[PDF] Top 20 Brazil. J. Polit. Econ. vol.35 número3

... The latin American experience during the 2000s provides some validation of my hypothesis about the dialectical relationship between globalization and democ- racy. Most countries in this continent embraced markets and ... See full document

... Financial sector employment was decreasing in general due to the rather in- tense shift to bank automation in the 1980s and 1990s, as the hyperinflation in brazil provided incentives for banks and financial ... See full document

... the industry era that began in 1985 also yielded a large equity movement, with results after 2002. In two periods, 1998-2001 and 2005-2008, there was an intense process of mergers and acquisitions (m&A), which caused ... See full document

... The degree of political competition and the likelihood of alternation in power have proved to be important triggers to reform audit arrangements, strengthen legislative budget capacities, and effectively use audit ... See full document

... each link of this chain involves speciic individuals (as agents and principals), institutional environments, and historical accumulations informing decisions, actions, interests, and v[r] ... See full document

... KEywORDS : Global instability, currencies, exchange rates, gold and silver money, Kopernik’s law, banknotes, real and symbolic value, national economies, international trade and capita[r] ... See full document

... Brazil has enjoyed remarkable success in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), especially since the mid-1990s. Investments by multinational firms have been hailed by Brazilian policymakers and others as ... See full document

... that Brazil is playing a pivotal role in the establishment and consolidation of the project, mainly through its hard power, but also through the use of soft power, an instrument of hegemonic control which is often ... See full document

... ment successes in political contexts more common across developing countries. The broad cross national literature has though helped to identify variables that, with some adjustment, are useful in sectoral analysis of ... See full document

... In Brazil, for example, municipalities are responsible for a large share of expenditures in public health, financed partly by earmarked federal block grants and partly by their own ... See full document

... Finally, we may refer to two variables, the average import tariff and the real exchange rate, which play an indirect role in the evolution of real wages, through their impact on the dome[r] ... See full document

... O utros pontos importantes na história do município no período tratado pela autora são o esvaziamento do centro e a forte verticalização da cidade, especialmente de caráter residencial..[r] ... See full document

... At the macro level (country), the main finding is that the value orientations towards gender and homosexuality are strongly embedded in the basic cultural or civilisation differences amo[r] ... See full document

... development econ- omists, the authors argue, first, that short-term macroeconomic policies, to reduce unemployment and to increase the degree of capacity utilization, should be used to promote the generation of ... See full document

... co sistêmico. Por exemplo, alguns argumentam que faltaria ao Brasil ampliar a abertura da con- ta capital como forma de diminuição de risco e acesso ao grau de investimento. Entretanto, inú- meros autores, inclusive ... See full document

... Partindo desse diagnóstico, os autores bus- cam comparar a evolução das variáveis econômi- cas fundamentais à caracterização do risco sistê- mico no Brasil e em países que obtiveram suce[r] ... See full document

... Ao emergir como pensamento econômico dominante, o neoliberalismo se asso- ciou à idéia da modernidade econômica e passou a ser visto como saída à estagflação econômica dos anos 70 e tamb[r] ... See full document

... Após apresentar esses conceitos introdutó- rios sobre as duas disciplinas, no segundo bloco da obra os autores partem para a análise especí- fica da relação entre direito e economia, a p[r] ... See full document

... Though LA is a region known for inequality from its origins (obviously deeper-rooted than ISI), it is difficult to evaluate the effects of specific policies because of the paucity of data. The Gini coefficient is the ... See full document

... Parte desta preocupação deveu-se ao reconhecimento de que a frouxa regulamen- tação do sistema bancário da maioria dos países da Ásia contribuiu para a propagação do impac- to da crise a[r] ... See full document