Os efeitos dos ciclos da construção civil na atividade econômica do Brasil

Abstract

This paper aims to verify the existence of cycles in the Brazilian construction industry and to analyze its effects on other activities of the Brazilian economy, as well as to verify its relevance regarding the GDP of this country. The period analyzed corresponds to the years between 1996 and 2016. The motivation to research this segment lies in the relevance of the civil construction industry in the Brazilian economy, both for its magnitude in the participation of the national GDP and for its degree of linkage in the productive chain and, still, by positioning in the economic activity as a whole. The methodology used to reach the proposed objectives was the use of the HP filter and the VAR model from the data published by IBGE. The HP filter allowed to verify the level of correlation of the construction cycles with other selected segments. On the other hand, the VAR model showed the most significant specific impacts of a 1% shock on the level of activity in the civil construction and mining industry. Overall, the results show that there is a stronger correlation with mineral extractive industry, manufacturing industry and total GDP in Brazil.