This paper shows an alternative specification of the demand functions of both total imports and the imports of capital goods for Brazil. The set up is based on the conjecture that a variable expressing the availability of foreign exchange should be included in these import functions. Our...

The geographic concentration of firms has been successful recently in many ways: international competitiveness of these firms, regional income's growth, etc. The Italian industrial districts are the case with major relevance at the international literature. At Joinville there are a significant...