Public Choice
"It is the economy, companheiro!": an empirical analysis of Lula's re-election (with Leonardo M. Monasterio, Ari F. de Araujo Jr, André Carraro, and Otávio Damé), Economics Bulletin (2009)
This paper discusses the reasons that led to the Lula's 2006 re-election. Spatial analysis methods...
Economic Determinants of Driver's Behavior in Minas Gerais (with Ari F. de Araujo Jr. and Guilherme Castro), Economics Bulletin (2008)
The aim of the paper is to evaluate the behavior of drivers when they face...
Military Expenditures, External Threats and Economic Growth (with Ari Francisco de Araujo Jr), Economics Bulletin (2008)
Do military expenditures have impact on growth? Aizenman Glick (2006) found that this impact is...
A Economia Política da Disputa de Terras em Minas Gerais (with Ari F. Araujo Jr and Patricia S. Alvarenga), Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural (2008)
The article analyzes the determinants of the probability of dispute over land (conflicts, occupations and...
“Dê-me Segurança ou lhe dou um Não”: Em Busca do Eleitor Mediano no Referendo das Armas (with Ari F. Araujo Jr, Fabio A R Gomes, and Marcio A. Salvato), Revista Brasileira de Economia (2007)
On October 23, 2005, the Brazilian society faced a referendum with two options: “to not...
Grupos de Interesse, Regimes Políticos e Crescimento Econômico no Brasil (1970-1995): Alguma Evidência Empírica (with Leonardo M. Monasterio), Dados (2000)
The article examines the impact of the density of trade unions and business associations on...
Economic Incentives in Academy
The Citation Pattern of Brazilian Economists (with Joao R. Faria and Ari F. Araujo Jr), Estudos Econômicos (2007)
This paper studies the determinants of international citations by Brazilian economists in papers published in...
The international research of academic economists in Brazil: 1999-2006. (with Ari F. Araujo Jr and Joao R. Faria), Economia Aplicada (2007)
This paper extends Faria (2000) analysis to the period of 1999-2006. The study analyzes the...
Economics and Human Biology
Growth and inequalities of Height in Brazil (1939-1981) (with Leonardo M. Monasterio and Luiz P. Noguerol), MPRA Paper No. 1118 (2006)
This paper analyzes the heights of Brazilian people using anthropometric and economic data. The literature...
Austrian Economics
Could we build a bridge between Austrian Economics and New Institutional Economics? A Pré-History of the Soft Budget Constraint, RePec (2003)
The concept of soft budget constraint is recent in economic analysis. It has become increasingly...
Economics of Religion
Religião e Criminalidade no Brasil: primeiras evidências sob enfoque econômico (with Ari F. de Araujo Jr), Textos de Economia (2008)
This paper aims to study theoretically and empirically the relationship between the level of crime...
Applied Econometrics
Structural Breaks in Exchange Rate Regimes in Brazil (with reginaldo p. nogueira jr and ari f. araujo jr), Economics Bulletin (2011)
Following a dramatic breakdown of a managed floating regime, Brazil adopted a framework for policy...
Is the Federal Funds rate stationary? New evidence from P-ADF (with Erik A. Figueiredo), Revista de Economia e Administração (2010)
Conventional econometric tests for the unit root hypothesis do not contemplate the existence of nonlinearities...
Economic Development
Growth and Inequalities of Height in Brazil, 1939-1981 (with leonardo m. monasterio and luiz p. noguerol), Living Standards in Latin America History (2010)
Why Some States Fail: The Role of Culture (with Ari F. Araujo Jr and Pedro H.C.G. Sant´Anna), Cato Journal (2001)
There are many studies on the relationship between economic development and institutions. Institutions can be...