This paper investigates the pattern of geographic distribution of industrial employment in Brazil, based on evidences from six industrial sectors. The de-concentration pattern observed in the period 1974/88 was re-enforced during the 90's, driven by the institutional change in 1989/90 (trade...

When judges are believed to be politically biased and judicial decisions are considered to be unpredictable, many nasty consequences may derive from it. The economic literature in Brazil shows some controversies over what is the direction of the bias, but mainly, economists believe that courts...