Working Papers:

“Accounting for Business Cycles in Emerging Market Economies”

Debt Management, Inflation Targeting and Exchange Rate. (In progress)

Publications:

Inflation Targeting in Brazil: an empirical evaluation. Revista de Economía, v. 9, n. 2, 2002, pp. 85–121. (joint with Marcelo Portugal).

Access the working paper version here. This paper was presented at the 57^th Econometric Society European Meeting - ESEM Venice – Italy/2002 and at the 2002 Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society – LAMES.

The New Growth Theory: A Stability Analysis. Textos Econômicos, Recife, v. 1, n. 1, 1998. (In Portuguese)

Unpublished papers:

“Further Evidence on Wage and Productivity Differentials in Brazil” joint with Alexandre Barros. Presented at the 2003 Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society – LAMES.

“The recent Brazilian experience with Inflation Targeting: a preliminary evaluation” joint with Marcelo Portugal. PPGE/UFRGS Working Paper N. 2002/04. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. (In Portuguese)

“The effects of Mercosul in the Brazilian Northeast” Presented at the XXV Brazilian National Meeting of Economics – ANPEC (In Portuguese).

“Exports and Employment: an empirical test” (In Portuguese)

Nontechnical Documents:

Nova Esquerda, Velho Discurso. (In Portuguese) – March 2004

Há razão para se temer um banco central independente? (In Portuguese) – May 2003

Previdência Social: o desafio de se encontrar um caminho possível. (In Portuguese) – Feb 2003