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Revista Brasileira de Economia, 2015 Este artigo estuda como a indicacao de politica monetaria contida nos comunicados do Banco Central do Brasil impacta os mercados. Para isso, classificamos a mensagem de cada nota a partir de uma analise semântica. O comunicado e bastante eficaz enquanto informante do futuro da politica monetaria, influenciando toda a curva de juros e o Ibovespa e ...
Cabral, Rodolfo Arruda +1 more
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The Sounds of Trust: The Bouba–Kiki Effect in Political Leaders' Names
Kyklos, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prior research has found evidence for the bouba–kiki effect according to which individuals associate sounds related to “bouba” and “kiki” with shapes and feelings. Using individual data from the World Values Survey, we investigate whether political leaders with names that sound “bouba” or “kiki” are associated with higher or lower trust.
Caroline Perrin, Laurent Weill
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Large‐Dimensional Cointegrated Threshold Factor Models: The Global Term Structure of Interest Rates
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper we extend the two‐level factor model to account for cointegration between group‐specific factors in large datasets. We propose two nonlinear specifications: (i) a threshold vector error correction model (VECM) that allows for asymmetric adjustment across regimes; and (ii) a band VECM that captures state‐dependent adjustment which
Daniel Abreu, Paulo M. M. Rodrigues
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La crisis económica global: respuestas de algunos bancos centrales (2007-2013) [PDF]
Ola Financiera, 2016 La presente colaboración aborda las discusiones teóricas y de política monetaria, así como las funciones del banco central; desde la perspectiva de cómo estas entidades desde su nuevo papel de autónomas, han adoptado la tarea central de la estabilidad de
Orlando Delgado Selley
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT To address the shortcomings associated with state ownership, countries have implemented various legal strategies to curb political influence in state‐owned enterprises. This research studies whether these strategies constrain the government's ability to use their appointment powers for political considerations.
Pablo Torres
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how bureaucratic strategies for structuring the policy environment shape regulatory outcomes, focusing on the extent to which agencies achieve their original policy preferences. Drawing on resource dependence theory and bureaucratic politics, we conceptualize the policy environment in two dimensions: internal ...
João Pedro Haddad +1 more
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 21st century has witnessed a surge in the number of global corporate responsibility (GCR) frameworks issued by international organizations (IOs). Our study investigates whether and to what extent these frameworks shape businesses' Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) communications.
Adam William Chalmers +1 more
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Using Local Expert Knowledge to Measure Prices: Evidence From a Survey Experiment in Vietnam
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many countries lack spatially disaggregated consumer price data needed to estimate real inequality and spatial patterns of poverty. Such data are especially absent in poor countries where weak infrastructure and high transport costs create large price variation over space.
John Gibson, Trinh Le
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Is There a Sociology of Suicide?
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A sociology of suicide plainly exists in a historical sense. Since Durkheim, sociologists have ssshown that suicide varies with integration, regulation, inequality, relational embeddedness, institutional arrangements, and cultural repertoires of meaning.
Enrique Fernández‐Vilas +2 more
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School Science and Mathematics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects for the present and future society is clear. With assessments such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the possibility of an analysis on student‐related variables predicting results in STEM areas opens. The aim was to identify the PISA
Pedro Gil‐Madrona +3 more
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