A pesquisa resgata a relevância de Jaime Lerner como Arquiteto e Urbanista em um momento não investigado de sua carreira. Trata do período anterior à participação política de Jaime Lerner como prefeito e governador, quando ele se debruçou amplamente sobre a prática arquitetônica, entre 1962 e 1971. Documentar e investigar criticamente sua produção nesses períodos teve o fim de traçar paralelos com a própria obra de Lerner, com a arquitetura brasileira e internacional, produzida no momento, além de mapear seus colaboradores. Foi utilizado, principalmente, o acervo de projetos, desenhos, livros e entrevistas que pertencem ao Instituto Jaime Lerner e seus sócios como fonte primária. / This research stands for the relevance of Jaime Lerner as an Architect and a Urbanist in an unexplored moment of his career. This study digs the period right before Jaime Lerner\'s political participation as mayor and as governor; when he dealt extensively with the architectural practice, between the period concerning 1962 up to 1971. In fact, the proposal of such an investigation is to document and to critically study his production during these periods of time, by tracing not only parallels with Lerner\'s own work, with the Brazilian and international architecture produced at that time, but also to map his collaborators. Collection of projects, drawings, books and interviews that belong to the Jaime Lerner Institute and his partners as primary source were used to give support to this work.

日本政府自1996年實施金融大改革(Big Bang)，金融市場從保守走向自由開放，面對競爭越趨激烈的環境，日本產險業開始出現公司併購重組的情形，使得市場越趨集中。無論是市場結構的改變，或是併購亦可能對公司既行營運模式造成改變，進而影響公司的經營效率，都可能對公司的市場壟斷力造成影響，進而影響市場的競爭度。本研究以2001-2012年日本產險市場為研究對象，主要目的在探討市場集中度及公司效率此兩種變數是否會對競爭度產生影響。實證模型採用追蹤資料固定效果模型作分析，並以Lerner指數作為衡量公司市場壟斷力的變數，赫芬達指數作為衡量市場集中度變數，以資料包絡分析法所求出之效率值代表效率變數。實證結果發現，市場集中度對於公司的市場壟斷力無顯著影響，而產險公司效率與公司的壟斷力呈正向關係，當公司效率越高，其壟斷力越高，而市場競爭程度越低。 / Since the Japanese financial system reform, “Big Bang,” was commenced in 1996, the financial market in Japan has been transformed into free and open market. At the same time, the Japanese insurance market became more competitive due to the regulatory changes. Many mergers and acquisitions appeared in Japanese insurance industry and that increased the market concentration. The reform has also changed firm operation modes and then have impact on firm efficiency. Furthermore, the changes of market structure and firm efficiency may have impact on market power and therefore affect the level of competition. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of concentration and efficiency on competition in Japanese property-liability insurance industry using the fixed effect model. The research period is from 2001 to 2012. This study utilizes Lerner index to measure market power (competition) and Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI) to measure market concentration. And the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method is applied to evaluate the efficiency of insurance companies. The results show that the relation between concentration and competition is not significant. This paper also finds evidence that higher firm efficiency leads to higher market power (lower competition).

nÃo hà / The aim of this work is investigate the presence of Marshal-Lerner condition (CML) and the J curve for categories of use of goods and services. To do this, will be used two methodologies: a Johansenâs cointegration test, to analyze the long run effects, and an Impulse Response Function, to obtain the short run impacts. The novelty of this work is the concern with sectorial analyses of trade balance and their impacts due changes in exchange rates. Four categories will be studied: durable goods, non-durable goods, intermediate goods and capital goods. The results appointed that the CML is accepted for all goods. About the J curve, only durable and non-durable goods showed adjustment problems. / Este trabalho tem o objetivo de investigar a presenÃa da condiÃÃo de Marshall-Lerner (CML) e da curva J para as categorias de uso dos bens e serviÃos. Para tanto, foi realizado um teste de cointegraÃÃo de Johansen com fito de verificar a existÃncia de relaÃÃes de longo prazo positivas sobre a balanÃa comercial desses bens na presenÃa de uma desvalorizaÃÃo cambial. Para a curva J, foi estimado as funÃÃes impulso resposta e se valeu das relaÃÃes de curto prazo entre as variÃveis. A grande novidade deste trabalho està na consideraÃÃo de impactos setoriais sobre a balanÃa comercial devido a variaÃÃes na taxa de cÃmbio real regional. Quatro categorias de bens foram analisadas segundo sua utilizaÃÃo: bens de consumo durÃvel, bens de consumo nÃo durÃvel, bens intermediÃrios e bens de capital. Dos resultados, foi constatado que a CML à vÃlida para todos os tipos de bens. E a curva J à verificada para bens de consumo durÃvel e nÃo durÃvel.

This paper analyses the competitiveness in the banking sector of eight countries in the SADC region. Both the Panzar-Rosse and the Lerner Index approaches were used for the period 2002- 2013. Although the results yield opposing outcomes, the overall findings suggest that the eight countries cannot be described as being perfectly competitive but rather suggest imperfect competition in these banking sectors. These countries could be characterised as monopolies when using the Panzar-Rosse study and monopolistically competitive when using the Lerner Index.

Eastern European countries have experienced many political upheavals and economic reforms since their declaration of independence of the U.S.S.R. Our study is intended for a series of estimations concerning the market structure of the banking in the Eastern European countries. Besides, we also attempt to assess the transformation of the competitive conditions of the banking industries in these countries. We employ three different methods for the assessment: The Panzar-Rosse Model, the Lerner index and the structural indicators (Concentration Ratio and HHI). We also use quantile regression to estimate the change of the H statistics corresponding to different deciles of the bank revenues beside the standard regression. The estimation results of the H statistics and the Lerner indice both indicate the banking markets of the Eastern European countries are characterized as monopolistic competition. Profitable banks in some countries face keener competition in the market. Besides, the Lerner index is affected by some variables, and tends to show the consistent estimation results with the H statistic in general. On the other hand, the structural indicators reveal a descending concentration in most Eastern European countries. However, the comparison between structural and non-structural methods does not support the general view that concentration undermines competition.

NASCIMENTO, Gabriel Martins do. Taxa de Câmbio e Exportações Líquidas: Uma Análise para os Estados Brasileiros / Gabriel Martins do Nascimento. – 2017. 41 f. Dissertação (mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Atuária e Contabilidade, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia, Fortaleza, 2017. / Submitted by Mônica Correia Aquino (monicacorreiaaquino@gmail.com) on 2017-09-21T20:05:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_gmnascimento.pdf: 788577 bytes, checksum: 370860c1032eb009a812c5c0a27168fb (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Mônica Correia Aquino (monicacorreiaaquino@gmail.com) on 2017-09-21T20:06:07Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_gmnascimento.pdf: 788577 bytes, checksum: 370860c1032eb009a812c5c0a27168fb (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-21T20:06:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_gmnascimento.pdf: 788577 bytes, checksum: 370860c1032eb009a812c5c0a27168fb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / This paper analyses the short and long run effects of exchange rate devaluation on the net exports, in the total balance, as well as in the balances of basics and industrial goods for a panel of Brazilian states, making use of Panel Vector Autoregression (PVAR) models and Panel Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (PDOLS) estimators. The first technique is used to investigate the existence of the J curve phenomenon, and the latter, the validity of Marshall-Lerner condition. In all cases, the response of the net exports from that states after an exchange rate devaluation is shown to be positive, thus confirming the Marshall-Lerner condition. This response is greater for trade balance of basic goods. As described by the theoretical model, domestic income presents a negative and statistically robust impact in all net exports considered, while foreign income presents a positive effect. The results still show evidence of the J curve for the total and industrialized goods. / O estudo analisa os impactos de curto e de longo prazo das desvalorizações cambiais sobre as exportações líquidas totais, de básicos e de industrializados para um painel de estados brasileiros a partir da aplicação de modelos Panel Vector Autoregression (PVAR), para testar a ocorrência do fenômeno da curva J, e do Panel Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (PDOLS), para investigar a validade da condição de Marshall-Lerner. Em todos os modelos considerados, a reposta das exportações líquidas dos estados brasileiros a uma depreciação cambial se mostra positiva, validando, portanto, a condição de Marshall-Lerner. Essa resposta é maior para os bens básicos. Como previsto pela teoria, a renda doméstica apresenta impacto negativo e estatisticamente robusto sobre o saldo comercial, enquanto que a renda externa apresenta repercussão positiva. Os resultados indicam a ocorrência da curva J para os totais e industrializados.

Orientador : Prof. Dr. Artur Freitas / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em História. Defesa: Curitiba, 04/10/2016 / Inclui referências : f. 470-488 / Resumo: Esta tese aborda a primeira investida do Poder Executivo Municipal com vistas a instituir uma política pública de cultura para as artes visuais na cidade de Curitiba, entre os anos de 1971 e 1983. O período selecionado compreende o momento de formação dessa política durante a primeira gestão do prefeito Jaime Lerner e seus desdobramentos, que se estendem à gestão de seu sucessor, o prefeito Saul Raiz, bem como ao seu retorno à Prefeitura Municipal de Curitiba. Esse período de doze anos corresponde, portanto, ao decurso de três gestões municipais sob a tutela do mesmo grupo político filiado ao partido que deu sustentação à ditadura militar brasileira, a Aliança Renovadora Nacional, ARENA, urdido na formação do Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba, o IPPUC, e responsável pela implantação do Plano Diretor, aprovado pela Câmara Municipal de Curitiba em 1966, e posto em execução a partir de 1971. O período corresponde também ao estabelecimento da coalizão política entre gestores do espaço urbano e interesses empresariais na condução de obras públicas, comumente denominada "lernismo". Nesse contexto, pretende-se compreender de que forma e por meio de quais dispositivos a imagem de "cidade modelo" erigida pelo lernismo mediante uma abordagem simultaneamente tecnocrática e humanista se estende e encampa também a o domínio da cultura e, mais propriamente, das artes visuais, na cidade. Os objetivos desta tese são, portanto, (i) investigar qual é o caráter dessa política pública de cultura para as artes visuais na cidade de Curitiba, encampada pela prefeitura municipal entre os anos de 1971 e 1983, (ii) mapear seus eventuais objetivos e (iii) explicitar seus projetos. Uma vez evidenciados sua forma e seus dispositivos, cumpre-nos avaliar, a partir de casos exemplares, em que medida a política pública de cultura lernista para as artes visuais logra ou não sucesso do ponto de vista dos objetivos colocados, bem como do ponto de vista do desenvolvimento das artes visuais na cidade. Palavras-chave: Curitiba. Lernismo. Políticas culturais. Artes visuais. Animação cultural. / Abstract: The present thesis concerns the first attempt of the municipal government in order to establish a public cultural policy for the visual arts in the city of Curitiba, between the years 1971 and 1983. The selected period corresponds to the moment of formation of this policy during Jaime Lerner's first term as a mayor and its developments which also extend to the management of his successor, mayor Saul Raiz, as well as his return to the City Hall. This twelve-year period corresponds to the three municipal administrations under the tutelage of the same political group affiliated with the party that supported the Brazilian military dictatorship, the Aliança Renovadora Nacional, ARENA, coming from the Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba, IPPUC, and responsible for the implementation of the new Master Plan for Curitiba, approved in 1966 and put into effect from 1971 on. The period also corresponds to the establishment of the political coalition between managers of the urban space and business interests in driving public works, commonly called "lernismo". In this context, we intend to understand how and through which means the image of "model city" erected by the "lernismo" by both a technocratic and humanistic approach extends and also embodies the field of culture and, more specifically, the visual arts in the city. The objectives of this thesis are, therefore, (i) to investigate what the character of this public cultural policy for the visual arts, taken over by the municipal government between 1971 and 1983, in the city of Curitiba is; (ii) to map its possible objectives and (iii) to explain its projects. Once its form and its features are highlighted, we must evaluate from exemplary cases, the extent to which this public policy for the visual arts succeeds or not from the point of view of its objectives, as well as from the point of view of the development of the visual arts in the city. Keywords: Curitiba. Lernismo. Cultural policies. Visual arts. Cultural animation.

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In the aftermath of the financial crisis where global aggregate demand is struggling, countries occasionally get accused of weakening their currency to gain competitiveness. The method of weakening the currency to gain competitiveness is explained by the Marshall-Lerner condition, which states that a devaluation in the long-term will strengthen the balance of trade. But is this policy always rational? And if not, which economies should avoid it? This study investigates whether the structure of the export industry can explain the varying response in the balance of trade from a devaluation. The Johansen Procedure with a Vector Error Correction Model is used to estimate long-run price elasticities of demand for exports and imports. The countries chosen are among the 30 countries with the lowest rank of economic complexity based on its output, listed by the Observatory of Economic Complexity. The exports of these countries are consisting of a single or a few goods, which enables for investigating how individual industries respond to a devaluation. The hypothesis is that there are differences between labour- and capital-intensive economies and that the former should respond more positive to a devaluation than the latter. The results indicate that there is a pattern, to the opposite of the hypothesis, where the capital-intensive economies respond more positive to a devaluation than the labour-intensive economies. This could be misleading due to underlying factors that should be controlled for to be able to produce reliable estimates. The Marshall-Lerner condition is fulfilled for two countries, Gabon and Niger, out of nine in the final sample.

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