Mercosul and regional development in Brazil: a gravity model approach

Authors

  • Paulo C. de Sá Porto Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Economia Author

Keywords:

Mercosul, regional development and Gravity Model

Abstract

This paper assesses the impact of the Mercosul Preferential Trade Agreement onBrazil’s regions by means of a gravity model, extended to include dummy variables for Mercosul and for a Brazilian region. The results show that the most significant regional impacts of Mercosul were onBrazil’s Southern and Southeastern regions, whereas the North, Northeast and Center-West regions benefited much less from Mercosul in the period from 1990 to 1998. These results suggest that Mercosul may be aggravating regional disparities inBrazil.

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Published

01-03-2002

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 1 (2002)

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Copyright (c) 2002 Paulo C. de Sá Porto

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How to Cite

Porto, P. C. de S. (2002). Mercosul and regional development in Brazil: a gravity model approach. Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo), 32(1), 125-153. https://revistas.usp.br/ee/article/view/117751