The Department of Economics, one of PUC-Rio eight Social Sciences Departments, was established in 1963. By the end of the 70s, it had already become one of Latin America´s most prestigious Economics education and research centers. The Department offers students an undergraduate course, as well as a Master’s Program and a PhD Program, known for their excellence.
The Department’s research activities focus on Economic Development , Applied Econometrics, International Economics, Economics of the Public Sector, Labor Economics, Finance, Economic History of Brazil, Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization and Economics Theory.
Results of the Department’s research programs have shaped and influenced the making of Brazilian economic policy.
Working Papers Series
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Os Efeitos da Incerteza sobre a Atividade Econômica no Brasil
Este trabalho investiga os efeitos da incerteza sobre a atividade econômica no Brasil. Para isso, são construídas diversas proxies...
Working Papers Series no. 658 -
Transitions in Central Bank Leadership
We assemble a novel dataset on transitions in central bank leadership in several countries, and study how monetary policy is conducted...
Working Papers Series no. 657
Publications
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Claudio Ferraz, Eric Avis, Frederico Finan.
Do Government Audits Reduce Corruption? Estimating the Impacts of Exposing Corrupt Politicians (a sair), Journal of Political Economy,
2017 -
Laura Candido de Souza, Marcos Chamon, Márcio Gomes Pinto Garcia .
FX interventions in Brazil: a synthetic control approach (a sair), Journal of International Economics,
2017 -
Eduardo F. Mendes, Marcelo Cunha Medeiros.
Adaptive LASSO estimation for ARDL models with GARCH innovations (a sair), Econometric Reviews,
2017
Seminars
- 08/08/2017 Ugo Panizza TBA
- 15/08/2017 Noam Yuchtman Protests as Strategic Games
- 17/08/2017 Edson Severnini TBA
- 22/08/2017 José Tessada Men, women and capital Estimating substitution patterns using a size and gender-dependent childcare policy in Chile