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families prefer to buy at an early stage of the cycle all the desired stock of durable goods, in order to smooth consumption of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372137
This paper presents new econometric specifications for the quarterly behavior of the aggregate consumption of Brazilian … (approximated) private income elasticity close to 0.4 and credit and interest (semi) elasticities of household consumption close to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009231389
families prefer to buy at an early stage of the cycle all the desired stock of durable goods, in order to smooth consumption of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010406401
The paper discusses the use of indicators, constructed with data from North American industrial sectors, and their application in the discussion of public policies, especially in competition policy, and to a lesser extent, in foreign trade policy. The premise is that the structure of domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802815
The objective of this work is to analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on the behavior of Brazilian municipal policy makers. This work uses the first three cutoffs of the transfer rules of the Municipal Participation Fund (FPM) and applies a Discontinuous Regression model (RDD) to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616521
The paper discusses the use of indicators, constructed with data from North American industrial sectors, and their application in the discussion of public policies, especially in competition policy, and to a lesser extent, in foreign trade policy. The premise is that the structure of domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012625538
The objective of this work is to analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on the behavior of Brazilian municipal policy makers. This work uses the first three cutoffs of the transfer rules of the Municipal Participation Fund (FPM) and applies a Discontinuous Regression model (RDD) to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422340
The objective of this study is to analyze the patterns of Brazilian household consumption based on the gender and race … of the head of the household. To do so, we estimated a simultaneous demand system for the six main aggregate consumption … men invest more resources in transportation expenses than women. As for consumption patterns by race, the results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015054161
The objective of this study is to analyze the patterns of Brazilian household consumption based on the gender and race … of the head of the household. To do so, we estimated a simultaneous demand system for the six main aggregate consumption … men invest more resources in transportation expenses than women. As for consumption patterns by race, the results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015051721
This paper estimates the conditional volatility of the main Brazilian stock market index (Ibovespa), using traditional models of the GARCH family and models of stochastic volatility (SV). Most model selection and performance criteria suggest that both aproaches capture well Ibovespa's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015217078