The New Brazilian Economy

Dynamic Transitions into the Future

Elias C. Grivoyannis

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2016
• Topic: Business
• eBook ISBN:
  9781137462978
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

Brazil is the most populous economy in Latin America today with the second highest GDP among the emerging BRIC economies, after China , and the second per capita GDP among the BRIC economies after Russia . The objective of the proposed book is to provide a thorough historical, statistical, and institutional description of the Brazilian economy along with a most recent account of what is presently going on in Brazil and the type of economy from which Brazil is emerging. The topics addressed in this book will increase the reader's awareness of the institutional economic and cultural forces that shape the dynamism of the Brazilian economy today and will continue to do so for the years to come. Some of the questions that this book will address are: How did the Brazilian economy evolve into what it is today? How does the Brazilian economy affect the developing and industrialized countries and why should the present state of the Brazilian economy be of any interest or concern to the rest of the world? How is the Brazilian banking sector evolving and what role do private banks and finance play in this change? How do the demographic changes in Brazil interact with capital accumulation and influence sustainable socio-economic growth? What accounts for consumption inequalities among Brazil's population? What processes are responsible for the current distribution of income in Brazil? How is the recent economic crisis of industrialized countries expected to affect Brazil's economic stability and long term growth? How are the policy makers in Brazil dealing with international and domestic economic challenges? Those who study multinational enterprises and the future of their direct investment in Brazil will learn about the existing types of government intervention which will continue to play an important role in the future economic growth of the country. They will also gain some understanding of Brazilian antitrust policy and the international implications of Brazil's transition into an emerging world economic power.

Table of contents

• Introduction: The New Brazilian Economy from Local Perspectives
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Part I: Brazilian Economic History
• Chapter 1: A Historical Background of Brazil’s Economy
• Chapter 2: The Brazilian Economy at the End of the 20th Century
• Part II: Stabilization and Low Growth: ­1994/Present
• Chapter 3: Manufacturing Industry and Growth: An Interpretation for the Performance of the Brazilian Economy in the1990s and 2000s
• Chapter 4: Deindustrialization in Brazil?
• Chapter 5: Thriving Through Uncertainty: Fiscal Space for Sustainable Growth in Brazil
• Chapter 6: Some Lessons from the Household Consumption Boom in Brazil, 2003–2012
• Part III: Institutional Environment
• Chapter 7: Funding, State, and Debt Crisis
• Chapter 8: Long-Term Finance in Brazil: The Role of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
• Chapter 9: Evolution of Financial Markets in Post-­stabilization Brazil: Trends and Traits
• Chapter 10: Brazil’s Macroprudential Framework to Tackle the Great Financial Crisis: Monetary Policy, Financial Regulation and the Banking System
• Chapter 11: Antitrust Policy in Brazil: Evolution and Perspectives
• Chapter 12: The New Petroleum Policy in Brazil
• Chapter 13: Productive Structure in the Neo-Kaleckian Model of Growth and Distribution: Simulations to the Brazilian Economy
• Chapter 14: The Effects of Public Debt Management on Macroeconomic Equilibrium: An Analysis of the Brazilian Economy
• Index