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Brazil's long‐term growth performance: trying to explain the puzzle
Ricardo Adrogué, Martin Cerisola, Gaston GelosThis paper seeks to assess Brazil's growth performance from a long‐term perspective. Brazil's growth performance over the past 25 years has been lackluster, and various hypotheses…
Consumer confidence, endogenous growth and endogenous cycles
Orlando GomesThe purpose of this paper is to develop growth models that depart from the conventional framework, in the sense that consumption decisions take into account previous periods'…
A wavelet network model for analysing exchange rate effects on interest rates
Alper Ozun, Atilla CifterThis research paper aims to discuss the effects of exchange rates on interest rates by using wavelet network methodology, which is a combination of wavelets and neural networks.
Assessing a feasible degree of product market integration: a pilot analysis
Konstantin Gluschenko, Darya KarchevskayaThis paper aims to make a preliminary estimate of the degree of integration in the US product market (widely acknowledged to be the most integrated among geographically large…
Why do some countries have a long‐term dependence on food aid?
Winston Moore, Sunielle StanfordThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the main determinants of dependency on food aid programmes. Food aid may take the form of a loan, a sale below market price or a…
The death rates of smokers and their external effects
John Douglas SkåtunThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the externality that arises from environmental tobacco smoke damage is no ordinary externality. Apart from acting to the detriment…
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