Mauro Borges Lemos

A nova configuração regional brasileira e sua geografia econômica

The aim of this paper is to identify the new regional pattern of the Brazilian economy by defining its economic poles and their areas of polarization, which will provide an economic regionalization for Brazil. The methodological tools to assign this objective will be an adapted version of the gravitational model using the Geographic Information System - GIS. This procedure will allow the identification of the influence areas for each regional pole, based on the potential interaction among the spatial units and their hierarchy in terms of economic power of attraction. The microregion of the Brazilian Statistics Bureau (IBGE) will be the spatial unit of this study, which will rely on microdata of the 1991 Demographic Census. The digital cartographic base is the Brazilian Municipal Digital Network converted into the MapInfo. The results will provide a hierarchical spatial structure of macro regions, mesoregions, microregions, and municipalities. In addition, we will make a basic economic characterization of the regions related to their agglomeration capability and economic activities.

Metodologia de identificação de aglomerações produtivas locais

The literature on industrial and regional economics is full of cases studies of local productive agglomerations. A significant part of the empirical studies on this subject have concentrated on the analysis of existing productive agglomerations. In contrast, there are few studies that attempt (or are able) to identify the startup of these agglomerations. From the perspective of development policies, this gap is relevant, as it leads to favoring established agglomerations to the detriment of those that are in the early stages. Therefore, it is necessary to develop methodologies that enable us to overcome this deficiency. This is the aim of this paper. The authors propose a methodology for the identification of potential local productive agglomerations based on secondary data. Through the use of the Principal Component Analysis technique, a Concentration Index is elaborated, which is an indication of the potential of an industrial sector, in a specific region, to become a local productive agglomeration.

Desenvolvimento desigual: evidências para o Brasil

The uneven development, or either, why growth rates differ between countries or regions, is still the main question of development economics, no matter which theory one follows: the convergence, coordination failure or market imperfection approach. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the process of Brazilian economy development over the 1970-2000 period, using Demographic Census data, in order to find signs of convergence or regional inequalities. The data analysis shows a uneven development among regions, that goes beyond the idea of differences between North/Northeast and the remainder of the country.

Capacitação tecnológica e Catching Up: o caso das regiões metropolitanas emergentes brasileiras

Technological Capacity and Catching Up: the case of the Brazilian emerging metropolitan areas. Since the 1970’s the loss of industrial output share of Sao Paulo Metropolitan Area relative to Brazil’s industrial output has been explained by a process of “reversal polarization”. This article aims to analyze the catching up effect of variables of productive efficiency, such as technological capacity and labor force skill. The main point is to analyze if the behavior of these variables favored or reduced desagglomeration of Sao Paulo city and the resulting agglomeration effect on Brazilian emerging metropolitan areas. Utilizing the Household Sample Survey (PNAD) of the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute (IBGE) we will test if there has been technological catching up between Sao Paulo (defined as the frontier) and second-tier metropolis of southern Brazil (Belo Horizonte, Curitiba and Porto Alegre). A set of panel data tests the importance of the variables referred to on spatial distribution of Brazilian industry.

DISPARIDADES REGIONAIS EM MINAS GERAIS: UMA APLICAÇÃO REGIONAL DE MÉTODOS DE ANÁLISE MULTIVARIADA

This article main goal is to analyze the development process of Minas Gerais between the years of 1970 and 2000, focusing on its regional disparities and socioeconomic characteristics. A regionalization of the State was carried through aiming at the identification of cities with similar development process. The specific contribution of this work, using techniques of multivariate analysis, was to review the question of the development in a multidimensional perspective and from defining a regionalization that contemplates simultaneously economic, social and demographic indicators. The obtained regionalization represents a mapping of the territorial cohesion as well as of its spalling, which can effectively be useful for economic planning in problem-areas of the state economy.

The role of firm and territory in innovative activities in Brazilian post-opening economy

O objetivo desse artigo e identificar o papel do territorio e da firma na inovacao da economia industrial brasileira apos o periodo de abertura economica em1998. Esse artigo baseia-se emuma base de dados cujos microdados sao provenientes da fusao da Pesquisa de Inovacao Tecnologica (PINTEC) e da Pesquisa de Inovacao Industrial (PIA) do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE). A base de dados e submetida a metodos de regressao logistica e hierarquica. Os principais resultados revelam que variaveis ao nivel da firma e regiao sao complementares, sendo que os primeiros possuem impacto superior sobre a propensao a inovar das firmas em relacao aos ultimos.

Custos de Transporte, Urbanização e Desenvolvimento: Evidências a Partir da Criação de Cidades

This paper investigates the relationship between urbanization and individual incomes by exploring the role of transport costs in the process of urbanization. Our empirical framework is built on the importance of the transport networks, especially roads, in creating urban agglomerations and new towns. We find that, although this relationship exists, it is not, necessarily, direct. Productive structure and local labor market are important channels that link urbanization and individual income in emerging towns around the roads. There is no statistically significant relationship between the accumulation of human capital in those towns and the individual incomes differently from the findings for large and medium-sized cities.(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)