the vector autoregressive (VAR) model is the choice of the lag order, since all inferences in this model depend on the correct model specification. There have been many studies on how to select the lag order of a nonstationary VAR model subject...

An important aspect of empirical research based on the vector autoregressive (VAR) model is the choice of the lag order, since all inferences in this model depend on the correct model specification. There have been many studies of how to select the lag order of a nonstationary VAR model subject...

This study investigates the relationship between debtors? punishment and the credit market development. As the main goal we analyze empirically which is the optimal level of the debtors? punishment, providing the highest credit market development. Aligned with earlier theoretical findings from...

In this study we describe how listed Brazilian companies disclose information about their strategy in annual reports. From the literature on operations strategy, we developed eight proxies and their respective keywords for strategy disclosure. Keyword frequencies were measured using an automatic...

n this paper the nature of organizational discourse is theoretically underpinned by the concept of self-serving attributions, a type of causal reasoning that allows the writer to take credit for good news and avoid blame for bad news. Based on motivational and informational explanations, we...

Este trabalho utiliza a pesquisa Indicador de Alfabetismo Funcional (INAF), realizada entre 2001 e 2007, para investigar os efeitos do analfabetismo funcional sobre a empregabilidade dos trabalhadores brasileiros. Utilizando um modelo de escolha discreta e controlando para características...

A energia elétrica é um bem de consumo essencial tanto para as camadas mais abastadas da população, quanto para os pobres. Num contexto de pressões por elevação de tarifas e por aumento de consumo, o consumidor pobre depara-se com uma situação em que pagar a conta de energia elétrica...