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Bootstrap validity for the score test when instruments may be weak
2009It is well-known that size adjustments based on bootstrapping the t-statistic perform poorly when instruments are weakly correlated with the endogenous explanatory variable. In this paper, we provide a theoretical proof ... -
Microfundamentos da macroeconomia: notas críticas
2009Since the seventies, there has been a strong ressurgence of microfoundations in Economics, alongside with a change in mainstream's attitude towards theories that try to rate theories as scientific or non-scientific based ... -
Vínculos de negócios entre grandes empresas compradoras e pequenos fornecedores locais: implicações para políticas públicas e desenvolvimento
2009Este artigo verifica as condições nas quais os programas e as políticas públicas promotoras de vínculos de negócios (VNs), entre grandes empresas compradoras e pequenos fornecedores locais agem, pressupondo que o Estado ... -
Metodologia de rating em cooperativas agropecuárias: um estudo de caso
2009A partir do início da década de 90, ocorreram diversas mudanças no ambiente institucional do cooperativismo brasileiro, em função dos problemas macroeconômicos que elevaram a alavancagem e a necessidade de as cooperativas ... -
A historical perspective of the development of e-gov in Brazil
2009Initiatives of reform and modernisation of the public sector in Brazil have intensified, not only as a consequence of the fiscal crisis that occurred during the 1980s, but also as a result of the exhaustion and collapse ... -
Legacy identities: a tale of repression and redemption
2009The concept of organizational identity became a subject of interest within the academic milieu in the mid- 1980s. In this paper, we propose the construct of legacy identities, those persistent identities that, first, endure ... -
The psychological and structural determinants of technology integration in organizations: An empirical study
2009The integration of information and communication technologies in a business context is currently an unquestionable strategic demand; however, companies do not always reveal identical information technology (IT) adoption ... -
Measuring unemployment persistence of different labor force groups in the greater São Paulo metropolitan area
2009This article makes use of ARFIMA models and unit root tests with structural breaks to examine the unemployment persistence of different labor forces in the Greater Metropolitan Area of São Paulo. To this purpose, not only ... -
Critical management studies and Actor Network Theory: Towards a political ontology of organising
2009In recent years the approach to social theory known as Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has been adopted within a range of social science fields. In organisation studies, ANT has been part of a movement away from a functional ... -
Economic dynamics under the optics of announced investments:The experience of Piesp
2009The article aims to demonstrate that productive announced investments constitute an important conjuntural indicator to follow the evolution of economic activity in a certain territory. Based on Seade Foundation's research ... -
Transparency to reduce corruption?: Dropping hints for private organizations in Brazil
2009Corruption within the private sector has often not been dealt with in Brazil. Organizations may find corrupt acts in its operations or practices, but specific concepts and programs to avoid them are neither concrete nor ... -
The different roles of switching costs on the satisfaction-loyalty relationship
2009Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to develop and empirically test the antecedent, mediating and moderating role of switching costs on the relationship between satisfaction and loyalty. Design/methodology/approach - ... -
How can experts see the invisible? Reply to Bilalić and Gobet
2009Experts in all fields are able to see what is invisible to others. Experts are also able to see what is visible to all-and this is explored by Bilalić and Gobet. We question the method of normalizing all subjects in an ... -
Empirical test of conditional CAPM using expected returns of Brazilian, Argentinean, German and United States of American portfolio
2009In the last decades, CAPM model has been of great interest in the scientific scene. Despite all the criticism, the improvement of the static CAPM, which has generated new dynamic models, provided investors with stronger ... -
Institutions and economic volatility: Democracy versus risk of expropriation
2009Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to decompose the effects of democracy and risk of expropriation on economic volatility. Design/methodology/approach: The authors follow Acemouglu et al. and use settler mortality in ...
