RT Generic
T1 Brazilian export growth and divergence in the tropics during the nineteenth century
A1 Absell, Christopher David
A1 Tena Junguito, Antonio
A2 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, 
AB The objective of this paper is to reappraise both the accuracy of the official export statistics and the conventional narrative of Brazilian export growth during the period immediately following independence. We undertake an accuracy test of the official values of Brazilian export statistics and find evidence of considerable under-valuation. Once corrected, during the postindependence decades (1821-1849) Brazil's current exports represented a larger share of its economy and its constant growth is found to be more dynamic than any other period of the nineteenth century. We posit that this dynamism was related to an exogenous institutional shock in the form of British West Indies slave emancipation that afforded Brazil a competitive advantage.
SN 2341-2542
YR 2015
FD 2015-05-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/20698
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/20698
LA eng
DS e-Archivo
RD 1 may. 2024