Latin America's strong performance following the Great Recession has surprised analysts and the media alike. The region not only outperformed other economies in the same period, but displayed far better results than those ...

We examine the impact of government equity ownership on the degree of internationalization of emerging market firms. Our analysis of 173 Brazilian publicly traded firms from 2002 to 2011 shows that the higher the equity ...

This article reports results from an economic experiment that investigates to what extent voters punish corruption and waste in elections. While both are responsible for a loss of welfare for voters, they are not necessarily ...

This paper investigates students sorting in higher education in Brazil based on three merged databases: (i) the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD/IBGE), (ii) the National Exam of Student Performance (ENADE), and (iii) ...

If the opposite of pro is con, then the opposite of progress must be the Congress,' says a popular joke about the divided government in the US two-party presidential regime. Divided government occurs when different political ...

In a previous study we developed a taxonomy proposal to classify models and governance mechanisms used by the Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO) in Brazil, considering the collective decision making process, strategic ...