Income elasticity of imports and Thirlwall’s Law: an application of the Markov-Switching method for Brazil (1995-2016)

This article analyzes the behavior of income elasticity of Brazilian imports in the period 1995-2016 and whether there is evidence of non-linearity of the elasticity. The calculated elasticity allowed us to test the validity of the Thirlwall Law, if Brazil's economic growth has been constrained...

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Main Authors: Géssica Mathias Diniz, Diego Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2018-05-01
Series:Textos de Economia
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/economia/article/view/53471