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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Latifúndio e pequena propriedade. Estrutura Fundiária e Economia no Brasil da Colônia ao Império Working Papers Series no. 667
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Do Government Guarantees Really Matter in Fixed Exchange Rate Regimes?
Since the mid 1990s, theories of speculative attacks have argued that fixed exchange rate regimes induce excessive borrowing in foreign currency as...
Working Papers Series no. 666
Publications
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Eduardo Zilberman, Gabriel F. R. Vasconcelos, Marcelo Cunha Medeiros, Álvaro Veiga.
Forecasting Inflation in a Data-Rich Environment: The Benefits of Machine Learning Methods (a sair), Journal of Business & Economic Statistics,
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João Paulo Cordeiro De Noronha Pessoa, Juliano Junqueira Assunção, Leonardo Bandeira Rezende.
Flex Cars and Competition in Fuel Retail Markets , International Journal of Industrial Organization,
2019 -
Clarissa Costalonga e Gandour, Juliano Junqueira Assunção, Romero Cavalcanti Barreto da Rocha, Rudi Rocha.
The effect of rural credit on deforastation : Evidence from Brazilian Amazon (a sair), Economic Journal,
2019
Seminars
- 20/08/2019 João Galindo Spouses and Entrepreneurship
- 10/09/2019 Carlos Noton TBA
- 18/09/2019 Shaum McRae TBA
- 01/10/2019 Giuseppe Cavaliere TBA