The aim of this paper is to analyze the convergence in the growth rates among Brazilian States in the period 1988-2001. In addition to the traditional variables used in the studies about convergence, Brazilian States credit indicators were included, which is the very innovation of this study....

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a convergência no crescimento entre os Estados brasileiros no período 1988-2001. Além das variáveis tradicionalmente utilizadas em estudos de convergência estadual, foram incluídos indicadores de credito, o que configura a inovação deste artigo. Os...

This paper attempts to forecast the impact of a large transport infra-structure implementation (the outer ring in São Paulo Metropolitan Area) on firms location decision (i.e. the number of jobs by industry) and on households location decision by income class and origin-destination zones. Using...