Brazilian economic performance since the emergence of the great recession: The effects of income distribution on consumption

After a long period of unstable and low economic activity, Brazil achieved a relatively high economic growth with low inflation from 2004 to 2008, when the world scenario was favourable for the Brazilian trade balance. An incomes policy, focused on real increases in the minimum wage along w...

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Main Authors: Arestis Philip, Troncoso-Baltar Carolina, Magalhães-Prates Daniela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Economists' Association of Vojvodina 2016-01-01
Series:Panoeconomicus
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1452-595X/2016/1452-595X1602157A.pdf