https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/9432 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:34:47 GMT 2026-04-19T01:34:47Z https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/9459 Título: Sobre a origem do desenvolvimento dos seguros Abstract: This paper assesses the historical determinants, as well as estimates the contribution of law and institutions in determining the development level among countries, of an industry that plays a key role in the workings of a modern society: insurance. Empirical results extracted from a sample of 70 developed and emerging countries, from which 40 former colonies, provide evidence that the legal traditions brought by colonizers (British Common Law and French Civil Code), alongside the mortality rates of first colonial settlers, influenced the formation and the quality of long-lasting institutions, with strong implications for the insurance markets and its different development levels seen today among the various countries Tipo: Dissertação Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/9459 2015-04-10T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/9458 Título: Abertura comercial e crescimento econômico: uma análise dos efeitos dos fluxos de comércio internacional sobre o nível de renda dos estados do Brasil Abstract: This paper analyzes the impact of trade openness on economic growth of Brazilian states. Would trade openness of the Brazilian economy, which began in the late 1980s, be responsible for raising the per capita income level of the states? If there was an impact, what is its magnitude? What is the best way to estimate it? How to treat the problem of endogeneity between growth and trade openness? To answer these questions, we undertake an empirical analysis based on dynamic growth regressions, using as a tool the System-GMM estimator. The considered sample covers the 26 states, plus Federal District, for the period from 1989 to 2004. The results showed a positive and significant effect of openness on growth. We also examine the effect of exports on per capita GDP, with both variables divided according to the economic activity sector. In this case, the period is 1989-2009. Exports of industrial products are significant to explain the GDPs by sector (industry, services and agriculture): positively correlated to industry GDP and services GDP and negatively correlated to agricultural GDP. Exports of non-industrial products (related to primary goods) are not significant to explain any sector GDP. Furthermore, case studies of three states - São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul and Maranhão - revealed the peculiarities of each one, suggesting that trade liberalization has affected Brazilian states quite differently Tipo: Dissertação Thu, 16 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/9458 2015-04-16T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/9457 Título: Desenvolvimento do sistema financeiro e crescimento econômico na América Latina Abstract: This paper made a comparative analysis of the impact of the financial system in economic growth in the major economies of Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) and members of the G7 (Germany, Canada, France, Italy developed countries, Japan, UK and USA) from the 1970s. The purpose of this analysis was to prove the existence of a non-monotonic relationship between the two main variables, while demonstrating what level the financial system cause negative impact in growth rate in each group of countries Tipo: Dissertação Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/9457 2015-03-31T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/9456 Título: Restrição no balanço de pagamentos e crescimento econômico no Brasil: considerações sobre o padrão de especialização da estrutura produtiva Abstract: This thesis aims to evaluate empirically the applicability of Thirlwall's Law for the Brazilian economy in the period from 1948 to 2013 whereas the specification proposed by Carvalho and Lima (2009) that includes individually all the components of the payments balance: international trade, terms of trade, capital flows (considered without limits the entry) and interest payments. In doing so it shows the contribution of each of these components to the aggregate growth of the product. The specification of Carvalho and Lima (2009) will be test for the period 1948-2004 and faced with the application developed by the authors for the periods 1930-2004 and 1994-2004. Since the model allows to identifying the contribution of each component of the payments balance for income growth, this analysis aims to evaluate its evolution in the past twenty years. The individual behavior of these parameters will allow work to discuss aspects of international trade in Brazil and specialization of its productive structure in the period. It is possible to observe an ongoing process of continuous worsening of reason of income-elasticities export/import that imposes greater restrictions on economic growth given by structural imbalances in the balance of payments Tipo: Dissertação Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/9456 2015-04-20T00:00:00Z