Location, Concentration, and Performance of Economic Activity in Brazil

Location, Concentration, and Performance of Economic Activity in Brazil

What are the prospects for economic development in lagging sub-national regions? What are the roles of public infrastructure investments and fiscal incentives in influencing the location and performance of industrial activity? To examine these ques...

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Main Authors:	Lall, Somik V., Funderburg, Richard, Yepes, Tito
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABATEMENT ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION CAPITAL FORMATION CONSTRUCTION CONSUMERS COST OF CAPITAL COST SAVINGS DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FACTOR DEMAND FISCAL POLICIES FREE TRADE GDP GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES IMPORTS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCREASING RETURNS INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIAL TAXES INPUT PRICES INTEREST RATES INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS LARGE CITIES LIVING CONDITIONS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY METALS MULTIPLIER EFFECTS MUNICIPALITIES OPERATING COSTS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE EFFECTS PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SERVICES STRUCTURAL CHANGE TAX EXPENDITURES TAX REVENUES TAXATION TOTAL OUTPUT TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT URBANIZATION WAGES ECONOMIC POLICY & PLANNING SUBNATIONAL FINANCES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FISCAL MANAGEMENT COST ACCOUNTING INDUSTRIAL POLICY INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES REGIONAL ANALYSIS TRANSPORT COSTS LOCATION FACTORS MARKET ACCESS INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION TARIFF STRUCTURES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/3218008/location-concentration-performance-economic-activity-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17426

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