Spatial externalities between Brazilian municipios and their neighbours

Philippe De Vreyer and Gilles Spielvogel

No 123, Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers from Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: Clustering of economic performance and growth in space has generated considerable research on the spillovers and linkages among geographical neighbours. In this paper, we study the growth process of a large sample of Brazilian municipalities for the period 1970-1996 and attempt to evaluate the spatial externalities at work among them. We estimate the convergence speed of per capita income among municipios and test whether spatial externalities are linked to local income growth. Conditionally on structural characteristics, we find evidence of convergence between municipios and of positive spatial dependence in growth. These two facts could help explain the persistent inequalities between municipios and the increasing clustering of poor localities in the Northeast region.

Keywords: Local growth; convergence; spatial externalities; spatial econometrics; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O40 R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2005-10-21
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-geo and nep-ure
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Working Paper: Spatial externalities between Brazilian municipios and their neighbours (2009)
Working Paper: Spatial externalities between Brazilian municipios and their neighbours (2005)
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