Determinants of city growth in Brazil (English)

The authors examine the determinants of Brazilian city growth between 1970 and 2000. They consider a model of a city that combines aspects of standard urban economics and the new economic geography literatures. For the empirical analysis, the authors construct a dataset of 123 Brazilian agglomerations and estimate aspects of the demand and supply side, as well as a reduced form specification that describes city sizes and their growth. Their main findings...

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Da Mata,Daniel Ferreira;

Deichmann,Uwe Klaus;

Henderson,John Vernon;

Lall,Somik V.;

Wang,Hyoung Gun;
Document Date
2005/09/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS3723
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Brazil,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Determinants of city growth in Brazil
Keywords
investment need

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Da Mata,Daniel Ferreira; Deichmann,Uwe Klaus; Henderson,John Vernon; Lall,Somik V.; Wang,Hyoung Gun.

Determinants of city growth in Brazil (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3723 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/350491468230342371

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