Using a panel structure to discuss the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle in developing countries

The purpose of this paper is to test the implications of current account solvency for the savinginvestment correlation in developing countries. Since solvency is a long-run phenomenon, and given that the power of the standard unit root and cointegration tests is low, we exploit the panel structure of the sample of 29 developing countries. We find evidence that saving and investment are cointegrated and that the current account is stationary. Therefore, the Feldstein-Horioka correlations are not a puzzle in the sense they reflect the intertemporal budget constraint. The same results are obtained for different subsamples (Africa, Asia, and Latin America) and for different periods of time (1960-74 and 1975-96). We, then, suggest that an error correction model should distinguish between the long-run correlation, which reflects the solvency condition, and the short-run correlation, which could measure capital mobility.

Automatic model selection for forecasting brazilian stock returns

This study aims to contribute on the forecasting literature in stock return for emerging markets. We use Autometrics to select relevant predictors among macroeconomic, microeconomic and technical variables. We develop predictive models for the Brazilian market premium, measured as the excess return over Selic interest rate, Itaú SA, Itaú-Unibanco and Bradesco stock returns. We nd that for the market premium, an ADL with error correction is able to outperform the benchmarks in terms of economic performance. For individual stock returns, there is a trade o between statistical properties and out-of-sample performance of the model.

Automatic model selection for forecasting Brazilian stock returns

This study aims to contribute on the forecasting literature in stock return for emerging markets. We use Autometrics to select relevant predictors among macroeconomic, microeconomic and technical variables. We develop predictive models for the Brazilian market premium, measured as the excess return over Selic interest rate, Itaú SA, Itaú-Unibanco and Bradesco stock returns. We find that for the market premium, an ADL with error correction is able to outperform the benchmarks in terms of economic performance. For individual stock returns, there is a trade o between statistical properties and out-of-sample performance of the model.

Price discovery using a regime-sensitive cointegration approach

This work proposes a method to examine variations in the cointegration relation between preferred and common stocks in the Brazilian stock market via Markovian regime switches. It aims on contributing for future works in "pairs trading" and, more specifically, to price discovery, given that, conditional on the state, the system is assumed stationary. This implies there exists a (conditional) moving average representation from which measures of "information share" (IS) could be extracted. For identification purposes, the Markov error correction model is estimated within a Bayesian MCMC framework. Inference and capability of detecting regime changes are shown using a Montecarlo experiment. I also highlight the necessity of modeling financial effects of high frequency data for reliable inference.

O que explica a reduzida taxa de desemprego no Brasil no início do século XXI

A taxa de desemprego no Brasil sofreu redução significativa do começo do século XXI até o fim do ano de 2014. No entanto, esta redução significativa não foi acompanhada do esperado crescimento econômico disposto na teoria. Desta forma, constata-se que embora a taxa de desemprego tenha se reduzido, não necessariamente as pessoas estavam trabalhando e produzindo. Procurará se entender os fatores que influenciaram esta trajetória de redução da taxa de desemprego por meio de influência na PEA e no número de admissões de empregados, que aproximaremos à oferta e à demanda por mão de obra. Ou seja, pretende-se verificar as variáveis que influenciaram uma possível redução da oferta de trabalho, assim como uma maior demanda por trabalho, resultantes em uma redução da taxa de desemprego. Serão consideradas variáveis de renda, de transferência de renda, de educação e de crescimento econômico na análise das influências da baixa taxa de desemprego. Com base em um modelo vetor de correção de erros (VEC) pretende-se identificar quais variáveis efetivamente afetaram o panorama do desemprego.