This work analyzes the effect of the recent drop in commodity prices, starting from march 2014, on the level of efficiency of Brazilian banks. The core target of this paper is to observe whether, in general, adverse shocks ...

This paper uses international commodity prices and local natural resource endowments as a source of plausibly exogenous variation in local Chilean economic conditions to study how these shocks impact fertility behavior of ...

O conhecimento da dinâmica dos preços das commodities nos mercados internacionais tem ganhado importância nos últimos anos, haja vista seus potenciais impactos sobre a inflação no Brasil e, por conseguinte, suas implicações ...

This study analyzes the influence of the recent cycle of high commodity prices on foreign capital inflows in Brazil. To achieve this goal, it was used two different econometric methodologies: Markov-Switching Model and ...

This study analyzes the influence of the recent cycle of high commodity prices on foreign capital inflows in Brazil. To achieve this goal, it was used two different econometric methodologies: Markov-Switching Model and ...

The appreciation of the dollar against the real has made consumer items more expensive and pressured inflation in Brazil, since from food to fuel and airline tickets, almost everything is influenced by the exchange rate. ...

In this paper, I argue that global factors also have a role in forecasting commodity prices. That is, both global factors and the exchange rates of small commodity exporters have predictive power over global commodity ...