The main purpose of this article is to contribute to a systematic exposition of some of the equilibrium unemployment theories: the theories of implicit contracts, those of efficiency wage and the negotiation theories. Our hypothesis is that in spite of the fact that these new theoretical...

O presente artigo procura contribuir à discussão acerca das origens da concepção de homem econômico. A partir de uma abordagem antropológica, que não deixa de ser histórica e filosófica, o trabalho recua temporalmente aos primórdios do cristianismo para verificar a emergência da ideia...

This paper presents a data-driven approach applied to the long term prediction of daily time series in the Neural Forecasting Competition. The proposal comprises the use of adaptive fuzzy rule-based systems in a top-down modeling framework. Therefore, daily samples are aggregated to build weekly...

This paper presents a data-driven approach applied to the long term prediction of daily time series in the Neural Forecasting Competition. The proposal comprises the use of adaptive fuzzy rule-based systems in a top-down modeling framework. Therefore, daily samples are aggregated to build weekly...

During the 1990s, particularly in the second half of the decade, there was a boom in foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to the Brazilian economy, which translated into an increase in the already large role of foreign corporations in the Brazilian productive structure. The paper aims to...