O trabalho apresenta um estudo (panorama) da política fiscal no Brasil no período de 1994 a 2008, analisando as receitas federais, as despesas da União, as variáveis Resultado Primário do Governo Central, Necessidade de ...

What political factors drive fiscal behavior in Latin America's presidential democracies? This work seeks to identify the political determinants of the level of public spending and the primary balance of ten democratic ...

The recent process of accelerated expansion of the Brazilian economy was driven by exports and fixed capital formation. Although the pace of growth was more robust than in the 1990´s, we can still witness the existence of ...

This paper analyzes the macroeconomic evolution of the Brazilian economy during the 1964 -1985 period which was characterized by military governments. The usual criticisms related to the deterioration of income distribution, ...