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Financial conventions and basic interest rate in Brazil: a first approach

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  • Luciana Seabra
  • David Dequech

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This article discusses the thesis that the Brazilian interest rate is a convention, focusing on the basic interest rate under the inflation targeting regime. On the one hand, there are some complications involved in this debate. In order to show this, we consider the theoretical works that have been references for the Brazilian economists who see an interest rate convention in the country. On the other hand, despite the difficulties, it is possible to find signs of conventionality in the determination of the Brazilian basic rate, by analyzing two properties of conventions: conformity of some with the conformity of others; and arbitrariness. JEL Classification: B52; E43; E58.

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  • Luciana Seabra & David Dequech, 2013. "Financial conventions and basic interest rate in Brazil: a first approach," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 33(4), pages 599-618.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:33:y:2013:i:4:p:599-618:id:330
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    Keywords

    conventions; Keynes; interest rate; inflation targets;
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    JEL classification:

    • B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Modern Monetary Theory;
    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies

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