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Inequality in Brazil: A Regional Perspective

Author/Editor: Carlos Góes, Izabela Karpowicz.

Release Date:October, 2017

In this study, we document the decline in income inequality and a convergence in consumption patterns in Brazilian states in a new database constructed from micro data from the national households’ more...



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Consumption in Brazil : Where to Next?

Author/Editor: Troy D Matheson, Carlos Góes.

Release Date:March, 2017

Private consumption has been a key driver of growth in Brazil for more than a decade. Over this time, Brazilian consumers have benefited from a favorable policy environment, a rapid phase more...



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Spillovers from U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization on Brazil and Mexico's Sovereign Bond Yields

Author/Editor: Carlos Góes, Herman Kamil, Phil De Imus, Mercedes Garcia-Escribano, Roberto Perrelli, Shaun K Roache, Jeremy Zook.

Release Date:March, 2017

This paper examines the transmission of changes in the U.S. monetary policy to localcurrency sovereign bond yields of Brazil and Mexico. Using vector error-correction models, we find that the U.S. more...



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Highways to Heaven : Infrastructure Determinants and Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean

Author/Editor: Valerie Cerra, Alfredo Cuevas, Carlos Góes, Izabela Karpowicz, Troy D Matheson, Issouf Samaké, Svetlana Vtyurina.

Release Date:September, 2016

Inadequate infrastructure has been widely viewed as a principal barrier to growth and development in Latin America and the Caribbean. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of infrastructure in more...



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Testing Piketty's Hypothesis on the Drivers of Income Inequality : Evidence from Panel VARs with Heterogeneous Dynamics

Author/Editor: Carlos Góes.

Release Date:August, 2016

Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century puts forth a logically consistent explanation for changes in income and wealth inequality patterns. However, while rich in data, the book provides more...



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