Structure and Structural Change in the Brazillian Economy
Published on 28. May 2001
Book
Hardback
322 pages
978-0-7546-2000-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume seeks to explore some contemporary issues surrounding economic structure in Brazil from an explicitly analytical perspective. All of the contributions use some form of modelling to aid in the provision of insights; the models range in scope from econometric exercises to econometric models, two forms of computable general equilibrium modelling and some innovations in nonlinear relative dynamics. However, the focus is not on the models per se but on the contributions they make to uncovering features of Brazil's economic structure. The book is organized into four sections reflecting the major source focus of the chapters.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
40 figures, index
Dimensions
Height: 156 mm
Width: 223 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-2000-6 (9780754620006)
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Content
Part 1 Macroeconomic analysis: analysis of Brazil's macroeconomic trends, Manuel A.R. Da Fonseca; analysis of Brazilian inflation, Manual A.R. Da Fonseca; trade liberalization and location - geographical shifts in the Brazilian economic structure, Eduardo A. Haddad and Carlos R. Azzoni. Part 2 Regional economic analysis: income distribution in Brazil and the regional and sectoral contrasts, Rodolfo Hoffmann; recent trends in regional competitiveness and industrial concentration, Carlos R. Azzoni; regional competition and complementarity reflected in relative regional dynamics and growth of GSP - a comparative analysis of the northeast of Brazil and the midwest states of the US, Andre Magalhaes, Michael Sonis and Geoffrey J.D. Hewings; interregional and intersectoral relations in the Brazilian economy, 1985 and 1995 compared - an input-output analysis, Francisco C. Crocomo, Antonio Carlos Moretto et al; an econometric model for Sao Paulo State, Carlos R. Azzoni and Decio K. Kadota. Part 3 Infrastructure issues: technical efficiency and returns to scale in local public spending in presence of heterogeneous data - the Brazilian case, Maria da Conceicao Sampaio de Sousa and Francisco S. Ramos; accounting for education, experience and health as investments in human capital, Ana Lucia Kassouf; the current Brazilian transportation structure, Paulo T.V. Resende. Part 4 Agriculture and trade: structural adjustment of the Brazilian agriculture in the 1980s and 1990s, Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira Filho; the Brazilian trade balance for basic and processed agricultural products from 1961 to 1995, Clovis Oliveira de Almeida and Carlos Jose Caetano Bacha; the world meat market and the Brazilian economy - an econometric input-output analysis, Flavia Maria de Mello Bliska and Joaquim J.M. Guilhoto; the insertion of the Brazilian economy in Mercosur - an approach by value added, Marco Antonio Montoya.