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Economic Development and Regional Inequality: Origins of the Brazilian Case

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I. Emergence of the disparity, 244. — II. Differences in rates of regional export growth, 245. — III. Some questions, 248. — IV. Earlier explanations, 249. — V. An interpretation of the decline of Brazilian sugar and cotton exports, 252. — VI. Land and imperfect factor reallocation, 255. — VII. The exchange-rate mechanism under imperfect factor reallocation, 255. — VIII. Currency-area effects and regional divergence, 258. — IX. Conclusions, 260.

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  • Nathaniel H. Leff, 1972. "Economic Development and Regional Inequality: Origins of the Brazilian Case," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 86(2), pages 243-262.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:86:y:1972:i:2:p:243-262.
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    1. Jeffrey G. Williamson, 1998. "Real Wages and Relative Factor Prices in the Third World 1820-1940: Latin America," Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers 1853, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research.
    2. Christopher David Absell, 2020. "The rise of coffee in the Brazilian south‐east: tariffs and foreign market potential, 1827–40," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 73(4), pages 964-990, November.
    3. Thales Zamberlan Pereira, 2021. "Taxation and the stagnation of cotton exports in Brazil, 1800–60," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 74(2), pages 522-545, May.
    4. Fernanda Llussa, 2007. "Geography matters more: geographical and institutional determinants of income in Brazilian states," Nova SBE Working Paper Series wp517, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics.
    5. Craig, J. Dean & Faria, Anna B., 2021. "Immigrant nationality and human capital formation in Brazil," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    6. Mario Polèse & Jonathan Denis-Jacob, 2010. "Changes at the Top: A Cross-country Examination over the 20th Century of the Rise (and Fall) in Rank of the Top Cities in National Urban Hierarchies," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 47(9), pages 1843-1860, August.

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