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Since the early 2000s, there has been a significant increase in global and North American foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin American countries. This paper aims to analyze the influence of US FDI in Latin America, in particular, the influence of institutional factors. The estimates were using the dynamic panel data procedure. The results indicate that in addition to benefits, such as lagged FDI stock, market size, and trade opening, institutional ones such as government stability and effectiveness, and market regulatory quality have influenced the FDI stock level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

En los últimos años la corrupción ha alcanzado niveles alarmantes: cada año el costo de la corrupción equivale aproximadamente al 5% del producto mundial. En este contexto, el objetivo de este trabajo consiste en investigar la manera en que la corrupción y la estructura productiva inciden en el desarrollo socioeconómico de los países en desarrollo. Para alcanzar este objetivo, se utilizó el procedimiento de datos de panel dinámico para el período 2002-2014. Entre los principales resultados, se observa que la corrupción tiene un comportamiento no lineal en relación con el desarrollo. Asimismo, es necesario que el estudio de los distintos aspectos del desarrollo comprenda tanto el punto de vista económico como el social. En general, hay indicios de que una estructura productiva más sofisticada distorsiona los efectos de control de la corrupción en el desarrollo socioeconómico, pues potencia la influencia de la corrupción en dicho desarrollo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to analyze the relationship between FDI, economic freedom and growth for two groups of countries: developed (OECD) and developing (LAC) in the period between 1980 through 2008. To achieve the main results the econometric of dynamic panel data used. The results revealed that the relationship between FDI and economic growth of countries is conditional regarding the level of their economic freedom, this suggests that countries that increase the degree of economic freedom can gain from the presence of multinational firms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The structure of international trade of the Brazilian southern region with the BRICS countries is analyzed and the traditional indicators of international trade between peers were measured. Results show that south Brazilian commerce-BRICS trade has predominantly interindustry features. The products considered strong points in the region with the highest export potential comprise food, beverages, tobacco, leather shoes and hide. These results indicate that policies aimed at diversifying the export basket of the Brazilian southern states should not be neglected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to analyze the standard of international trade specialization of the state of Paraná identifying the most dynamic industries in the period between 2001 and 2011. So, various indicators of international trade of the state are calculate, such as intra-industry trade and comparative advantage index. The results show that despite the state of Paraná have sought for diversification of the productive sector and thus, the export agenda, this continues to be predominantly composed of natural resources based sectors. Therefore, when analyzing the proposed indicators, the conclusion is that the sectors that specializes in international trade exhibit conventional comparative advantages, although the existence of intra-industry trade in specific sectors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For Brazil to realize the economic benefits of competitive advantage, it is critically important that the country's policy makers have an awareness of the determinants of Brazilian exports. Our study aims to evaluate the role of human capital measured by the average years of workforce formal education, in the value of exports from each Brazilian state from 1995 through 2006, highlighting differences among the states and/or regions. Based on the Dixit and Woodland (1982) model, our empirical analysis is implemented by running a regression of data organized into a panel that takes into account the fixed effects (i.e., the amenities) found in each of the 27 Brazilian states (including the Federal District). Our findings are consistent with the selected theoretical model and indicate that human capital in Brazil has a nonlinear effect on exportation with an inflection point of 6.7 years of formal education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]