RT Journal Article
T1 The rise of coffee in the Brazilian south-east: tariffs and foreign market potential, 1827-40
A1 Absell, Christopher David
AB During the period spanning independence in 1822 to mid-century, Brazil’s south-eastshifted from specializing in the export of cane sugar to coffee. This article explores themechanism underlying this shift by exploiting a wealth of new monthly data on theBrazilian and international coffee and cane sugar markets during the period 1827–40. It argues that the timing of the coffee boom was driven by a rapid increase inforeign market potential associated with the abolition of the tariff on coffee in the US.It estimates that American tariff reform served to increase coffee exports and Africanslave imports by around one-fifth. American firms, wi th in direct li nks to th e slavetrade, rapidly became major players in the export market in Rio de Janeiro, whilenon-American firms, t raditionally s pecialized in c ontinental European destinations,turned their sights on the American market.
PB Wiley
SN 0013-0117
YR 2020
FD 2020-11-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/36128
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/36128
LA eng
DS e-Archivo
RD 1 sept. 2024