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The Brasília Experiment: Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-term Local Development in Brazil

Bird, Julia; Straub, Stéphane - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) - 2014

This paper studies the impact of the rapid expansion of the Brazilian road network, which occurred from the 1960s to the 2000s, on the growth and spatial allocation of population and economic activity across the country's municipalities. It addresses the problem of endogeneity in infrastructure...

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A Century of the Evolution of the Urban System in Brazil

Matlaba, Valente J.; Holmes, Mark; McCann, Philip; … - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2011

In this paper, we study the hitherto unexplored evolution of the size distribution of 185 urban areas in Brazil between …

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The General Equilibrium Wage Impact of Trade-Induced Shifts in Industrial Compositions of Employment in Brazilian Cities, 1991-2000

Mardukhi, Jian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

industrial compositions in cities of Brazil induced by substantial trade liberalization in this country during the 1990s. A … countries such as Brazil, with already non-uniform distribution of economic development across regions, create geographical …

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THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL AFFINITY FOR THE BOOST OF BRAZILIAN INVESTMENT IN PORTUGAL

Cechella, Cristiano - In: Regional Science Inquiry 3 (2011) 1, pp. 59-72

Brazilian companies in Portugal, two countries with deep cultural affinity. Brazil is an emerging country that is increasing … world economy, Brazil as international investor and the luso-Brazilian economic relations, especially after 1990s. Secondly …

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THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL AFFINITY FOR THE BOOST OF BRAZILIAN INVESTMENT IN PORTUGAL

Cechella, Cristiano - In: Regional Science Inquiry III (2011) 1, pp. 59-72

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Classic and Spatial Shift-Share Analysis of State-Level Employment Change in Brazil

Matlaba, Valente J.; Holmes, Mark; McCann, Philip; … - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2012

states of Brazil. The classic shift-share method shows higher employment growth rates for underdeveloped regions that are due …. Considering that until the 1960s economic activities were more concentrated in southern regions of Brazil than they are nowadays …

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Agglomeration Externalities and 1981-2006 Regional Growth in Brazil

Matlaba, Valente J.; Holmes, Mark; McCann, Philip; … - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2012

This paper focuses on manufacturing employment growth across the 26 states of Brazil. We employ the Glaeser et al … into the rapid growth since 1981 in particularly the North and Centre West of Brazil. …

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