The Brasilia experiment : road access and the spatial pattern of long-term local development in Brazil (English)

This paper studies the impact of the rapid expansion of the Brazilian road network, which occurred from the 1960s to the 2000s, on the growth and spatial allocation of population and economic activity across the country's municipalities. It addresses the problem of endogeneity in infrastructure location by using an original empirical strategy, based on the "historical natural experiment" constituted by the creation of the new federal capital city...

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Bird,Julia Helen;

Straub,Stephane;
Document Date
2014/07/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6964
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Brazil,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2014/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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The Brasilia experiment : road access and the spatial pattern of long-term local development in Brazil
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Bird,Julia Helen; Straub,Stephane.

The Brasilia experiment : road access and the spatial pattern of long-term local development in Brazil (English). Impact Evaluation series|Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6964 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/543031468232762756

The Brasilia experiment : road access and the spatial pattern of long-term local development in Brazil (English)

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