Browsing FGV CEPESP - Working Papers by Author "Pereira Filho, Carlos Eduardo Ferreira"

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    • Economic performance and political coordination in Portugal’s "dry" political system 

      Pereira Filho, Carlos Eduardo Ferreira; Singh, Shane P.
      2016-01
      We posit that sound, growth-promoting economic policy is more likely to be formulated when major political players have incentives to cooperate. Using Portugal as an arena to test this theory, we provide an in depth analysis ...

    • The political economy of productivity in Brazil 

      Alston, Lee J.; Mueller, Bernardo Pinheiro Machado; Melo, Marcus André B. C. de; Pereira Filho, Carlos Eduardo Ferreira
      2010-03
      This paper explores the link between Brazil’s political institutions and its disappointing productivity and growth in recent decades. Although political institutions provide the president with incentives and the instruments ...