The objective of this study was to analyze empirically the effects of exports segmented into technological levels on the economic growth of Brazilian microregions during the period 2000-2010 in light of the Crespo-Cuaresma and Wörz’s (2005) model. The hypothesis is that exports increase...

Brazilian agriculture has grown enormously during the past three decades. An interesting aspect of this growth is the respective roles of family and non-family farming, and the seeming importance of this distinction to Brazilian agricultural policy, reflected in the existence of separate...

The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive explanation of the production and export intensification and diversification of the Brazilian agricultural sector in the period 1990 2012. Our hypothesis is that Brazil does not have a predetermined ‘model' calibrated for success in...

This paper analyses the impact of technological change on Brazilian agricultural output and input mix from 1970 to 1985. We utilize an econometric model that considers two activities (vegetal and animal activities) and three inputs (labor, land and capital.It was observed in all period(1970 to...

The objective of this study was to analyze empirically the effects of exports segmented into technological levels on the economic growth of Brazilian microregions during the period 2000–2010 in light of the Crespo-Cuaresma and Wörz’s (2005) model. The hypothesis is that exports increase...

Brazilian agriculture has grown enormously during the past three decades. An interesting aspect of this growth is the respective roles of family and non-family farming, and the seeming importance of this distinction to Brazilian agricultural policy, reflected in the existence of separate...