Regional effects of port infrastructure: A spatial CGE application to Brazil

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-263

  Haddad, Eduardo A ^a,b   Hewings, Geoffrey J D ^c   Perobelli, Fernando S ^d   dos Santos, Raul A C ^a,b  

^a Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Computable general equilibrium; Impact analysis; Port infrastructure; Transportation network

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CALIBRATION; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PORT OPERATION; SIMULATION; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

BRAZIL;

EID: 77954799560     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017610368690     Document Type: Article

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