Submitted by Gustavo Lôpo Andrade (gustavo.lopo@gmail.com) on 2017-07-18T22:57:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Gustavo Lôpo Andrade.pdf: 938243 bytes, checksum: db6777e4df90285643a4ac5de9fb14fa (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by GILSON ROCHA MIRANDA (gilson.miranda@fgv.br) on 2017-07-21T14:26:04Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Gustavo Lôpo Andrade.pdf: 938243 bytes, checksum: db6777e4df90285643a4ac5de9fb14fa (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-27T12:40:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação - Gustavo Lôpo Andrade.pdf: 938243 bytes, checksum: db6777e4df90285643a4ac5de9fb14fa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-05-30 / In several markets, cost hikes are passed through to consumers to a larger extent than cost reductions. This is a widely document phenomenon in the literature, yet under-explored in Brazil. Collusion is one of the theoretical explanations for that. This study examines pass-through asymmetry in the Brazilian beer market where in 2013 four major brewing companies held over 98% of the market. Our results indicate asymmetry insofar as cost hikes are passed through but cost reductions don’t seem to affect prices. Moreover, supermarkets pass-through cost hikes more strongly than bars and restaurants. / Aumentos de custo são repassados ao consumidor em maior proporção do que reduções de custos em diversos mercados. Esse fenômeno é largamente documentado na literatura, mas ainda é um tema pouco explorado no Brasil. Colusão é uma das explicações teóricas para esse fenômeno. Este estudo objetiva examinar a assimetria na transmissão de preços no mercado de cerveja brasileiro onde, em 2013, quatro grupos de cervejarias detinham mais de 98% do mercado. Os resultados apontam assimetria na medida em que, no curto prazo, aumentos de custo são repassados e reduções de custo parecem não ter efeitos. Além disso, mercados repassam aumentos mais fortemente que bares e restaurantes.

Submitted by Marcia Bacha (marcia.bacha@fgv.br) on 2011-04-12T19:42:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 000406591.pdf: 5825955 bytes, checksum: a09d43a0b53cba39f568bd3b137cef16 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marcia Bacha(marcia.bacha@fgv.br) on 2011-04-12T19:44:07Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 000406591.pdf: 5825955 bytes, checksum: a09d43a0b53cba39f568bd3b137cef16 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2011-04-12T19:44:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 000406591.pdf: 5825955 bytes, checksum: a09d43a0b53cba39f568bd3b137cef16 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-05-01 / Com a entrada do regime cambial flutuante no Brasil a partir de 1999, o mercado de derivativos cambiais se desenvolveu muito. A crescente demanda das empresas e instituições financeiras pelos produtos de hedge cambial junto a um novo panorama econômico mundial foram as causas desse desenvolvimento. Esse trabalho procura encontrar tendências para o mercado de derivativos cambiais brasileiro estimando parâmetros através de regressões entre séries não-estacionárias, porém cointegradas. E utilizado o modelo de correção de erros para fazer as previsões. Os resultados mostram que o crescimento do mercado ocorre em função da corrente de comércio exterior e PIB, que os produtos mais utilizados para operações de curto e longo prazos tendem a ser o dólar futuro e as opções cambiais e que, no futuro, algumas outras moedas terão participação significativa no mercado brasileiro.

Nesta tese são desenvolvidos três estudos sobre as reservas internacionais brasileiras, utilizando diferentes técnicas econométricas, com o objetivo de determinar a influência de medidas absolutas e relativas de reservas sobre o rating soberano de crédito e o spread soberano, bem como o nível adequado para garantir a liquidez externa. As análises foram feitas com dados mensais do período jan/2000-jun/2008. No primeiro estudo, mostrou-se que diferentes medidas de reservas internacionais apresentam efeito significativo na explicação do rating soberano de crédito, através de modelos ordered logit para a média dos ratings emitidos pelas três principais agências (Moody's, Standard & Poors e Fitch). Entretanto, o indicador de maior poder explicativo não foi o nível absoluto de reservas, mas a razão entre dívida pública externa líquida e PIB. Outras variáveis de destacada importância na maioria dos modelos foram o percentual da dívida interna de curto prazo, investimento estrangeiro direto/PIB e inflação. Variáveis tradicionalmente utilizadas como indicadores de liquidez, como razão reservas/importações e conta corrente/PIB, não foram significativas na maioria dos modelos. Os resultados confirmam os indícios contidos no discurso das agências de rating, quanto à importância das reservas internacionais em sua avaliação, embora alertando que outras variáveis, como perfil de endividamento do governo e perspectivas de crescimento, são também fundamentais. O segundo estudo de caso encontrou relação significativa entre as reservas internacionais e o spread soberano, através de modelos de correção de erros. O efeito estimado do rating soberano foi não-significativo ou pouco explicativo, comparado aos fundamentos, provavelmente devido à volatilidade do spread soberano em resposta a variações nas condições do mercado, ao contrário do rating. O melhor modelo obtido utilizou o nível absoluto de reservas, evidenciando também efeitos significativos da aversão global ao risco, taxas de juros internacionais e crises políticas internas. Os resultados desse estudo indicam custo marginal decrescente das reservas internacionais e a necessidade de considerá-lo endógeno em modelos de minimização de custos para determinação do nível ótimo de reservas. O terceiro estudo implementou a metodologia de Liquidity-at-Risk sugerida por Greenspan (1999) para avaliar a adequação do nível de reservas internacionais para a manutenção da liquidez externa. Para a medida de liquidez reservas/dívida externa de curto prazo (razão de Guidotti), estimou-se que o nível de reservas internacionais mantidas pelo Brasil em jun/2008 (US$200 bilhões) era aproximadamente o dobro do necessário para garantir uma razão de Guidotti superior a 1, com 99% de probabilidade, durante 24, 36 ou 48 meses. Em diversos cenários alternativos de percentual das dívidas externa e interna de curto prazo, meta de superávit primário, índice de aversão ao risco e taxas de juros externas, as reservas iniciais necessárias situaram-se em US$85-105 bilhões. A análise de custos revela que o aumento das reservas diminui os juros médios da dívida, embora efeito maior pudesse ser alcançado através do aumento do superávit primário. As evidências sugerem que a motivação das autoridades brasileiras para a manutenção de reservas em torno de US$200 bilhões não é puramente precaucionária, admitindo as hipóteses de ganho de credibilidade e flexibilidade para a execução da política fiscal. / This thesis developed three case studies on the Brazilian international reserves, using various econometric techniques in order to determine the influence of absolute and relative measures of reserves over both the sovereign credit rating and the sovereign spread, as well as to assess the adequate reserves level to ensure external liquidity. Analyses were carried out on monthly data from Jan/2000 to Jun/2008. The first case study found significant effects of different reserves measures in explaining the sovereign credit rating, by fitting ordered logit models to the average of the ratings issued by the three main agencies (Moody's, Standard & Poors and Fitch) for the Brazilian long term external debt. However, the best explaining variable was not the absolute level of reserves, but the ratio "net public external debt/GDP" instead. It was noteworthy the significance of the following variables in most of the models tested: short term internal debt (%), foreign direct investment/GDP and inflation. Variables traditionally used as external liquidity measures, like reserves/imports and current account/GDP, are not statistically significant in most of the models fitted in this study. Results support the evidence found in the rating agencies' reports, as to the importance of international reserves in their credit quality assessment, although pointing to other variables, like government debt profile and growth perspectives, as equally critical. The second case study found significant relationship between the Brazilian international reserves and its sovereign spread, using error correction models. The estimated effect of sovereign rating was either non-significant, or poorly explanatory when compared to macroeconomic fundamentals, probably due to the volatility of sovereign spread in response to changes in market conditions, unlike the sovereign rating. The best model obtained included the absolute level of reserves, showing also significant effect of the global risk aversion, external interest rates and internal political crises. The results of this study point to a decreasing marginal cost of international reserves and the need of considering it as endogenous in optimal reserves models based in cost minimization. Finally, the third case study implemented the Liquidity-at-Risk methodology suggested by Greenspan (1999), in order to assess the Brazilian reserves level adequacy in maintaining external liquidity. For the liquidity measure adopted - the ratio "reserves/short term external debt" (Guidotti's ratio) - it was found that the Brazilian reserves level held in Jun/2008 (US$200 billion) was roughly twice the necessary one to ensure a Guidotti's ratio above 1, with 99% probability, within 24, 36 or 48 months. In several alternative scenarios varying the short term external debt, short term internal debt, primary surplus, global risk aversion and external interest rates, the required initial reserves was in the range US$85-105 billion. An analysis of alternative policies' costs revealed the expected effect of higher reserves in decreasing the average debt service, although a dramatically higher impact would be obtained by an increase in primary surplus. Evidence suggest that the Brazilian authorities motivation for holding international reserves as high as US$200 billion may not be purely precautionary, pointing to the hypotheses of credibility gains and fiscal flexibility issues.

A segmentação dos mercados internacionais permite a existência do pricing-to-market, hipótese inicialmente formulada por Krugman (1986). O primeiro objetivo deste trabalho foi testar o pricing-to-market realizado pelos exportadores brasileiros entre 1999 e 2012 utilizando dados para 26 setores industriais. À partir do modelo de Marston (1990), a sua estratégia de identificação adotada foi expandida para ser utilizada em dados em painel e considerar a possibilidade de cointegração entre as variáveis. Modelos de correção de erros em painel foram estimados utilizando diferentes técnicas de estimação, o efeito médio da taxa real de câmbio no longo prazo é de 0.673, ou seja, um aumento de 1% na taxa real de câmbio leva a um aumento de aproximadamente 0.07% nos preços relativos. No curto prazo, o efeito médio da taxa real de câmbio é de 0.233 nos preços relativos. Então há um efeito maior da taxa real de câmbio no longo prazo que no curto prazo. Após encontrar evidências de pricing-to-market nas exportações brasileiras, este estudo testou a assimetria do pricing-to-market através do modelo de painel com parâmetros limiares proposto por Hansen (1999). Foi estudado se a assimetria ou a volatilidade cambial possuem efeitos no nível de pricing-to-market realizado. As evidências encontradas mostram que a taxa real de câmbio possui efeitos assimétricos, há um aumento do pricing-to-market com a desvalorização cambial. / The segmentation of international markets allows the pricing-to-market, hypothesis initially defined by Krugman (1986). The first objective of this work is to test the pricing-to-market held by Brazilian exporters between 1999 and 2012 using data panel for 26 industrial sectors. Using the model proposed by Marston (1990), his identification strategy has been expanded from and consider the possibility of cointegration between the variables. Panel error correction models were estimated using differents estimation techniques, the average effect of the real exchange rate in the long run is 0.673, i.e. an increase of 1% in the real exchange rate leads to an increase of 0.07% in relative prices. In the short term, the average effect of the real exchange rate is 0.233 in relative prices. So there is a higher effect of real exchange rate in the long run than the in the short term. After finding evidence of the Brazilian pricing-to-market, this study tested the asymetric pricingto-market using the panel threshold model proposed by Hansen (1999). It was examined whether the exchange rate asymmetry or the volatility have effects on the level of pricing-tomarket. The evidences shows the real exchange rate has asymmetric effects, there is an increase of brazilian pricing-to-market associated with a depreciated exchange rate.

Nesta tese são desenvolvidos três estudos sobre as reservas internacionais brasileiras, utilizando diferentes técnicas econométricas, com o objetivo de determinar a influência de medidas absolutas e relativas de reservas sobre o rating soberano de crédito e o spread soberano, bem como o nível adequado para garantir a liquidez externa. As análises foram feitas com dados mensais do período jan/2000-jun/2008. No primeiro estudo, mostrou-se que diferentes medidas de reservas internacionais apresentam efeito significativo na explicação do rating soberano de crédito, através de modelos ordered logit para a média dos ratings emitidos pelas três principais agências (Moody's, Standard & Poors e Fitch). Entretanto, o indicador de maior poder explicativo não foi o nível absoluto de reservas, mas a razão entre dívida pública externa líquida e PIB. Outras variáveis de destacada importância na maioria dos modelos foram o percentual da dívida interna de curto prazo, investimento estrangeiro direto/PIB e inflação. Variáveis tradicionalmente utilizadas como indicadores de liquidez, como razão reservas/importações e conta corrente/PIB, não foram significativas na maioria dos modelos. Os resultados confirmam os indícios contidos no discurso das agências de rating, quanto à importância das reservas internacionais em sua avaliação, embora alertando que outras variáveis, como perfil de endividamento do governo e perspectivas de crescimento, são também fundamentais. O segundo estudo de caso encontrou relação significativa entre as reservas internacionais e o spread soberano, através de modelos de correção de erros. O efeito estimado do rating soberano foi não-significativo ou pouco explicativo, comparado aos fundamentos, provavelmente devido à volatilidade do spread soberano em resposta a variações nas condições do mercado, ao contrário do rating. O melhor modelo obtido utilizou o nível absoluto de reservas, evidenciando também efeitos significativos da aversão global ao risco, taxas de juros internacionais e crises políticas internas. Os resultados desse estudo indicam custo marginal decrescente das reservas internacionais e a necessidade de considerá-lo endógeno em modelos de minimização de custos para determinação do nível ótimo de reservas. O terceiro estudo implementou a metodologia de Liquidity-at-Risk sugerida por Greenspan (1999) para avaliar a adequação do nível de reservas internacionais para a manutenção da liquidez externa. Para a medida de liquidez reservas/dívida externa de curto prazo (razão de Guidotti), estimou-se que o nível de reservas internacionais mantidas pelo Brasil em jun/2008 (US$200 bilhões) era aproximadamente o dobro do necessário para garantir uma razão de Guidotti superior a 1, com 99% de probabilidade, durante 24, 36 ou 48 meses. Em diversos cenários alternativos de percentual das dívidas externa e interna de curto prazo, meta de superávit primário, índice de aversão ao risco e taxas de juros externas, as reservas iniciais necessárias situaram-se em US$85-105 bilhões. A análise de custos revela que o aumento das reservas diminui os juros médios da dívida, embora efeito maior pudesse ser alcançado através do aumento do superávit primário. As evidências sugerem que a motivação das autoridades brasileiras para a manutenção de reservas em torno de US$200 bilhões não é puramente precaucionária, admitindo as hipóteses de ganho de credibilidade e flexibilidade para a execução da política fiscal. / This thesis developed three case studies on the Brazilian international reserves, using various econometric techniques in order to determine the influence of absolute and relative measures of reserves over both the sovereign credit rating and the sovereign spread, as well as to assess the adequate reserves level to ensure external liquidity. Analyses were carried out on monthly data from Jan/2000 to Jun/2008. The first case study found significant effects of different reserves measures in explaining the sovereign credit rating, by fitting ordered logit models to the average of the ratings issued by the three main agencies (Moody's, Standard & Poors and Fitch) for the Brazilian long term external debt. However, the best explaining variable was not the absolute level of reserves, but the ratio "net public external debt/GDP" instead. It was noteworthy the significance of the following variables in most of the models tested: short term internal debt (%), foreign direct investment/GDP and inflation. Variables traditionally used as external liquidity measures, like reserves/imports and current account/GDP, are not statistically significant in most of the models fitted in this study. Results support the evidence found in the rating agencies' reports, as to the importance of international reserves in their credit quality assessment, although pointing to other variables, like government debt profile and growth perspectives, as equally critical. The second case study found significant relationship between the Brazilian international reserves and its sovereign spread, using error correction models. The estimated effect of sovereign rating was either non-significant, or poorly explanatory when compared to macroeconomic fundamentals, probably due to the volatility of sovereign spread in response to changes in market conditions, unlike the sovereign rating. The best model obtained included the absolute level of reserves, showing also significant effect of the global risk aversion, external interest rates and internal political crises. The results of this study point to a decreasing marginal cost of international reserves and the need of considering it as endogenous in optimal reserves models based in cost minimization. Finally, the third case study implemented the Liquidity-at-Risk methodology suggested by Greenspan (1999), in order to assess the Brazilian reserves level adequacy in maintaining external liquidity. For the liquidity measure adopted - the ratio "reserves/short term external debt" (Guidotti's ratio) - it was found that the Brazilian reserves level held in Jun/2008 (US$200 billion) was roughly twice the necessary one to ensure a Guidotti's ratio above 1, with 99% probability, within 24, 36 or 48 months. In several alternative scenarios varying the short term external debt, short term internal debt, primary surplus, global risk aversion and external interest rates, the required initial reserves was in the range US$85-105 billion. An analysis of alternative policies' costs revealed the expected effect of higher reserves in decreasing the average debt service, although a dramatically higher impact would be obtained by an increase in primary surplus. Evidence suggest that the Brazilian authorities motivation for holding international reserves as high as US$200 billion may not be purely precautionary, pointing to the hypotheses of credibility gains and fiscal flexibility issues.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2016-09-01T15:17:53Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO - THIAGO GEOVANE PEREIRA GOMES.pdf: 1464417 bytes, checksum: c2ceaeef232dab630211e6511cab3eac (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-01T15:17:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) DISSERTAÇÃO - THIAGO GEOVANE PEREIRA GOMES.pdf: 1464417 bytes, checksum: c2ceaeef232dab630211e6511cab3eac (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-29 / A discussão sobre os efeitos e os mecanismos/canais da desigualdade de renda sobre o crescimento econômico ganhou maior notoriedade a partir da década de 1990 com a adoção de modelos de crescimento endógeno. A principal preocupação encontra-se em responder o porquê alguns países crescem mais do que outros e o papel do capital humano ao longo desse processo. Um caso de estudo do binômio desigualdade-crescimento interessante de ser tratado é o da América Latina logo após a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Portanto, essa pesquisa tem o propósito de investigar os efeitos da desigualdade de renda sobre o crescimento econômico de países selecionados da América Latina entre 1970 e 2010. É exibido um modelo teórico com uma trajetória de ajustamento não-monotônica da produção que conduz à um modelo linear que representa a relação desigualdade-crescimento. A estratégia empírica é dividida em duas partes: a) uso dos estimadores de efeitos fixos e aleatórios; b) aplicação de um modelo dinâmico auto regressivo de defasagem distribuída para um painel cointegrado. Os resultados encontrados inferem uma relação negativa e estatisticamente significativa entre a desigualdade e o crescimento para os países da América Latina. Estes resultados corroboram com a regularidade empírica, onde afirma-se que, a desigualdade de renda apresenta efeitos negativos sobre o crescimento econômico dos países em desenvolvimento. / The discussion about the effects and the mechanisms / channels of income inequality on economic growth gained greater notoriety from the 1990s with the adoption of endogenous growth models. The main concern is to answer why some countries grow more than others and the role of human capital throughout this process. A case study of interesting inequality-growth binomial to be treated is in Latin America after World War II. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the effects of income inequality on economic growth of selected Latin American countries between 1970 and 2010 a theoretical model with a non-monotonic adjustment path of production leading to a model appears linear representing inequality-growth relationship. The empirical strategy is divided into two parts: a) use of estimators of fixed and random effects; b) application of a dynamic model autoregressive lag distributed to co-integrate a panel. The results infer a negative and statistically significant relationship between inequality and growth for the countries of Latin America. These results corroborate the empirical regularity, which indicates that income inequality has a negative effect on the economic growth of developing countries.

The dissertation thesis is devoted to the topic of investment with emphasis on their position within the transmission mechanism of inflation targeting. It discusses starting-points of inflation targeting regime, individual transmission channels of monetary policy including their connections, and routes through which the central bank may influence the investment. There are analyzed selected investment theories and other theoretical models that are associated with the investment. Factors, whose changes may induce changes in investment, are derived using the intersection of these two analyzed aspects. They are variables, which flow from a theoretical analysis of transmission channels, as well as variables, that are not directly accented within these channels, but they can be affected by the central bank. Even factors, that are not within the competence of the central bank, are included among the variables. Using available data, sources of investment variability are verified on data for the Czech Republic. Basic empirical analysis of time series and correlation analysis are performed and the vector error correction model is compiled.

Aim of this thesis was finding out whether there is asymmetry on gasoline market in Czech republic, which is common knowledge or if asymmetry is only illusion. With daily data about gasoline and diesel prices from CZ market and also daily Brent Crude Oil price, thesis tires to prove that there is no asymmetry on the market. Analysis was done with asymmetric error correction model and further testing of asymmetry with koeficients from ECM. Results yield that both gasoline and diesel markets show rather symmetrical reaction on entry price change. Asymmetry was proven only in few lags and final statement is that asymmetry on market in Czech republic is rather illusion then reality.

The aim of this paper is to analyse and compare inflation and its dynamics between two countries -- the Czech Republic and Germany -- applying a special kind of econometric models. The first part of this paper is dedicated to economic theory of inflation -- fundamental terms, measuring methods and its targeting. The monetary policy in the Czech Republic and Germany is also shortly introduced. Next chapter tries to describe the econometric concept which is used in this paper -- vector autoregression model (VAR model). In connection with the VAR models, Granger causality, impulse response function, cointegration and error correction model are mentioned as well. The empirical part includes application of selected models on real time series of macroeconomic indicators. Next to the interpretation of results, the forecasts are also implemented.

Si la majorité des études obtiennent des impacts positifs des infrastructures publiques sur l’activité économique, la problématique entre dépenses publiques et bonne affectation de ressources reste présente. Cette thèse empirique présente un travail inédit pour la Mauritanie et se limite sur trois types d’infrastructures. En premier lieu, nous étudions le lien entre l’évolution du stock routier total, et le PIB par tête à travers une fonction de production de type Coob-Douglas. Notre résultat principal est le suivant : le stock routier en Mauritanie a bien impacté le PIB par tête de manière positive et significative. En second lieu, nous analysons la contribution du capital santé à la croissance économique. En estimant plusieurs modèles, trois principaux résultats émergent : 1) Le niveau des dépenses publiques de santé n’a pas d’effet significatif sur la croissance de l’espérance de vie, mais elles semblent avoir des impacts positifs sur la réduction de la mortalité brut pour 1000 personnes. 2) Les dépenses publiques de santé ont un effet positif sur le PIB global, mais cet effet devient non significatif lorsqu’il s’agit du PIB par tête. 3) L’espérance de vie initiale, et sa croissance ont des effets positifs et significatifs sur le PIB par tête. Enfin, nous explorons l’impact de TIC sur la croissance économique. En étudiant une fonction de production et un modèle VAR, Nous mettons en évidence à la fois que le capital TIC, et l’évolution des abonnés au téléphone fixe ont stimulé significativement l’activité économique. / While the majority of studies obtain positive impacts of public infrastructure on economic activity, the problem between public spending and good resource allocation remains.This empirical thesis presents an unpublished work for Mauritania and is limited to three types of infrastructure.First, we study the relationship between the evolution of the total road stock and the per capita GDP through a Coob-Douglas production function.Our main result is that the road stock in Mauritania has impacted the GDP per capita in a positive and significant way.Second, we analyze the contribution of health capital to economic growth. In estimating several models, three main results emerge: 1) The level of public health spending has no significant effect on the growth of life expectancy, but appears to have positive impacts on the reduction of gross mortality per 1000 people. 2) Public expenditure on health has a positive effect on overall GDP, but this effect becomes insignificant when it comes to GDP per capita.3) Initial life expectancy and its growth have positive and significant effects on GDP per capita.Finally, we explore the impact of ICT on economic growth.By studying a production function and a VAR model, we show that ICT capital and the evolution of fixed telephone subscribers have significantly stimulated economic activity.