The formation and take-off of the Sao Paulo automobile-industry cluster

Tomàs Fernández-de-Sevilla () and Armando J Dalla Costa
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Tomàs Fernández-de-Sevilla: Free University of Brussels
Armando J Dalla Costa: Federal University of Paraná

No 17014, Working Papers from Economic History Society

Abstract: "The bulk of the automotive-industry in Brazil, country which is ranked in the top-ten of world cars producer since the mid-1960s, has been concentrated around the city of São Paulo. We aim to explain the formation and growth of the São Paulo auto-industry cluster. In doing so, four explanations are used: the presence of external economies (Marshall, 1890; Porter, 1990); the capabilities of large companies, which act as regional hubs (Chandler, 1990; Markusen, 1996; Lazonick, 2010); the adoption of active industrial policies (Amsden, 1989, 2001; Chang, 2002); and the institutional environment (Bagnasco, 1977; Brusco, 1982; Becattini, 1990; Porter, 1998)."

Keywords: Industrial Districts and Clusters; Automotive Industry; External Economies; Large Companies; Active Industrial Policy; Institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N66 N96 O14 O25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-04
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