Local money systems: an investigation towards its potentialities based on the study of the Banco Bem in Vitória, Brazil - The aim of this paper is to investigate towards a relatively unexplored area: the Local Money Systems (LMS), that are, in short, an agreement amongst the population of a...

There are in the literature on both industrial and regional economics many studies on local productive arrangements. Indeed, this kind of industrial/regional organization has become an important piece in the implementation of industrial, regional and technological policies. Accordingly, a...

C<sc>rocco</sc> M., F<sc>aria</sc>-S<sc>ilva</sc> F., P<sc>aulo</sc>-R<sc>ezende</sc> L. and R<sc>odríguez</sc>-F<sc>uentes</sc> C. J. Banks and regional development: an empirical analysis on the determinants of credit availability in Brazilian regions, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper studies the influence that liquidity preference and bank lending strategies...

This paper aims at analyzing the role of several monetary variables in the development of different regions based on the concepts of central place and on the Post Keynesian approach to regional economy. The concept of liquidity preference is used to analyze the effect of money behavior on the...

This article is part of a research agenda in the financial aspects of regional development. Although this is not a new agenda, it is possible to say that it is not consolidate yet. The paper aims to analyze how distinct macroeconomic environment could affect the variation of credit among...