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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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Purpose – An important question about the determinants of suicide refers to the role of media. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to investigate if there are groups of people who are susceptible to suicide as a result of the effect of media. Design/methodology/approach – Using...
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The aim of this study was to test uncovered interest parities for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico, for the January 1990-December 2001 period, with the use of the rational expectation hypothesis.We also intend to evaluate the degree of mobility of foreign capital in these political...
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This paper tests whether factors referring to socio-economic aspects, family heritage, social interaction, habits and customs explain differences among violent and non-violent prisoners. Some of the results of the probit estimation show that economic issues are the main factors that stimulate...
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We tested, empirically, whether the Brazilian fiscal policy for the period between 1995: I to 2008: III was active or passive. To analyze fiscal policy transmission mechanisms, we estimated functions by which the public debt/GDP ratio affects investment, primary surplus, output gap and the...
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