Okun's law: evidence for the Brazilian economy

Abstract

In this article we seek to estimate the Brazilian “Okun’s law” with quarterly data ranging from 1980Q1 until 2013Q3. Considering the typical Okun's relationship, Δu=α-βg_y, where β is the Okun coefficient, we have obtained estimates of β between -0.1878 and -0.2055, such values are in general lower than the values obtained to other countries in similar studies