Value creation processes based on economic dynamics of contribution – also referred as crowdsourcing or web 2.0 - take more and more importance in contemporary capitalism (Moulier-Boutang 2010; Moulier-Boutang 2011a). This paper’s aim is twofold: 1) to contribute to a better understanding of the...

GDP and its components’ evolution show an oscillatory behavior. As an alternative approach to classical cyclic behavior producing models, the paper analyses this behavior both by Fourier transforms of the data series and by a discussion of the roots configuration of the associated second order...

We reassess, with industry-level data, the scale effect from trade protection, by means of a comprehensive fixed-cost variable, composing both technology coeficient and firms size, and a comparative (international) analysis. Evidence is based on Brazil’s manufacturing industries during its...