Brazil’s Long-Term Growth Performance—Trying to Explain the Puzzle

By Ricardo Adrogué, Martin D. Cerisola, Gaston Gelos

December 1, 2006

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Ricardo Adrogué, Martin D. Cerisola, and Gaston Gelos. Brazil’s Long-Term Growth Performance—Trying to Explain the Puzzle, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed November 23, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

This paper assesses Brazil's growth performance from a long-term perspective, using crosscountry and panel estimation techniques, building on the vast empirical literature on growth. The empirical evidence presented in this paper confirms that macroeconomic stability and several reforms have helped raise per capita growth in Brazil since the mid-1990s. The results also show that some long-standing structural weaknesses continue to weigh negatively on per capita growth. Reducing the high level of government consumption would help lower the overall consumption level in the economy and lower its intertemporal price-the real interest rate-thus helping to foster investment and growth.

Subject: Fiscal policy, Government consumption, International liquidity, Real exchange rates, Real interest rates

Keywords: Brazil, Exchange rate, GDP, Growth performance, Sc, WP

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21
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Working Paper No. 2006/282
Stock No:

WPIEA2006282
ISBN:

9781451865424
ISSN:

1018-5941

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