The paper tried to contribute to the theory of the location of the bank services. At first, there was strong evidence showing that the bank location not only depended on economical factors. The developed model and the results found in the spatial econometrics analysis demonstrated that there is...

The aim of this paper is to present some preliminary considerations of the relationship between exchange rates, external constraints and economic growth from a formal model that considers two regions, one developed and other developing countries, which interact via international trade. It is...

The economy of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais has undergone several changes between the 1950’s and the 1990’s. The main result of those changes was the great heterogeneity amongst its microrregions (dynamic and stagnant areas exist simultaneous). The aim of the paper is to identify the...