The brazilian regional industrial exports: spatial analysis of the first decade of the 2000s

Abstract

The article investigates the role of agglomerations in the industrial exports of Brazilian municipalities during the first decade of the years 2000. In studying how agglomerations influence exports, we are looking for insights into the regional competitiveness in the country and, consequently, into its economic and social development and possible trends of convergence and regional disparity. Using Exploratory Spatial Analysis and a Probit model, we find that agglomerations increase a region’s probability of exporting. In addition to that, the distribution of industrial exports is still very uneven in the Brazilian space, with few exports agglomerations, which are concentrated mainly in the southern portion of the territory. Thus, the remaining states that still want to export do not benefit from the positive externalities generated in these agglomerations, making export activity even more arduous.

Keywords:
Industry; Exports; Agglomeration; Spatial Economy