[PDF] Top 20 Brazil. J. Polit. Econ. vol.31 número5

... As part of the PR campaign the Iceland Chamber of Commerce commissioned a report on the financial system from the American monetary economist Professor Frederic Mishkin and an Icelandi[r] ... See full document

... in Brazil was strongly focused on the liabilities of banking institutions, including a minimum capital and net equity requirement, a limit on the diversification of risks, a limit of immobilization, and a limit on ... See full document

... Therefore, although monetary policy only plays a passive role, reacting to inflation rate, at the end the degree of such causality is very modest. As a conse- quence, rises in the Selic rate only show that they are ... See full document

... in Brazil, including insurance companies, social welfare institutions and capitalization companies, with or without the acquisition of the capital stock con- ... See full document

... The question posed by Theme 4 of this workshop is indeed a very broad one and would demand a thorough research on the topics involved. I am afraid I did not have the proper time to thi[r] ... See full document

... in Brazil. Indeed, the rapid response of Central Bank of Brazil in acting to avoid banking distress becoming a systemic ...in Brazil, that is it the permission for foreign bank was done ...in ... See full document

... (as Brazil), this misalignment are reinforced by the commod- ity price boom which, in turn, contributes to sustain the current exchange rate (e c ) below the industrial exchange rate (e I ) 6 ... See full document

... This Section must now give an answer for part of its title: are policy-makers really unable to overcome economic policy constraints imposed by the “trilemma? Based on the arrangements of macroeconomic policies in most ... See full document

... This special issue of the Brazilian Journal of Political Economy (additional to the four quarterly issues) was published in the framework and with the support of the Ford Foundation / [r] ... See full document

... The second crucial factor for Brazil’s successful response to the 2008-2009 was, ironically, the country’s high reserve requirements on banks. More specifi- cally, the Brazilian financial system is characterized by ... See full document

... The most general target of this project is to study financial instability in Latin America and particularly the impacts in Brazilian economy. In order to be more specific, this project will involve two conferences, and ... See full document

... The global financial crisis as well as the continued and high growth of several Asian countries are having and will have major impacts in Latin America. The continued expansion of developing countries in the East will ... See full document

... The general objective of the workshop was to analyze the repeated financial crises in middle income developing countries and 2008 global financial crisis, and to evaluate how effective[r] ... See full document

... The Phase 1 of this project produced the Ten Theses on New Developmentalism. Three of these theses (6, 7 and 8) dealt with financial problems. Given the central role of financial governance in the discussion, the content ... See full document

... In Brazil the appreciation of the Real that started in 2007 was driven by a strong external performance that produced a current account surplus as well as strong direct investment inflows, attracted by investments ... See full document

... in Brazil was in a very solid position at the outset of the crisis, as a result of the efforts made since the mid-1990s to modernize banking supervision and to lead the industry toward the adoption of tighter ... See full document

... The financing activities of private banking in Brazil were marked by a huge risk aversion. As pointed out above, for a long time this was due to a high and volatile inflation rate. However, since the mid nineties, ... See full document

... In addition to the hierarchy of the courts in legal matters, the administrative rules for the various courts follow the same vertical structure. The administration of the federal justice system is overseen by the Council ... See full document

... This is a personal account of the definition of “new developmentalism” — a national development strategy alternative to the Washington consensus —, and of a “structuralist development macroeconomics”: the sum of models ... See full document

... América Latina (-1.5% ) y Africa (-1% ) retroceden en su peso industrial; de su lado, las economías en transición (exsocialistas) vieron caer dramáticamente su participación a menos de l[r] ... See full document