Estimação de equações de importação brasileira por categoria de uso entre os anos de 1988 a 2008

Abstract

This study aims to estimate equations for Brazilian imports of durable consumer goods, intermediate goods and capital goods in the period from 1988 to 2008. In addition to reviewing the theories of international trade, highlighting the arguments in favor of free trade and addressing the new international trade theory, analyzes the evolution of Brazilian imports with emphasis on trade liberalization. The Brazilian trade openness has enabled an increase in the volume of imports benefiting most the productive sector, for participation in 2008 of capital goods and intermediate goods in imports was 58% and 14% respectively. Estimated functions of long-term with short-term adjustments estimated by Errors of Correction Mechanism (ECM). The vector co-integration is estimated by procedure of Johansen. Imports of the three categories of use in models of long-term proved to be highly dependent on fluctuations in income in Brazil. For the income coefficient 5.17 was obtained in capital goods, intermediate goods at 4.63 a