Embora tenha se tornado uma das maiores economias do mundo, o Brasil continua a figurar entre os países mais fechados, se considerarmos a participação das exportações e das importações…
I am among those economists who have argued that expansive fiscal policy has been missing as a lever to support recovery in advanced economies, especially in the Eurozone –…
Estou entre os economistas que consideram a ausência de uma política fiscal expansiva como fator fragilizador da recuperação pós-crise nas economias avançadas, especialmente na Zona do Euro. Ao mesmo…
Brazil’s is an unusually closed economy as measured by trade penetration, with exports plus imports equal to just 27.6 per cent of GDP in 2013. As the potential productivity gains from participation in global production networks increase, so does the opportunity cost of Brazil’s failure to open its economy.
The curious case of Brazil’s closedness to trade - VoxEU While Brazil has become one of the largest economies in the world, it remains among the most closed economies as…
https://youtu.be/nRLQykOUcKA Facing the consequences of a stagnant economy, a corruption scandal likely to disrupt major public investments in infrastructure in coming years, and markets' deep skepticism about her ability…
Exame CEO, Novembro 2014 (p. 44-49)O Brasil precisa enfrentar quatro grandes desafios macroeconômicos para superar as turbulências no curto prazo -- e realizar três reformas no médio prazo para…
A geografia da produção industrial alterou-se dramaticamente, com o forte deslocamento dos segmentos intensivos em mão-de-obra não-qualificada para fora das economias avançadas. A economia brasileira tem permanecido relativamente à margem…
International trade has undergone a radical transformation in the past decades as production processes have fragmented along cross-border value chains. The Brazilian economy has remained on the fringes of this production revolution, maintaining a very high density of local supply chains. This article calls attention to the rising opportunity costs incurred by such option taken by the country.
BRICLab Conference: Are BRICS a New Platform for Global Economic Governance Columbia SIPA Published on Nov 14, 2014 November 14, 2014 Low Library Panelists will weigh in on the prospects…
A economia mundial se defronta com uma enorme necessidade de financiamento de infraestrutura que não está tendo contrapartida no lado da oferta. As economias emergentes, em particular, têm lidado com…
Brazil’s macroeconomic management will face four major immediate challenges in the near future. The response to them will be strengthened if we could have some indication of how to…
Reuters WORLD NEWS OCTOBER 27, 2014 Rousseff will struggle to restore Brazil's economic good times Alonso Soto BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff narrowly won re-election by spending heavily…
2014 Brazil Economic Conference - Brazil Outlook Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce Published on Oct 20, 2014 Featured speakers: Mônica Baumgarten de Bolle (moderator), Partner and Managing Director, Galanto MBB Consultoria,…
Lecture at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne (October 12, 2014) China, Brazil - two tales of a growth slowdown