Daumal, Marie; Zignago, Soledad - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
We estimate the degree of trade integration among Brazilian states and calculate the magnitude of the Brazilian states …' engagement in international trade in the years 1991, 1997, 1998 and 1999 using the methodology of border effects. We show that … interstate trade by a factor of 23 in 1991 and a factor of 13 in 1999, indicating an ongoing process of domestic integration …