Browsing by Author "Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti"

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    • Infrastructure privatization in a neoclassical economy : macroeconomic impact and welfare computation 

      Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti
      1997-01
      In this paper a competitive general equilibrium model is used to investigate the welfare and long run allocation impacts of privatization. There are two types of capital in this model economy, one private and the other ...

    • Infrastructure privatization in a neoclassical economy: macroeconomic impact and welfare computation 

      Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti
      1997-01-23
      In this paper a competi tive general equilibrium model is used to investigate the welfare and long run allocation impacts of privatization. There are two types of capital in this model economy, one private and the other ...

    • Inovar-auto: ineficaz, caro e regressivo 

      Cardoso, Renato Fragelli; Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti
      2017-12-20

    • Insistindo no mesmo diagnóstico 

      Cardoso, Renato Fragelli; Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti
      2012-11-21
      A crescente intervenção do governo na economia aponta para um país menos produtivo e mais ineficiente.

    • Integração, crescimento e bem-estar 

      Silva, Marcelo Leite de Moura e; Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti
      1996-10
      Neste artigo desenvolve-se um modelo de crescimento econômico endógeno para o caso de duas economias integradas levando-se em conta a presença de custos de transporte na forma de iceberg costs. A presença de tais custos ...

    • Integração, crescimento e bem-estar 

      Silva, Marcelo Leite de Moura e; Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti
      1997-11-02
      We present a model of growth for the case of two economies with integrated markets and where transportation costs in the form of iceberg costs are imposed. These costs will have negative impact on growth rates after ...

    • Investimentos, fontes de financiamento e evolução do setor de infra-estrutura no Brasil: 1950-1996 

      Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Malliagros, Thomas Georges
      1999-05-01
      O presente trabalho apresenta uma análise do setor de infra-estrutura brasileiro durante o período 1950-1996. Para isto foram levantadas séries de investimentos e medidas físicas para os setores elétrico, de telecomunicações, ...

    • Juros altos 

      Cardoso, Renato Fragelli; Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti
      2010-11-09

    • Lições europeias para o Brasil 

      Cardoso, Renato Fragelli; Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti
      2011-10-14

    • Life Cycle Models, Heterogeneity of Initial Assets,and Wealth Inequality 

      Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Gomes, Diego Braz Pereira
      2015-07-07
      Life cycle general equilibrium models with heterogeneous agents have a very hard time reproducing the American wealth distribution. A common assumption made in this literature is that all young adults enter the economy ...

    • The long run economic impact of AIDS 

      Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Pessôa, Samuel de Abreu
      2003-02-10
      This paper studies the long-run impact of HIV/AIDS on per capita income and education. We introduce a channel from HIV/AIDS to long-run income that has been overlooked by the literature, the reduction of the incentives to ...

    • The long term effects of Bolsa Família on child labour and school enrolment 

      Peruffo, Marcel Cortes; Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti
      2015-05-14
      In this paper we study the e ects of conditional cash transfers in school enrolment and tackling child labour. We develop a dynamic heterogeneous agent general equilibrium model, where households face a set of tradeo s ...

    • The long-run economic impact of AIDS 

      Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti
      2003-02-10
      This paper studies the long-run impact of HIV / AIDS on per capita income and education. We introduce a channel from HIV / AIDS to long-run income that has been overlooked by the literature, the reduction of the incentives ...

    • The Long-Run Impact of Social Security Reform in Brazil 

      Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Parente, Rafael Machado
      2019-01-22
      In most countries, the rules governing public and private pension systems are different, and so are hiring procedures, and job contracts. The tenures of government employees are longer and their wages, in general, higher. ...

    • The long-term effects of conditional cash transfers on child labor and school enrollment 

      Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Peruffo, Marcel Cortes
      2015-08-11
      This paper investigates the long-term e ects of conditional cash transfers on school attainment and child labor. To this end, we construct a dynamic heterogeneous agent model, calibrate it with Brazilian data, and introduce ...

    • Machine learning and oil price point and density forecasting 

      Costa, Alexandre Bonnet Rodrigues; Gaglianone, Wagner Piazza; Issler, João Victor; Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Guillen, Osmani Teixeira Carvalho; Lin, Yihao
      2021
      The purpose of this paper is to explore machine learning techniques to forecast the oil price. In the era of big data, we investigate whether new automated tools can improve over traditional approaches in terms of forecast ...

    • Macron e a renovação no Brasil 

      Cardoso, Renato Fragelli; Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti
      2018-01-17

    • Measuring the TFP costs of barriers to trade 

      Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Trejos, Alberto
      2006-06-02

    • Meio mandato, poucos resultados 

      Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Cardoso, Renato Fragelli
      2020-12-17

    • Migração, seleção e diferenças regionais de renda no Brasil 

      Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Santos Junior, Enestor da Rosa dos; Menezes Filho, Naércio Aquino
      2003-06-27
      Este trabalho tem como objetivo testar se os brasileiros que moram numa unidade federativa diferente da unidade em que nasceram – os migrantes – formam um grupo positivamente selecionado (isto é, um grupo que seja, em ...