Abstract This paper estimates the effects of market potential on regional wage imbalances between Brazilian municipalities. Using data from the 1980, 1991 and 2000 Brazilian Census, which render 3,630 comparable municipality areas, we estimate the NEG's wage equation using a spatial panel data...

We construct a dynamic general equilibrium model, calibrated to the Brazilian economy, in which a fraction of the firms set prices one quarter in advance. The artificial economy simulations generate series consistent with real data and with a typical estimation of a structural...