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The Balassa-Samuelson Effect during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Brazil

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  • Jaqueline Terra Marins
  • Marta Baltar Areosa
  • José Valentim Machado Vicente

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The Covid-19 pandemic period was unprecedented. In this paper, we analyze the behavior of the Brazilian real exchange rate during that period. To this end, we estimate an equilibrium

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  • Jaqueline Terra Marins & Marta Baltar Areosa & José Valentim Machado Vicente, 2024. "The Balassa-Samuelson Effect during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Brazil," Working Papers Series 596, Central Bank of Brazil, Research Department.
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