TY  - GEN
AU  - Domínguez, Edson P.
AU  - Perobelli, Fernando S.
TI  - Regional Aspects of Brazil's Trade Policy
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/02/11
DO  - 10.18235/0008664
AB  - This paper aims to evaluate a number of spatial aspects of Brazils current trade policy, emphasizing those relating to economic integration in general, and bilateral trade with Argentina in particular. A national computable general equilibrium model was developed and implemented (EFES-ARG), in order to evaluate the sectoral impact of different trade integration strategies with specific economic countries/blocs. Moreover, EFES-ARG was integrated with an interstate trade model such that the national results obtained were regionalized. The analysis of the short-run regional aspects of Brazilian trade policy reveals a trend towards concentration of the level of economic activity in the states of the Brazilian south and southeast. The results draw attention to a phenomenon that has permeated the debate on the regional issue, namely the role of trade as an engine of growth.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18235/0008664
ER  -