Air Transportation, Economy and Causality: Remote Towns in Brazil’s Amazon Region

Vicente Aprigliano Fernandes, Ricardo R. Pacheco, Elton Fernandes, Manoela Cabo, Rodrigo V. Ventura and Rafael Caixeta
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Vicente Aprigliano Fernandes: Instituto de Geografía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2362807 Valparaíso, Chile
Ricardo R. Pacheco: COPPE Production Engineering Program, UFRJ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941450, Brazil
Elton Fernandes: COPPE Production Engineering Program, UFRJ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941450, Brazil
Manoela Cabo: COPPE Transportation Engineering Program, UFRJ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941450, Brazil
Rodrigo V. Ventura: COPPE Production Engineering Program, UFRJ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941450, Brazil
Rafael Caixeta: COPPE Transportation Engineering Program, UFRJ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941450, Brazil

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: There is a vast amount of literature on relations between air transport activities and economic growth. The recognition that these are important relationships has aroused the interest of researchers, who have studied them with regard to remote towns. The empirical studies have concentrated more on developed areas, such as Europe, North America, and Australia. No empirical studies were found for Brazil, which holds most of the Amazon region. In this study, the Granger causality method was used to investigate for causal relationships between regular domestic air passenger transport links and the gross domestic product of small municipalities in this region. The results indicate short- and long-term, two-way causality in which gross domestic product has a stronger impact on air transport than vice versa.

Keywords: Brazilian Amazon; causality; remote towns; economic growth; air transport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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