Adjustment policies and the agriculture-industry relations in Brazil

Vol. 10 No. 3 (1990)

Jul-Sep / 1990
Published July 1, 1990
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How to Cite

Carvalho, Maria Auxiliadora de, and César Roberto Leite da Silva. 1990. “Adjustment Policies and the Agriculture-Industry Relations in Brazil”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 10 (3):336-43. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571990-0535.

Adjustment policies and the agriculture-industry relations in Brazil

Maria Auxiliadora de Carvalho
Instituto de Economia Agrícola – Secretaria da Agricultura do Estado de São Paulo/SP, Brasil.
César Roberto Leite da Silva
Instituto de Economia Agrícola – Secretaria da Agricultura do Estado de São Paulo/SP, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 10 No. 3 (1990), Jul-Sep / 1990, Pages 336-343

Abstract

This paper shows the relationship between the economic activity level and relative
prices in Brazil during the 80’s. In these two sectors model the monthly computed economic
variables are: index of industrial production, index of agricultural prices and index of
industrial prices. These variables were seasonally adjusted. The result suggests that agricultural
prices decrease relatively to industrial prices during periods of economic crises, while
the agricultural prices increase relatively to industrial prices during periods of economic
growth, accordingly to the model used on the analysis.

JEL Classification: Q11; E31.


Keywords: Relative prices economic growth stabilization