Wages, exchange and competitiveness in the Brazilian exports

Vol. 17 No. 2 (1997)

Apr-Jun / 1997
Published April 1, 1997
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How to Cite

Rocha, Carlos Henrique. 1997. “Wages, Exchange and Competitiveness in the Brazilian Exports”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 17 (2):315-19. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571997-0843.

Wages, exchange and competitiveness in the Brazilian exports

Carlos Henrique Rocha
Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia de Empresas da Universidade Católica de Brasília - UCB, Brasília/DF, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 17 No. 2 (1997), Apr-Jun / 1997, Pages 315-319

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to investigate empirically the role of wages on Brazilian
exports over the period of major concern with the external front, i. e., between the late
1960s and mid-1980s. We found that wages have contributed to our exports getting in the
external markets.

JEL Classification: F14; J31; J38.


Keywords: Trade balance industrial policy wages determination