Studies about convergence in Brazil have concentrated in the ß and (-convergence analysis. In this thesis is presented a new methodolgy to study convergence, that analyses how the income distribution among brazilian states and municipalities evolves over the time. Three kinds of estimation are...

This paper analyses the effects of agricultural productivity gains on the industrialization process and on the long run growth rate of the economy. The model used for analysis allows endogenous gains in agricultural productivity via learning-by- doing and, besides that, it is assumed that...

Este trabalho estuda as relações empíricas entre a dotação de fatores de produção, abertura comercial e renda pessoal nos estados brasileiros no período entre 1990 e 1998. Usando dados em painel, testa a hipótese de que regiões ou estados com maior dotação per capita de terra e...