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...

This paper evaluates the main determinants of the American Foreign Direct Investment (IDE) flows throughout the recent period. We estimate a gravity model for testing the hypothesis that transnational corporations' decisions concerning IDE are influenced by the sector of activity to which they...

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...

The paper analyze the principal characteristics of the recent flow of FDI into Brazil, and to highlight the role that Canadian investment has carried out within this process. The first section utline the principle general tendencies of the internationalization of the Brazilian economy through...

Este trabajo se concentra en dos grandes cuestiones en lo que hace a los ingresos de IED al MERCOSUR: (i) ¿cuáles fueron los determinantes de dichos ingresos?, y (ii) ¿cuáles son las relaciones entre IED y comercio exterior en los países receptores? Se investiga especialmente sobre el rol...

Este trabajo se concentra en dos grandes cuestiones en lo que hace a los ingresos de IED al MERCOSUR: (i) ¿cuáles fueron los determinantes de dichos ingresos?, y (ii) ¿cuáles son las relaciones entre IED y comercio exterior en los países receptores? Se investiga especialmente sobre el rol...

This article aims to determine whether the geographical pattern of the external trade of foreign-owned enterprises in Brazil differs from that of domestic enterprises and whether, in the case of foreign enterprises, the region of origin of their capital is an important factor in determining that...