EconomiA: Volume 24 Issue 2 , Open Access

Non-tradables in Brazilian economic history

Eustáquio Reis

The purpose is to market a reinterpretation of Brazilian economic history highlighting the importance of non-tradable goods to understand major historical developments such as the…

Impact of fiscal deficit and trade openness on current account deficit in India: new evidence on twin deficits hypothesis

Dhyani Mehta, M. Mallikarjun

This study aims to examine the impact of fiscal deficit, exchange rate and trade openness on current account deficit (CAD). The study tried to empirically investigate the ‘twin…

Migrant networks, regional development and internal migration flows in Brazil

Ana Carolina Borges Marques Ribeiro, Silvio Hong Tiing Tai

This study analyzes the role of migrant networks in the migration flows in relation to the educational level of the migrants and economic growth of the states of origin and…

The contagious effect of economic policy uncertainty in the post-crisis period

Onur Seker

This study aims to analyze the contagious effects of economic policy uncertainties in the USA on the economies of its important trading partners, such as Japan, Canada, Mexico and…

The effect of small-scale changes in wealth on risk attitudes: an experimental study

Sergio Almeida

This study aims to examine the effects of prior small-scale changes to wealth on subsequent risky choices.

What drives small and medium enterprises to establish and terminate banking relationships?

Muhammad Asim Afridi, Muhammad Tahir

This paper investigates the factors crucial for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in establishing business relationships with banks in Pakistan.

Poverty, population growth and agglomeration effects in all Brazil cities

André M. Marques

This paper aims to test three hypotheses in city growth literature documenting the poverty reduction observed in Brazil and exploring a rich spatial dataset for 5,564 Brazilian…

Commodity prices and business cycles in small open economies: the role of news shocks

Cleyton Farias, Marcelo Silva

The authors explore the hypothesis that some movements in commodity prices are anticipated (news shocks) and can trigger aggregate fluctuations in small open emerging economies…