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Price and volume elasticities of Brazilian foreign trade: A profit function approach

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06-Jul-2009

Luiz de Mello and Mauro Pisu

To investigate the possible impact of terms of trade gains on the real economy, this paper estimates normalised quadratic input demand and output supply functions for the Brazilian economy during 1997-2008.

Current account sustainability in Brazil: A non linear approach

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06-Jul-2009

Luiz de Mello and Matteo Mogliani

To shed further light on this issue in the context of emerging market economies, this paper uses Brazilian data to estimate the determinants of the current account in a smooth transition vector autoregressive (ST VAR) setting.

OECD Economic Outlook No. 85 - Brazil

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24-Jun-2009

Summary of developments and projections for Brazil, taken from the latest OECD Economic Outlook.

OECD Steel Committee sees market recovery beginning end 2009 at earliest

09-Jun-2009

The gobal economic crisis has led to a sharp contraction in steel production, consumption, prices and jobs. According to industry and government officials at the OECD’s Steel Committee meeting in Paris on 8-9 June 2009, conditions for a recovery in demand could begin to be seen towards the end of the year.