Structuralist Development Macroeconomics Research Group

Structuralist Development Macroeconomics explains economic development as a historical process of capital accumulation driven by technological progress and structural change. Sustained growth depends on profitable investment opportunities, supported by balanced expansion of domestic demand and exports, with an exchange rate maintained around its equilibrium level.

Our Research Areas

Our research is organized around six core areas in Structuralist Development Macroeconomics:

Growth and Distribution in Post-Keynesian Models

Examining the interaction between income distribution, demand dynamics, and long-term growth.

Growth, Infrastructure, and Convergence Dynamics

Analyzing how structural investment and productive capacity shape development trajectories.

Financial Fragility and Business Cycles

Investigating financial instability, credit cycles, and macroeconomic volatility.

Developmental Macroeconomics

Exploring structural transformation, industrial policy, and development strategies.

Stock-Flow Consistent Modeling

Developing coherent macroeconomic models that integrate real and financial sectors.

Monetary Policy, Exchange Rate Regimes, and Public Debt Sustainability

Assessing macroeconomic policy frameworks and their implications for stability and growth.

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Economia brasileira em debate: PIB, PLOA e mercado de trabalho

O CORECON-DF convida você para a próxima Reunião de Conjuntura Econômica, um espaço para analisar e debater os principais indicadores e os desafios do cenário econômico brasileiro. PIB do 2º trimestre, projeções do PLOA, desempenho do mercado de trabalho e as perspectivas para os próximos meses estarão no centro do debate. 🎙️ Painelistas: •⁠ ⁠Luciana Acioly da Silva •⁠ ⁠José Luis Oreiro •⁠ ⁠Júlio Flávio Gameiro Miragaya.

Prejuízos causados pelas tarifas do governo Trump ao Brasil podem chegar a R$ 14 bilhões

Os prejuízos causados pelas tarifas do governo Trump ao Brasil podem chegar a R$ 14 bilhões e à destruição de mais de 50 mil empregos, nos primeiros seis meses da medida. É o que indica levantamento feito pelo professor da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Brasília, José Luis Oreiro. Como forma de induzir o governo estadunidense a negociar a retirada das tarifas, Oreiro defende que o Brasil deve impor cotas de exportação dos produtos considerados fundamentais para o consumo dos estadunidenses e que ficaram fora da taxação.

Lecture delivered by Professor José Luis Oreiro titled “A Macrodynamic Model for a Monetary Production Economy: Beyond Short-Period Equilibrium of Keynes’ General Theory’ in February 23rd, 2026 at the University of Basque Country.





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