Browsing FGV EPGE - Ensaios Econômicos by Author "Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti"
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Infrastructure privatization in a neoclassical economy : macroeconomic impact and welfare computation
1997-01In 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 ... -
Integração, crescimento e bem-estar
1996-10Neste 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 ... -
Investimentos, fontes de financiamento e evolução do setor de infra-estrutura no Brasil: 1950-1996
1999-05-01O 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, ... -
Life Cycle Models, Heterogeneity of Initial Assets,and Wealth Inequality
2015-07-07Life 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
2003-02-10This 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 conditional cash transfers on child labor and school enrollment
2015-08-11This 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 ... -
Migração, seleção e diferenças regionais de renda no Brasil
2003-06-27Este 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 ... -
Modelos de ciclos reais de negócios aplicados à economis brasileira
2002-01-11O objetivo deste trabalho é testar modelos clássicos de real business cycles para a economia brasileira. Em um primeiro estágio busca-se fatos estilizados, o que foi feito através da escolha de séries adequadas e da separação ... -
Monopoly power, trade protection and growth: cross industry evidence
2000-04-01This paper investigates the impact of monopoly power on trade policy. Annual panel-databases of Brazilian industries for the years 1988 through 1994 were used. The regressions reported here are robust to openness indicator, ... -
New evidence on trade liberalization and productivity growth
2001-08-28Although the subject of a large number of studies, the debate on the links between trade reform and productivity growth is still unresolved and most studies at the micro level have not been able to establish a relationship ... -
A note on growth and inflation
1997-12A simple exercise on growth and inflationary financing of public expenditures is presented in this note. In a parameterized overlapping generations mode1 where government expenses positivc1y affects the growth rate of human ... -
A note on growth, welfare and public policy
1997-01In this note the growth anti welfare effects of fiscal anti monetary policies are investigated in three economies where public investment is part of the productive process It is shown that growth is maximized at positive ... -
A note on policy, the composition of public expenditures and economic growth
1994-05In this article we study the growth and welfare effects of fiscal and monetary policies in economies where public investment is part of the productive process we present four different models that share the same technology ... -
On the economic and fiscal effects of infrastructure investment in Brazil
2006-03-01This article studies the productive impact of infrastructure investment in Brazil. Public-capital expenditures in the country have decreased continuously over the last two decades, and this paper shows the significant ... -
On the evolution of TFP in Latin America
2011-08-12Due to several policy distortions, including import-substitution industrialization, widespread government intervention and both domestic and international competitive barriers, there has been a general presumption that ... -
On the growth effects of barriers to trade
1999-09-22We study the macroeconomic effects of international trade policy by integrating a Hecksher-Ohlin trade model into an optimal-growth framework. The model predicts that an open economy will have higher factor productivity ... -
On the long run effects of barriers to trade
2001-10-17We study the macroeconomic effects of international trade policy by integrating a Hecksher-Ohlin trade model into an optimal-growth framework. The model predicts that a more open economy will have higher factor productivity. ... -
On the nature of income inequality across nations
2000-03-01In this paper, we investigate the nature of income inequality across nations. First, rather than functional forms or parameter values in calibration exercises that can potentially drives results, we estimate, test, and ...
