Brazil

On the political and socioeconomic geography of violence: Spatial heterogeneity and scale effects in Brazil

Through the lens of a multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) and an updated inference framework, we assess the spatial scale at which political and socioeconomic factors affect violence.

A Comparison of TFP Estimates via Distribution Dynamics: Evidence from Light Manufacturing Firms in Brazil

While the LP framework shows relatively less mobility, two convergence clusters in the transition stage, and a bumpy distribution in the long run; the ACF framework shows relatively more backward mobility, a unique convergence cluster in the transition, and a highly symmetric distribution in the long run.