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Title: | Os efeitos da incerteza sobre a atividade econômica no Brasil |
Keywords: | Incerteza (Economia) Uncertainty Ciclos econômicos - Brasil Business cycles - Brazil Risco (Economia) Risk Produto interno bruto - Brasil Gross state product - Brazil Produtividade industrial - Brasil Industrial productivity - Brazil Modelos econométricos Econometric models Indicadores econômicos Economic indicators Indicadores econômicos - Modelos econométricos - Brasil Economic indicators - Econometric models - Brazil |
Issue Date: | Apr-2018 |
Publisher: | Fundação Getúlio Vargas |
Abstract: | In this paper we investigate the uncertainty effects on Brazilian economic activity. To this purpose, we construct several proxies to capture the uncertainty levels of Brazilian economy (domestic uncertainty) and of its main trading partners (external uncertainty). Next, we estimate structural vector autoregressions (SVARs) models, as proposed by Baker, Bloom & Davis (2016). The impulse response functions suggest significant contractionary effects of the uncertainty on activity, mainly on investment. Our estimates also suggest that domestic uncertainty effects are more pronounced than the external ones. It can be said, therefore, that the uncertainty levels prevailing in Brazil since the presidential elections of 2014 represent an important factor behind the subsequent recession. We estimate that if there had been no expansion of the domestic uncertainty observed from the second half of 2014, industrial production in 2015 would have been, on average, between 0.9% and 3.9% higher, depending on the uncertainty proxy variable used. In the case of IBC-Br, this would have been between 0.4% and 1.3% higher. Our results are robust considering several changes in the model. |
URI: | http://bibliotecadigital.economia.gov.br/handle/123456789/527322 |
Other Identifiers: | BARBOZA, Ricardo de Menezes; ZILBERMAN, Eduardo. Os efeitos da incerteza sobre a atividade econômica no Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Economia, Rio de Janeiro, v. 72, n. 2, p. 144–160, abr./jun. 2018. http://web.bndes.gov.br/bib/jspui/handle/1408/15463 |
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