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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...
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multilateralism and regionalism in Brazilian foreign policy is analyzed in order to identify and understand Brazil's trade negotiation … trade policy in Brazil in recent decades, explaining the adoption of a three-tracks negotiating strategy, which combines the …
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analyze the geopolitical importance of oil, nuclear and ethanol industries evolution in Brazil, highlighting trends and …
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The impacts of the exploration and production of large oil and gas reserves in a national economy are controversial. Several countries have shown a lack of capacity to develop based on these resources, while others achieve success. One important part of this equation are the local content rules...
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In this paper, we use data from the National Household Survey (PNAD) for Brazil to investigate the dynamics of the … finding suggests that the falling urban wage premium has contributed to the reduction in inequality observed in Brazil in the …
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Financial constraints on Brazilian firms are very high compared to advanced economies. In Brazil, 59% of firms have … are much higher in Brazil (95% of the loan value) than the developed country average (50% of the loan value). The interest … rate spread in Brazil is very high in relation to the average of developed countries (12% in Brazil and 3% in developed …
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Using data for the 27 Brazilian states during the period 1980-2009, we found that the media index in an important determinant of the suicide rates. The econometric results suggest that an increase of 1% in the media index increases the suicide rate for young males (age between 15 and 29 years...
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electricity in Brazil, which, although it does not differentiate consumers by income brackets, shows a positive, inelastic …
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This text details the technical procedures used in the construction of a panel data base of public servants and employees and military personnel working in the public administrations of Brazilian States. Six sets of procedures are presented. The first set deals with the extraction of the raw...
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