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Credibility and populismthe economic policy of the Goulart administrations in Brazil

Monteiro, Sérgio Marley Modesto; Fonseca, Pedro Cezar Dutra

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The Goulart Administrations (1961-1964), which consisted of a parliamentary period and a presidential period, are considered typical examples of populism in Brazil. The literature usually defines economic policies advanced by these administrations as "hesitating", "irrational" or "ambiguous". We use a credibility model to argue that there is actually a consistent pattern in the manner in which economic policy was conducted. The credibility of the economic policies is defined to be the subjective probability that the government is following a monetary rule. Early on, the administrations enacted inflation-fighting measures. However, these policies were costly, and the administrations abandoned the course of austerity. As a result, their credibility was diminished, and attempts to achieve stabilization failed.

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Tipo
Artigo científico
Ano
2012
Instituição
Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Contabilidade e Atuária
Idioma
Português
Acesso
Não informado
Identificador
oai:revistas.usp.br:article/43505
Licença
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

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