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<journal-id>0186-1042</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Contaduría y administración]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Contad. Adm]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0186-1042</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Contaduría y Administración]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0186-10422018000500009</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/fca.24488410e.2018.1110</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Effects of economic growth in the behavior of sticky costs of companies belonging to BRICS countries]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Efectos del crecimiento económico en el comportamiento de los costos pegajosos de las empresas pertenecientes a los países BRICS]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zonatto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vinícius Costa da Silva]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Magro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cristian Baú Dal]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sant'Ana]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Camila Freitas]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Padilha]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniel Fernando]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Regional de Blumenau  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Comunitaria da Região de Chapecó  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>63</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>0</fpage>
<lpage>0</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0186-10422018000500009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0186-10422018000500009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0186-10422018000500009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Costs tend to increase more when activities are still in the ascendant. The behavior of costs to business needs to be controlled and managed, so there is the maintenance of competitiveness organizational capacity, whether in times of economic crisis or during boom times. Despite that, few studies are dedicated to evaluate the effects of economic growth on the behavior of costs. This study investigates the effects of economic growth in the behavior of sticky costs of companies belonging to the BRICS countries, noting periods of prosperity and recession. The research population comprises companies listed on the stock exchange of Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa. The survey sample comprised 66 companies in Brazil, 19 in Russia, 150 in China and 25 in South Africa, totaling 260 companies. The study period was from 2004 to 2013, in which criteria have been established to delineate the effects of economic growth in the behavior of the costs of companies in periods of economic growth and recession. The results indicate that the costs have asymmetric behaviors in certain accounts and also vary in relation to different economic environments related companies located in the BRICS countries. This evidence support the conclusion that the asymmetric costs behavior occurs differently between BRICS, indicating that the costs of asymmetry level can vary systematically between the cost accounts, business, different industries and countries. It was noted that in economic prosperity period the cost increase is less than in a decrease in response to changes in demand in the same proportion. In the period of economic recession the decrease of costs is less than its increase.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Los costos tienden a aumentar más cuando las actividades aumentan. El comportamiento de los costos en las empresas debe ser controlado y administrado, para el mantenimiento de la competitividad y capacidad organizativas, ya sea en tiempos de crisis económica o durante los tiempos de auge. No obstante, su importancia, pocos estudios se dedican a evaluar los efectos del crecimiento económico sobre el comportamiento de los costos. Este estudio investiga los efectos del crecimiento económico en el comportamiento de los costos pegajosos de las empresas pertenecientes a los países BRICS, observando períodos de prosperidad y recesión. La población investigada comprende empresas cotizadas en la bolsa de valores de Brasil, Rusia, China y Sudáfrica. La muestra incluyó 66 empresas de Brasil, 19 de Rusia, 150 de China y 25 de Sudáfrica, haciendo un total de 260 empresas. El período de estudio fue de 2004 a 2013, en el que establecieron criterios para delimitar los efectos del crecimiento económico en el comportamiento de los costos de las empresas en períodos de crecimiento económico y de recesión. Los resultados indican que los costos tienen comportamientos asimétricos en ciertas cuentas y también varían en relación con los diferentes entornos económicos relacionados con las empresas ubicadas en los países BRICS. Esta evidencia apoya la conclusión de que el comportamiento asimétrico de los costos ocurre de manera diferente entre los BRICS, lo que indica que el nivel de asimetría de costos puede variar sistemáticamente entre las cuentas de costos, negocios, industrias y países. Se observó que en el período de prosperidad económica el aumento de los costos fue menor que en disminución, en respuesta a cambios en la demanda en la misma proporción. En el período de recesión económica la disminución de los costos es menor que su aumento.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sticky costs]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Economic growth]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[BRICS countries]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Costos pegajosos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Crecimiento económico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[países de el BRICS]]></kwd>
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