This paper examines the relationship amongst unemployment and interest rates, taxes on household expenditures and exchange rates for Brazil and Mexico. The theoretical framework is based on concepts or corporate finance and firm's profit-maximizing choice. The empirical analysis is derived from...

In Brazil's commercial and economic structure, the country's southern and southeastern regions are the main producers of goods and the greatest goods importing regions. That structure is clearly reflected in port operations occurring in these regions, so it would be profitable for ports in these...

<title>Abstract</title> This article applies a methodology for selecting carriers for the transportation of dangerous goods by road, with a special focus on risk management aspects. The methodology makes use of Stated Preference techniques and verifies the most critical risk-related variables influencing...

This paper investigates the validity of the Fisher effect hypothesis that it is the interest rate which moves to adjust to the anticipated changes in the rate of inflation. The analysis is carried out with monthly data for the period 1980-97 for three countries with recent histories of chronic...

In this article we present a method of pricing maximum and minimum fares of leased public utilities. The theoretical ground of such method is the investment valuation theory, which allows us to price financial and real assets. The suggested method applies to leased public transport services...

The Brazilian Federal and State Governments’ lack of funds for investing in port infrastructure is notorious. Accordingly, there is a need to seek out other sources of finance to address the needs of Brazilian ports. One of the options available in the financial market is securitisation...