Por realización del Claustro Académico Anual, por esta semana se traslada el Seminario Econ-Uchile para el jueves 27 de marzo. El seminario que se dictará será:

Título - Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-term Local Development in Brazil

Autores - Julia Bird (Toulouse School of economics, Arqade), Stéphane Straub (Toulouse School of economics, Arqade and IDEI)

Presenta - Stéphane Straub (Toulouse School of economics, Arqade and IDEI)

Abstract - This paper studies the impact of the rapid expansion of the Brazilian road network, which occurred during the 1960s to the 2000s, on the growth and spatial allocation of population and economic activity across the country's municipalities. It addresses the problem of endogeneity in infrastructure location by using an original empirical strategy, based on the "historical natural experiment" constituted by the creation of the new federal capital city Brasília in 1960. The results reveal a dual pattern, with improved transport connections increasing concentration of economic activity and population around the main centers in the South of the country, while spurring the emergence of secondary economic centers in the less dense North. The spatial impacts on GDP and population roughly balance, meaning that the eff ects on GDP per capita are minimal. Over the period, roads are shown to account for half of pcGDP growth and to spur a signi cant decrease in spatial inequality.

El Seminario se realizará el jueves 27 de marzo de 13:00 a 14:00 hrs, en la Sala P-307 Tercer Piso del edificio Placa de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios de la Universidad de Chile, ubicada en Diagonal Paraguay 257.