The public choice sedition: variations on the theme of scientific warfare

Given a significant element of truth in "Public Choice", a modest element must be found when a similar approach is made to the behavior of economic scientists. Harry Johnson found this in "The Keynesian Revolution and the Monetarist Counter-Revolution". Following him, I find more in the Public Choice "Revolution" itself. The basic visions, assumptions and methods of the latter are appraised within its time-space stream. "Variations on a theme by Buchanan" or "The B- and F-Twist" could have been suggestive subtitles for this paper -- an embrycnic Economics of Knowledge, a complement to the Sociology of Knowledge.

Consumo para obtenção de status: estudo empírico entre meninas pré-dolescentes de São Luis do Maranhão

The consumption of goods from brands in vogue, which symbolize status, popularity, success and social distinction, among those from the same social group in a pre-teenage girls¿ environment, has been a topic for academic studies as well as the market, due to their relevant consumption power for the companies worldwide. This paper aims to check out the use of these goods by them in São Luís, in order to become popular, succesful and socially distinguished; and the relation of the consumption for status with the brand image consumed and the pre-teenage girl self image; how familiar with the goods and the brand they are; and their attitude concerning their qualities. The empirical metodology had two phases: a qualitative and a quantitative one. The first one started with a specific group of 8 (eight) pre-teenage girls from high and medium classes, with the purpose of collecting some basis in order to reinforce the theory once the hypothesis were elaborated and used to guide the quantitative research as well as to adapt some North American scales. In the second stage of the qualitative research, a survey was applied in a convenience sample of 300 (three hundred) pre-teenage girls from São Luís, all from the high, medium high and low classes. The main result showed the pre-teenage girls from São Luís consume goods and brands for status, so they could get prestige, success, and social distinction, however, they do not define themselves or judge the social status of those from their social group based only on the clothes they wear and the brands which indicate their consumption power. Some other status symbols are important too, like, housing, the family car, the neighborhood where they dwell, the parents¿ occupation; the school they go to, the long and straight hair, how correct they speak Portuguese and their holiday trips. Another result highlighted was the strong relation of the brand image with their self image in the consumption for status.

Avaliação de performance de fundos mútuos de ações

Trata da avaliação da performance dos fundos mdtuos de açõe no período de janeiro de 1985 a junho de 1988, através dos modelos desenvolvidos por Sharper Treynor e pelo Modelo de Mercado. Aborda a teoria do portfólio e de mercado de capitais que foram desenvolvidas a partir do artigo "Portfolio Selection" do Dr. Harry Markowitz publicado em 1952 e que viria a moldar todas as decisões de investimento com base na relação existente entre risco e retorno. Apresenta a evolução dos fundos mútuos de ações no Brasil e os tipos de investidores institucionais existentes no mercado.

Quais as motivações da classe C brasileira no consumo de turismo? - análise de caso da agência VRM Turismo

Estudo do comportamento de compra e consumo de turismo dos moradores da Rocinha, baseado no método de entrevistas em profundidade. Arcabouço teórico: fatores "push" e "pull" (Crompton, 1979; Dann, 1981) e tipologias de Plog (1977).