Real exchange rate is an important macroeconomic price in the economy and affects economic activity, interest rates, domestic prices, trade and investments flows among other variables. Methodologies have been developed in empirical exchange rate misalignment studies to evaluate whether a real...

This paper investigates whether there is evidence of structural change in the Brazilian term structure of interest rates. Multivariate cointegration techniques are used to verify this evidence. Two econometrics models are estimated. The first one is a Vector Autoregressive Model with Error...

The rational expectation hypothesis is widely used in finance and macroeconomics. A natural research question comprises investigating whether models that use this hypothesis can fit the data well. Researchers have been developing econometric procedures to test rational expectation models....

This paper aims to estimate the equilibrium real exchange rate for the Brazilian economy. The equilibrium exchange rate is defined as the level of exchange rate that guarantees the stability of the net foreign asset position over time. An econometric model is estimated using a Vector Error...

This paper investigates whether there is evidence of structural change in the Brazilian term structure of interest rates. Multivariate cointegration techniques are used to verify this evidence. An econometrics model is estimated and is a Vector Autoregressive Model with Error Correction...

The Present Value Model (PVM) – in which current security prices depend upon the present value of future discounted dividends, where the discount rate is equivalent to the required rate of return – is one of the long-standing principles of Finance Theory. The objective of this work is to...